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Marlow 4 Methods of Wo rk 88 Exhibition: At the Wustum Methods of Work Jim Richey 12 90 20 Questions & Answers 92 Events 80 Notebook: Bark Beetles 98 Connections 82 Books 102 Adventure: Pick-Up Sticks 86 Profile: Cornwall Carver ARTICLES 28 A Wooden Tablesaw by Galen Winchip An attractive, shopmade alternative to cast iron 33 Testing the wooden saw by Pa ul Bertorelli 34 The Laminated Wood Ribbon by Ja mes Rannefe ld A built-up joint with sculptural possibilities 36 Respiratory Hazards by George Mustoe Choosing the right protection 40 Making Ax Handles by Delbert Greear A good handle fits at both ends 42 Kitchen on a Stick by Jere Cary A pencil and a few lx2s tell the whole story 46 The Legendary Norris Plane by Edward C. Smith A hard-to-find tool that's worth the search 48 Turning Giant Bowls by Dale Nish . Ed Moulthrop's tools and techniques 54 Making a Pencil-Post Bed by Herbert W. 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Postmaster: Send address changes to The Taunton Press, Inc., PO Box 355, Newtown, CT 06470 3 Letters I am glad to see that the stain-versus-gloss controversy, which cause the codes are written for large industrial motors. had raged in earlier issues, has been revived by Don Newell's In 40 years in the chemical industry, I never saw a blower well-taken comments regarding the appropriateness of each or fan with non-sparking blades, except for plastic blades (FWW #37, p. 102). Charles Dickens, that master of the used to avoid corrosion. The fan switch can spark unless it's a spirit of descriptive prose, expressed his own mid-nineteenth­ mercury switch. The garden-variery mercury switch won't century opinion on the subject in chapter three of Mar­ meet industrial explosion-proof standards, but it can't spark tin Chuzzlewitt: in normal operation. -David Ca rnell, Wilmington, N.C. It was none of your frivolous and preposterously bright bed­ rooms, where nobody can close an eye with any kind of pro­ Stan Wellborn's letter in FWW #39 about the wood turner priety or decem regard to the association of ideas; but it was a wearing a necktie brought to mind a recent experience I had. good, dull, leaden, drowsy place, where evety article of furniture I've adapted a Sony Walkman to fit inside my hearing pro­ reminded you that you carne there tosleep, and that you were tectors ...a super way to make hours spent at droning ma­ expected to sleep. There was no wakeful reflection of the fire chines more enjoyable. But watch Out for those loose ear­ there, as in your modern chambers, which upon the darkest phone wires.