User manual DREMEL PROJECTS SKILLS

[. . . ] PROJECTS & SKILLS The Dremel Dream Workshop Fixes for Wobbly Chairs, Grout, & More!Scroll saw tips and puzzles Perfect Trim Joints DREMEL 5 Gotta-have-em accessories CONTENTS COVER STORY PROJECTS & SKILLS DREMEL The Dremel Dream Workshop 3 Space, storage and comfort-- it's all here! 3 Regrout Bathroom Tile 8 Replace that ugly old grout in one day. Scroll Saw Puzzles 10 Take family photos and turn them into great gifts. 8 Scroll Saw Hints & Tips 14 Crown Molding Simplified 16 My weekend with the new XPR 18 A day in the life of this new highperformance tool. Three Furniture Fixes 22 Repairs made faster and easier. 5 for the Shop Gotta-have-em woodworking accessories. 26 Dremel Saves the Day!28 A true rotary tool adventure. 1 D R E M E L PROJECTS & SKILLS Welcome!!! accountants and cars so complex we need to have them analyzed by computer, I find great comfort in tackling tasks I can perform with my own two hands. After a I n this day and age where tax forms are so complicated we have to turn them over to I love standing back and seeing real results. [. . . ] Instead, you develop the pattern as the puzzle is cut out, and each puzzle piece ends up with a unique shape. Random cutting is slower, but more fun to do, and it makes puzzles that are more challenging to assemble. With either method, you should first determine the average size of the puzzle pieces by dividing the area of your picture by the number of puzzle pieces you want. Don't cut more than two pieces per square inch. Good puzzles have pieces that lock together with little "ball-and-socket" joints (Fig. As you cut your puzzle, try to have at least one ball or socket on each side of every piece. A puzzle piece with four sides, for instance, should have at least four balls or sockets. CUT OUT THE PUZZLE It's easy to describe how to cut out your puzzle, but it does take practice. Use the test picture you mounted earlier, and perhaps some scrap plywood, for practice. Make all your scroll saw cuts with the picture side facing up. Start by cutting away the excess plywood and picture borders, and any edges damaged by the binder clips. If you've chosen strip cutting, follow the steps shown in Fig. If you decide to random-cut your puzzle, start by cutting the picture into four smaller sections (Photo 4), making plenty of balls and sockets as you cut. Knowing the average size of the final pieces will help you gauge the number and placement of these joints. Then, 13 D R E M E L P R O J E C T S & S K I L L S FIGURE A Random Cutting Begin by cutting the plywood into four pieces. Then cut each piece into smaller ones, by eye, so there is a ball-and-socket joint on each side. This method takes practice, but produces a challenging puzzle. FIGURE B Strip Cutting With this method, cut the plywood into strips, making a ball-and-socket joint at regular intervals. Then cut each strip into pieces, making a joint on each piece. This method is easier, but so is the puzzle. working with one section at a time, cut off each puzzle piece to its final size (Photo 5), just cutting balls and sockets freehand. As you cut off the pieces, reassemble them on a piece of cardboard or plywood so you won't misplace a piece. If you break a blade, replace the blade and start cutting from another edge until you meet the point where the blade broke. Once the entire puzzle is cut, place a piece of cardboard or plywood on top of the puzzle and flip the puzzle over. Inspect the puzzle back for any rough saw cuts, and sand them smooth. Put the pieces in a good box, and the puzzle is ready to gift wrap. Scroll Saw Hints & Tips Iron On a Photocopy If you normally use spray adhesive to attach patterns to the wood for scroll sawing, consider this alternative. [. . . ] Wear safety goggles, dust mask and hearing protection, and always keep your hands and body away from spinning bits. Keep blade guards--like those shown on these two pages--in place. Here are a few other great Dremel tool woodworking accessories. 1 Router Table Routers are a fun, versatile tool; they can take a ho hum project and turn it into something with flair. They can create decorative edges and add grooves and other profiles to picture frames, signs and toys. [. . . ]