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    The document discusses making a lazy susan turntable and custom jaw liners for a bench vise.

    You can use smooth jaw liners or line the jaws with leather or rubber to prevent marring of delicate workpieces.

    Options for customizing jaw liners include making them smooth, magnetic, or with grooves to hold different materials like tubing or threaded rod.

    easy-to-build

    Lazy
    Susan
    Expand the capabilites
    of the finishing center
    with this handy
    turntable.

    Base #8 x !/2" Ph SCREW

    12" LAZY SUSAN


    The problem with any finishing project is
    getting to all sides easily without having to FIRST: CENTER
    handle the project. The solution is a simple LAZY SUSAN THIRD:
    ON BASE USING ATTACH
    lazy Susan turntable, like the one used in DIAGONAL LINES LAZY SUSAN
    the finishing center (photo above).
    The trick to installing a lazy Susan (photo
    below) is a little advance work. And that’s
    BASE
    just a matter of drilling a small access hole, (22" x 22"
    - #/4" Ply.) DRILL #/8"-DIA.
    as shown in the drawings at right. COUNTERBORE,
    To do this, center the lazy Susan on the SECOND: #/8" DEEP IN BOTH
    MARK AND DRILL BASE AND TOP
    turntable base, mark where the hole needs ACCESS HOLE FOR ALIGNMENT DOWEL
    to be, and drill the hole (top drawing). Then
    screw the lazy Susan in place.
    Now, flip this assembly over and set it Top FIFTH: ALIGN ACCESS HOLE
    in place on the top so it’s centered. Finally, WITH MOUNTING HOLES
    AND INSTALL SCREWS
    attach the lazy Susan to the top with screws #8 x !/2" Ph SCREW
    using the access hole. BASE

    NOTE:
    ASSEMBLY
    LAZY SHOWN
    SUSAN UPSIDE DOWN

    ACCESS LAZY
    Lazy HOLE SUSAN
    Susan
    TOP
    (22" x 22" - #/4" Ply.)
    FOURTH:
    USE DOWEL TO
    CENTER TOP ON BASE

    ShopNotes No. 111 Page 1 of 1 ©2010 August Home Publishing. All rights reserved.
    shop-made
    Vise Jaw
    Liners
    The textured jaws of your a narrow lip that keeps the
    bench vise can leave marks on jaw liner from slipping down
    soft materials like aluminum between the vise jaws. {  Smooth. To keep the textured jaws of the vise from
    or brass. And you can forget To hold the jaw liner onto marring the workpiece, use these smooth jaw liners.
    about trying to hold round the jaw of your bench vise, the
    objects securely. To solve these next thing to do is drill a small
    problems, you can purchase counterbore on the back face.
    commercial jaw liners, like This holds a rare-earth mag-
    you see in the photo below. net that’s glued in place with
    But a less expensive option epoxy or cyanoacrylate glue.
    is to make your own. The As you can see at right, you
    shop-made jaw liners you see can make several pairs, each
    on the right are easy to make. with a different face treat-
    I used 3⁄4"-thick maple and ment. Keeping them handy
    formed a shallow rabbet on near your vise makes it easy
    the back side. This leaves to switch them out. {  Magnetic. Clamping metal workpieces like bar stock
    or sheet metal is easier with these magnetic jaw liners.

    {  Grooves. Jaw liners with grooves make it easy to


    clamp any type of tubing and threaded rod.

    {  Extra Cushioning. Line the jaw liners with leather or


    rubber to clamp delicate workpieces.

    ShopNotes No. 111 Page 1 of 1 ©2010 August Home Publishing. All rights reserved.

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