Updates & Revisions
Here you will find important updates and revisions to the articles and plans published in ShopNotes magazine.
May 1997
Issue 33
- Adjustable Taper Jig
- Page 7: Figure 2
- Drawing indicates using 1/4" x 3/4" flathead machine screws, but you should use 1" long instead.
- Page 8: Hardware list
- 3 corrections. 1. List indicates you use 1/4" x 3/4" Fh machine screws but it should say 1/4" x 1" Fh machine screws. 2. List indicates you need eight 5/16" washers, but it should be nine. 3. The list says you need a #8 x 1 1/4" Fh woodscrew, but you should use a #8 x 1 3/4" one instead.
- Page 8: Figure 3
- For pieces E - Rail and F - Block, drawing indicates the pieces are 3/4" thick but they should be 1/2" thick.
- Page 8: Figure 3, detail b
- The note on the drawing should read: "Note: To accept T-nuts, drill 1/8"-deep counterbores and 5/16"-dia. shank holes."
- Page 8: Figure 3
- To be able to taper a leg smaller than 1 1/4" at the bottom end, you can make the slots larger than 1 3/8" long. If you increase the slot size to 1 3/4", note that the distance between the slots changes to 3 3/8"
- Page 9: Figure 5
- Clarification on the drawing. The riser block (I) should be shown as longer than it is wide. As originally printed, the piece appears to be square.
- Plate Joiner Table
- Page 24: Hardware
- List indicates you need 54 #8 x 1 1/4" Fh sheet metal screws but you really need 58.