There never seems to be enough counter space, or cabinet space. One way to get more space without a lot of trouble or expense is to build a lazy Susan. Ron shows us how in this next workshop segment.
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you will need in order to complete this project.
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1. Cut circles:
- Ron began the project with two ¾ inch birch plywood squares.
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- Ron would use the plywood (cut into circles) and a simple bearing assembly to create a turntable.
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- Ron used a jigsaw to cut the plywood squares into circles. To create a very clean circle, Ron created a circle-cutting jig that, when used along with the jig saw, would make a perfect circle every time.
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- Ron created the jig out of ¼ inch tempered hardboard roughly 12" X 4". The size of the jig, of course, depends on the size of the circle desired. He began by clamping this piece to the workbench.
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- Using a carpenter's square and pencil, Ron drew a line across one end of the hardboard.
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- With the jigsaw, Ron cut down the line to the mark he had drawn about an inch from the edge of the hardboard.
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- To temporarily attach the circle-cutting template to the bottom of the jigsaw, Ron used a piece of double-stick carpet tape.
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- Ron placed the blade of the jigsaw in place in the groove he had cut earlier, and then stuck it right onto the hardboard with the tape.
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- Next, Ron set the assembly on the piece of birch plywood with the jigsaw blade touching the edge.
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- He drove a small nail through the hardboard and plywood as a pivot point and was ready to cut.
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- All he needed to do now was move the saw in a circle.
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- Ron stacked three pieces of scrap plywood and bound them together and to the workbench with double-stick tape. This created the platform he used for cutting the circles.
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- The result was a clean, accurate disk.
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- Ron repeated the process to cut a smaller circle out of the other birch square for the base of the lazy Susan.
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2. Edge banding:
- Ron attached his first circle to the vice to show us how to use a material called wood edge banding to turn plywood into something that looked just like solid wood.
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