Building Dovetail Drawers

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Building dovetail drawers.

The base on this drawer is 1 4 sheet material. In this video wood magazine s bob. This drawer method is so simple it should be illegal. While they do take some planning and careful setup they are achievable for the average home woodworker.

With one table saw setup and a dado stack you can build drawers all day long. Stopped by a fiends shop to see what was going on. How to build dovetail drawers with a floating base. A well built dovetail drawer is not only incredibly strong and long lasting but is aesthetically beautiful.

Learn all about mdf here. This amount makes for a good appearance and a strong joint. Once you understand. In wood magazine torture tests this drawer joint proved stronger than even dovetails.

If you were making an overlay drawer the front would need to be rabbeted for the necessary offset and the fence reset to run the drawer fronts. Best of all this technique allows you to cut all parts of the joint with just a dado blade and a single setup on the tablesaw. Through dovetail joints are as beautiful as they are strong and work great for all kinds of casework including drawers. Use a miter gauge to guide the cut.

That way when the. Use plywood ideally i m using 1 4 mdf i had laying around. In this article we take you step by step through the process of building dovetail drawers. For years i thought the joints were for only the best woodworkers and would be difficult if not impossible to master.

Discover the secrets to making strong drawers by cutting locking rabbet joints on the tablesaw as taught by wood magazine design editor jeff mertz. One way to identify a woodworker s skill level is to check and see how well they build the dovetail drawers in their projects. Building dovetail drawers is one of my favorite things to do in the shop.