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Thanks for the follow-up. I've never seen a drawer built that way. Not very elegant but the construction was straight forward and it sure looks solid. I've never been a fan of Polycrylic but it looks great on your piece, as good as anything else.
Again, well done!
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What???
You didn't DT the drawers???? On all 4 sides?????
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(02-20-2019, 01:36 PM)Dumb_Polack Wrote: What???
You didn't DT the drawers???? On all 4 sides?????
Nah, sorry. I can always rebuild the drawer boxes in the future with dovetails, though. I've even seen David Marks do different joints than dovetails on drawers once in a blue moon, so it's nothing to be ashamed of.
And John, was it a specific detail about the drawers that was different than you're used to seeing or is it more the entire construction?
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(02-20-2019, 06:35 PM)KingwoodFan1989 Wrote: Nah, sorry. I can always rebuild the drawer boxes in the future with dovetails, though. I've even seen David Marks do different joints than dovetails on drawers once in a blue moon, so it's nothing to be ashamed of.
And John, was it a specific detail about the drawers that was different than you're used to seeing or is it more the entire construction?
Your side to front/back joints are 90° to the normal construction. Sides usually run full length and the front and back are dadoed into them, flush with the end of the sides at the front. That construction resists the forces trying to pull the joints apart when you pull the drawer open. The way you have it doesn't. Can't say I've ever seen the side of the drawers padded out with a strip of wood either. But there's no wrong or right, just convention, and I've broken convention many times without remorse.
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(02-20-2019, 07:53 PM)jteneyck Wrote: Your side to front/back joints are 90° to the normal construction. Sides usually run full length and the front and back are dadoed into them, flush with the end of the sides at the front. That construction resists the forces trying to pull the joints apart when you pull the drawer open. The way you have it doesn't. Can't say I've ever seen the side of the drawers padded out with a strip of wood either. But there's no wrong or right, just convention, and I've broken convention many times without remorse.
John
Oh, I see what you mean...I should have put the dadoes in the sides and had the backs and fronts sit in those. Aw well. I can still always re-do the boxes at some point.
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(02-20-2019, 09:42 PM)KingwoodFan1989 Wrote: Oh, I see what you mean...I should have put the dadoes in the sides and had the backs and fronts sit in those. Aw well. I can still always re-do the boxes at some point.
Yes. Look up lock rabbet joint for how to cut these joints with just your TS or router table. .
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(02-20-2019, 10:09 PM)jteneyck Wrote: Yes. Look up lock rabbet joint for how to cut these joints with just your TS or router table. .
John
Will do in the future, thanks!
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Nice choice of materials and finish.
I the look of the brass knobs.
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Looks real good ! Finish is top notch. Had to put on my sunrays.
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