Popular Woodworking 2002-06 № 128, страница 57

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the lower front rail and nail them to the rear of the back leg. Nail the drawer guides to the runners, flush to the leg blocks.

Next build the drawer. The drawer front is flush with the face of the cupboard. You can see the layout of the hand-cut dovetails at right. I used half-blind dovetails at the front and through-dovetails at the back. The solid-wood bottom is a raised panel that fits into grooves in the sides and drawer front.

Once you've built the drawer, slide it into the lower section and align the drawer front with the case front. Then measure and cut the stops for the drawer. Attach

the stops with a screw and glue each to the back leg (see the photo on the next page).

Next remove the drawer, then lay out and drill holes in the legs and through the case's tenons for the square pegs. Set the pegs and cut them flush with the case.

Now glue up the boards you'll need for the top of the lower section. To attach it, I used shop-made wooden clips. I used a biscuit joiner to cut the recess in the sides, back and top front rail to accept the clips.

Upper Section Next

To begin the cupboard's upper section, cut your sides and shelves

Before I glued the drawer parts together, I ran the bottom edge of my drawer front over the jointer with the fence set at a 5° angle and the machine set to make a Vi6"-deep cut.This creates a slight bevel that allows the drawer to close without the bottom edge catching on the lower front rail.

Here you can see the layout of the hand-cut dovetails used to build the drawer.

SHAKER PRESS CUPBOARD

NO.

LET.

ITEM

DIMENSIONS (INCHES) T W L

MATERIAL

COMMENTS

Lower Section Case Pieces

4

A

Legs

17/S

17/b

34V4

Primary wood

2

B

Sides

334

11

171 4

Primary wood

1I4" TBE

1

C

Back

334

11

42V4

Secondary wood

1I4" TBE

1

D

Top front rail

334

114

42V4

Primary wood

1I4" TBE

1

E

Lower front rail

3/4

114

42V4

Primary wood

1I4" TBE

2

F

Rail supports

334

2

181b

Secondary wood

I2" TBE

2

G

Drawer runners

334

21b

173/b

Secondary wood

I2" TOE

2

H

Drawer guides

V2

13/16

145/b

Secondary wood

1

J

Top

3/4

20

471 2

Primary wood

1

K

Drawer front

7/s

B3/b

395/b

Primary wood

2

L

Drawer sides

V2

8V4

15V2

Secondary wood

1

M

Drawer back

V2

8V4

395/b

Secondary wood

1

N

Drawer bottom

5/s

1512

39

Secondary wood

2

GG

Wooden knobs

2

Primary wood

Upper Section Case Pieces

2

P

Sides

3/4

12

45

Pr

mary wood

1

Q

Top front case rail

3/4

512

39

Pr

mary wood

1

R

Bottom front case rail

3/4

13/4

39

Pr

mary wood

4

S

Top, bottom & shelves

3/4

11V4

373/4

Pr

mary wood

3

T

Door stiles

3/4

3

37V2

Pr

mary wood

1

U

Door stiles

3 4

314

37V2

Pr

mary wood

2

V

Upper door rails

3/4

33/4

16

Pr

mary wood

1I4" TBE

2

W

Lower door rails

3/4

412

16

Pr

mary wood

1I4" TBE

4

X

Exterior door grills

V4

3/4

30

Pr

mary wood

4

Y

Interior door pieces

V4

12

30

Pr

mary wood

2

Z

Bottom moulding

5/s

112

16

Pr

mary wood

1

AA

Bottom moulding

5/b

112

42

Pr

mary wood

2

BB

Crown moulding

3/4

4

16

Pr

mary wood

1

CC

Crown moulding

3/4

4

42

Pr

mary wood

1

DD

Back boards

5/b

3B3/b

42I2

Pr

mary wood

made in many pieces

1

EE

Fixed door catch

3/4

1

314

Secondary wood

2

FF

Wooden knobs

11 4

Primary wood

TBE=tenon both ends;TOE=tenon one end; Primary wood=maple; secondary wood=poplar

TBE=tenon both ends;TOE=tenon one end; Primary wood=maple; secondary wood=poplar

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