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The drawer runners have a tenon on the front end that fits in a mortise in the stile. These are placed in position before the stile is glued in place.

The back of the drawer runner is screwed to the back leg after being squared to the front of the cabinet. A groove in the side of the drawer box lets the drawers slide nicely.

The stiles for the hinges were cut and put in place, and the doors were assembled without glue so that all of the cutting for the hinge mortises could be done conveniently. Once I was satisfied with the fit of the doors, I marked where the right door overlaps the left, took everything apart and then glued the hinge stiles in place.

Drawer Runners

The drawers are rather wide, so I decided to use wood runners to guide them in and out without the bottoms of the drawer box sides rubbing on the web frames or the front rails of the cabinet. At the front of the cabinet, the runners fit loosely in mortises in the stiles beside the drawers. At the back, the runner is held to the back leg with a screw. This method allows minor adjustments to be sure that

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V

3/4": 2⁵/8"

14⁵/8"

3/₄" V

3^?/8"

193/4"

1V

3⁷/8"

7V

1V

8V

13/8";

12"

3/4"

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2 V

433/8"

2V

54V

2 V

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Front of drawer ■ runner fits in mortise -do not glue

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1V'

V' deepgroove in drawer sides

After squaring to front of case, runner is screwed to back leg

Cabinet section

Drawer runner detail

Drawer runner detail

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Popular Woodworking April 2006