Popular Woodworking 2006-04 № 154, страница 51
Drawer Joinery Half-blind Dovetail The preferred joint for drawer fronts, providing strength and a quality finished appearance. But also the most difficult to create d Through Dovetail Through dovetails also provide good strength, but the joint is visible from both sides making it preferable for drawer backs, not fronts. Tongue & Rabbet Joint A good interlocking option that requires less skill to create than a dovetail. The tongue would be on the side piece, and nails and glue are required. Locking Rabbet Joint By adding another interlocking element, this joint gains strength by adding gluing surface - as well as an extra step to create. the drawer and a 1/4"- , or V2"-thick bottom, the drawer can be created with only one setup on the table saw. All you need is a dado stack. (See the step illustrations below.) ■ Butt Joints I also want to discuss a third option, the butt joint, that is more utilitarian and serves well in shop furniture for its ease of production and lack of hardware. While a butt joint is by far the weakest drawer joint possible, if appearance is way down on the importance list while expediency is high, this joint can serve well when backed up with nails. The drawers shown above have the benefit of using no machined joinery. The four sides are nailed together and the bottom is nailed to the drawer box. The only joinery occurs in the cabinet itself where dados serve as the drawer runners. Simple, quick and efficient. One last drawer comment. Another way to make a drawer is to build a drawer box (front, back, two sides and a bot- These no-joinery/no-hardware drawers make great utility drawers. The drawer sides are simple butt joints glued and nailed together. The bottom is cut oversized to either side of the drawer to form a tongue that fits into dados in the cabinet sides. A little wax on the tongues and they work very well. The hole in the front even removes the need for a handle. And they're really fast to make! tom) using whatever joinery method you prefer, and then add a drawer front to the box. This makes it easier to fit the front without having to fight with the drawer itself and offers other fun alternatives. These are called "false-front" drawers. Rabbet Joint A simple, but effective drawer joint, the rabbet increases gluing area and adds strength against racking. Glue and nails are a must with this joint. Popular Woodworking Building a Drawer with One Setup 1/2" 1 For the front and back pieces, start with a V4" -wide dado stack in your saw. Set it for V4"-high and with a V4" gap between the fence and dado. The first cut trims the end of the rabbet. 2 The second cut completes the V2"-wide rabbet, with the drawer edge referencing off the rip fence. V4" W- V4" -V4" V4" 3 Using the same setup on your saw, the V4" x V4" groove for the bottom is cut in the sides and front in one pass. I 4 If you're using a V2"-thick solid bottom, you can also groove a rabbet around the three sides of the bottom to allow it to fit easily in the V4" groove in the drawer sides and front. |
