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drawer guides) fit into matching dadoes in the right (B), center (C), and left divider (D), see Fig. 1. So to ensure these dadoes align, it's best to cut them in pairs.

cut dadoes. When cutting these dadoes, it's important to provide plenty of support for the work-piece — especially since the side and the dividers are fairly long.

So after setting up a dado blade in the table saw, I attached a long fence to the miter gauge. Also, clamping a stop block to the fence will ensure accurate results when cutting the three pairs of dadoes for the shelves, see Fig. 1.

The same type of setup works well when cutting the dadoes for the draiver guides (E), see the Exploded View and detail 'b.' But the drawer guides are made from W hardboard. So here, a single pass with a combination saw blade is all that's needed. Once again, be sure to cut these dadoes in pairs, see Fig. 2.

cut notches. After gluing in the drawer guides, the next step is to cut a wide notch near the top end of each piece, see Exploded View and detail 'a.' These notches accept a rail that's added later.

Also, to make it easy to see into the top of the compartments, I

NOTE:

— 6" CUT ALL DADOES ( _ DEEP TO FIT Vz" PLY. (_# _

LEFT DIVIDER

17%"

RIGHT DIVIDER

RIGHT SIDE

23%"

STEP 1

CUT DADOES FOR TOP SHELF

(C>

CENTER ( DIVIDER

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CUT DADOES FOR MIDDLE SHELF

FOR BOTTOM SHELF

made an angled cut on the top comer of the sides and dividers.

shelves & bottom. At this point, all the vertical pieces of the case are complete. To connect them, it's just a matter of adding the three shelves (F, G, H) and the bottom (I) of the case, see Fig. 3.

These pieces are all the same width. But they get progressively longer from top to bottom.

This way, each one acts as the bottom of one compartment. And it also helps to form one of the openings for the drawers.

After cutting them to final size, it's just a matter of cutting a dado in the three longest pieces. (There's no dado in the top shelf.) These dadoes make it easy to align the bottom ends of the dividers when assembling the case.

bottom SHELF

(6" x 14%")

(8x

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