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adding the

Drawers, Doors, & Shelves

Add the Bottoms. With the joinery complete, the next step is to cut a groove on the inside face of each part for the '/}" plywood bottom. This groove is centered on the bottom pin of the drawer sides (Figure 7c). This way, it won't be visible on the sides once the drawers are assembled.

After cutting all the grooves, you can trim the drawer bottoms to size and glue up the drawers. Then, just add a pair of knobs to each drawer.

Guide Strips & Stops. Now that the drawers are complete, you're just about ready to install them in the cabinets. But first, to keep the gaps consistent from side to side and allow the drawers to slide smoothly, I added guide strips to the cabinet. These thin strips are

As I mentioned earlier, the position of the web frames that make up the drawer cabinet sets the opening for each drawer and therefore its size. So before you start building the drawers, the only thing to determine is the type of joinery you want to use to assemble them.

Half-Blind Dovetails. I used half-blind dovetails to assemble my drawers, like you see in Figure 7. But the box at the bottom of the opposite page shows an optional drawer joint you can use.

Regardless of the type of joint you decide on, it's always a good idea to double-check the measurements for each of the drawer openings. Then, after allowing for a Vi6" gap around all the edges, you can cut all the parts to size and complete the joinery.

simply glued to the

sides of the cabinet, as in Figure 7a.

Once the strips are in place, you can add drawer stops to the cabinet. The stops are glued and screwed in place (Figure 7b) so the face of each drawer front ends up flush with the front of the cabinet.

drawer stop

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(21% LONG)

SIPE VIEW

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