90 - Get the Most out of a Plunge Router, страница 24
figure simple, sturdy Drawers NOTE: FRONTS. BACKS. AND SIDES ARE Vz" PLYWOOD. BOTTOM IS Vi" PLYWOOD NARROW DRAWERS BOTTOM You can already see how useful the cart is going to be now that the top and wheels are attached. But the addition of the drawers is what really makes the cart a must-have item for your shop. And building the drawers isn't tough. They're different sizes, but they're all built using the same technique. Cutting the Pieces. As you can see in Figures 6 and 8, the heights are the same for each side-by-side pair of drawers. That is, the two top drawers are both 3-V, the second pair are 5", and so on as you work downward. So the eas-^^^^^ iest way to cut front FRONT/BACK bottom out the parts for the drawers is to work on one pair at a time. This way, you can use the same table saw fence setting to make sure you get consistent results. To keep the parts from getting mixed up, I labeled each piece. Joinery. The next step is to cut the tongue and dado joint on each of the drawer pieces. Since the drawers will be holding a lot of weight, I decided to countersink screws in the sides to reinforce the joint. The joinery is mostly to help with alignment during assembly. You'll only need a ^"-square tongue and matching dado, so you can cut them with a standard blade on the TOP VIEW END VIEW NOTE: SAME FOR ALL DRAWERS table saw. The technique for cutting this joint is shown in the box on the bottom of the opposite page. Once you've completed the tongue and dado joinery, you can put a dado blade in the saw and cut the groove that will hold the plywood drawer bottom. Then vou can cut the bottoms to size. Assembly. Now that you've finished cutting all the pieces, you can begin assembling the drawers. figure NOTE: ALL FOUR FALSE FRONTS ARE SAME LENGTH large false front small false front small drawer TOP VIEW #6 x Rh WOODSCREW 14" drawer slide 16" drawer slide drawer slide HANDLE FITS INTO GROOVE IN DRAWER FRONT (SEE FIGURE 7c) EXTRUDED ALUMINUM DRAWER PULL SIDE VIEW FRONT VIEW SMALL FALSE FRONT (V PLYWOOD) 24 ShopNotes No. 90 |
