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Monster Bench...(PartV)
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
I've been rather busy at work
lately so my woodworking has taken a back seat over
the past few weeks. Nevertheless, I've managed to
sneak in a little time here and there in the shop to
get the drawers started for my new
woodworking tool chest.
My
tool chest will reside beneath my
new woodworking bench. The drawer
openings allow for the following drawer sizes
whereas h = height of drawer, w = width of drawer
and d = depth of drawer:
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4 drawers 3½"h x 15"w x 23"d
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2 drawers 3½"h x 21½"w x 23"d
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4 drawers 5½"h x 15"w x 23"d
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2 drawers 5½"h x 21½"w x 23"d
The drawer fronts, sides and
backs are all made from ¾" sanded plywood and the
bottoms are 3/8" sanded plywood.
I used my Porter-Cable
Omnijig to create half blind dovetails to attach the
sides to the front. The back will be a simple dado
joint and the bottom will sit in a dado joint as
well. This is a very traditional drawer construction
technique and will yield a drawer that will be
strong and durable for years to come.
Figures 1-6
below illustrate the process of using my Omnijig to
make the half blind dovetail joints and the
completed side and front pieces.
Figure 1 Figure
2 Figure
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Figure 4
Figure 5 Figure
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If you have any
questions or comments about this blog entry please
do not hesitate to
send me an e-mail. Thanks and be
safe when working with tools!!!
Burgie
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Robert Burgoyne, also known as "Burgie",
has been doing woodworking for nearly 30
years. He started learning at an early
age in his grandfather's garage and
continued while working with his father
in construction. The hobby has now
become a business with Creative
Landscape Accents. Burgie builds
high quality woodworking projects for
the outdoors and also enjoys making
decorative accent pieces for inside the
house. While not working in his shop
doing woodworking Burgie enjoys
computers, restoring his old
1964
Chevy C60 2-ton dump truck and
riding his Harley-Davidson Road King
throughout beautiful Colorado.
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