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<p>Chris, looks like a great project. I wouild be willing to work with you on the project if you could use help with the dovetailing (Chris and I live in the same area). I'm not sure what the original drawer construction details were, but it should be easy to find out.</p><p><br></p><p>Mike</p>
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<p>Hi Mike !</p><p><br></p><p>I'll send you a PM. While the original Gerstner drawers were always side-hung & lock-rabbet joint types...</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/locking-rabbet-joints/<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>If you're feeling especially creative, I've got enough going on with other hobbies and busted cars, that I could entertain some help <img src="https://www.forums.woodnet.net/images/graemlins/yellowsmile.gif" data-sceditor-emoticon="
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I've had some input from Mike on dovetails vs. locking rabbet joints, and I'm still waffling on that decision. In any case, I needed some grooved stock for drawer sides, so I took an excursion to the "all in one" table saw:
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I've now got enough stuff for drawer fronts / backs / sides, after more resawing. That's a nice warm feeling:
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The "all in one tool" is now put back to watch-tinkering (often watch-destroying in my case)!
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Have a great weekend,
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For the drawer corner joints, I decided for the locking rabbets over dovetails, among other reasons, because they can facilitate last-minute vertical alignment changes. I will probably need to do just that sort of tweaking here, more times than not.
And, just a lot of this sort of stuff coming up:
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More later!
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Yeap, the Shopsmith is sometimes only a power stropper, but other times it does heavy work
Time for a break! Enough front-face joints are tried out to give a feeling of progress. After further work, one of my favorite things is to "whittle down" drawers with saws and block planes.
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I like what you are doing there and think that the machined joints are actually more in keeping with the whole project. Since you have the watch-tinkering interest also, why not just devote this entire cabinet to that pursuit? I know I would be lost without my cab that holds all of my small crap for sharpening, drafting, measuring, etc. I feel stroingly that a well-constructed wood cabinet is hands-down superior to the red stacking tool chests that we all have in terms of UX. I think I might redo my fabric-store felt drawer liners with the stuff that Gerstner sells. Felt helps to make things stay in place.
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Mike -- Oh yeah, that Gerstner OEM felt is something else! I have a few remnants and it's like a royal cloak. I'll probably get more in the near future. They ship a lot of yardage of cloth when you order.
Regarding DT's: No dovetails as promised, but some "Darn Thin" Baltic Birch has been acquired for a few of the drawer-bottoms on the thinnest drawers. I'm choosing a ply bottom so that the whole drawer will be able to be lock-glued when ready, with no need for sliding parts.
I got in a few more minutes and was able to join-up the first drawer. Once this is all doubly checked and trimmed to fit, it will contain more "story board" dimensions for the depths of the remaining drawers. So, it's a lot of mental planning up front, hopefully to be following by rote cut & paste operations later on...
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It's a slow boat, but 4 drawers fully fitted now. I am pretty sure I'll work in some sort of accent beads on these at the end. It's fun to say all drawer fronts and backs came from one board
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