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Drawer front frame parts cut, mitered and drilled for 1/4" dowel. |
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Closer look at dowel holes also the rabbet for the inset panel. |
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Pegs cut, 1/4" dowels cut to 3/4" long and slightly chamfered. |
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7-3/4" drawer front frame in glue clamps. |
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Close look at mitered joints. You can see the rabbets for the inset panel. |
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Top drawer front frame in glue clamps. I had to use a different method go clamp these, they wouldn't fit in my regular pic frame clamp. |
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I'm making 8" wide handles (pulls) for these drawers. I will mark and drill screw holes in the bottoms, and insert wall board screws. |
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Drawer front inset panels being primed. |
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Closer look at drawer front inset panel being primed, notice I left a 1/4" wide band of raw wood around the edge for gluing. Next I'll paint the primed areas with hi-gloss. |
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After final paint here the inset panels are being glued into the frames. |
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Biscuit slots cut into main drawer frame and lower drawer front frame. |
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Glue applied to drawer frame and into biscuit slots. |
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Biscuit tapped in. |
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Glue on top of the biscuits. |
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Drawer front applied and clamped to drawer. You can see the holes for the drawe pull are already drilled. |
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Drawer front handle screwed on and a two extra clamps, helps to hold the inset panel to drawer frame while the glue sets. |
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One of the top drawers being glued. |