Storage Bed Drawers
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Storage Queen | Drawers | Drawer Fronts | Head & Foot Boards |
These are simple box drawers with 3/8" thick sides/front/back and half blind dovetailed corners. The drawer fronts will be built separately and attached after the boxes are complete instead of an integral front as I have done in the past with other flush drawers. So I'm resawing 2x8 yellow pine in half making two slabs 11/16" thick then edge jointing them to make the drawer fronts.
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2x8s sawed to length now I'm resawing 3 slabs, 3/8" thick, to become drawer sides/backs/fronts. |
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Now I'm machining off the bandsaw marks, the 2x8 is too wide for my 6" jointer. Using the planer guarantees the result will be a uniform 3/8". |
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Drawer sets (sides and front/backs) laid out on workbench with dovetailing jig. |
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Closer look at the dovetail jig mounted on the workbench. For more info and pics about how I make drawers please take a look at my drawer page |
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A drawer set ready go dovetail. You can see the rabbet, on the left edge, for the drawer bottom. |
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Closer look at the rabbet for the drawer bottom. |
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Several drawer sets after dovetailing. Kyle came over today and helped saw and cut dovetails. |
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Closer look at dovetails. These are blind dovetails, you will only be able to see them on the sides of the drawer. |
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A drawer frame being glued. |
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Drawer frame after gluing. |
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The rabbet on the bottom of a glued drawer frame. I'll glue a piece of 3/16" plywood into this rabbet for the bottom. |
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Two drawer frames being glued and another drawer set ready to glue. |
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Five of the eight drawer frames stacked. |
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Cutting out the drawer bottoms. |
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Bottoms glued (and nailed) in. The brads hold the drawer bottom in the rabbet while the glue sets. |
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Bottoms glued in all 8 drawers. You can just see the edge of two main box frames stacked on the right. You can also see the slides stacked on the shelf to the left. |
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2x8 cut to length for drawer fronts. |
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Edge marked for resawing. I'm splitting these in half. |
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Resawing new drawer front. |
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Closer look at resawing drawer front. I'm splitting 2x into 1x |
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Drawer front slabs after resaw and thickness planing. |
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Slots for biscuits in drawer front edges. |
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Drawer front slabs being edge joined. |
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I made these little "tick" marks to position the biscuit slots. After I sand this just a little you won't be able to feel the joint. |
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Stack of drawer fronts, ready to sand, edge, mount handles, and mount. |
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