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Build Drawer Boxes & Faces

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What happens here

For the drawer boxes, cut 1/4 inch dado grooves on the table saw along the bottom interior edges of the side and front/back pieces to accept the 1/4 inch plywood bottom panel. Drill pocket holes into the ends of the front and back pieces of the drawer box. Assemble the drawer boxes with wood glue and pocket screws, then slide the plywood bottom into the dado grooves. For the drawer faces, use a router table with a 2-piece bit set to create tongue and groove joints on 1x2 pine stock. This allows for a robust frame-and-panel construction. Assemble the drawer faces with glue and clamps, ensuring they are square. After glue cures, sand the faces thoroughly.

Goal: Construct the drawer boxes using dado joints for the bottom and pocket holes for the sides, then create the decorative drawer faces with tongue and groove joinery.

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill
  • Kreg Pocket Hole Jig
  • Miter Saw
  • Random Orbital Sander
  • Router Table Kreg
  • Table Saw
  • 1/4 inch Plywood
  • 1x2 Pine Stock
  • Pocket Hole Screws
  • Wood Glue

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measurements and we have to do the drawers themselves they're gonna be recessed in so that means the the drawer face is going to be uh going inside lining up with the face frame itself the most important part with carpentry is the ability to not create a straight cut but the ability to repeat that cut that's why i'm using a little scrap piece that i've already measured out so i'm not having variables with a weird pencil or my tape measure all the time we are going to for the bottoms of these drawers use the quarter inch plywood i'm going to set my depth here we'll do a quarter inch on each side do two passes so we can actually fit the plywood so one finishing move we need to do before start putting these drawers together is uh and so we get extra points for the teacher round over all the edges they're just so much smoother you can later on go with sandpaper and then just do the edges so it doesn't cut anybody but if you give it a nice 3 8 round over they are smooth baby look how buttery smooth folks up next let's pocket hold the outsides of these puppies and we'll be ready to start assembling let's do it [Music] hey [Music] hey look at that we got two folks that only took three times to say i'm gonna start making some more [Music] we need to start building cabinet doors and drawer faces we are going to use the router just because i have a nice you know bit like a two-piece bit your rails on the inside they have to protrude or kind of go extra 3 8 this way and 3 8 this way so essentially this piece and this piece has to be three quarter inches longer than your overall dimension because it's going to go in in like a tongue and groove setup to prevent any kind of tear out you want to have another piece behind the piece that you're cutting [Music] you like my little uh rig here [Music] folks sometimes things just work out i'm gonna start gluing things up uh use a little bit of clams to make sure it doesn't go anywhere and of course keeping it square because nobody wants a weird drawer face [Music] folks the next day look how beautiful everything came out quicksand hit them with 120 i don't think i'm gonna go up to 220 because we're gonna paint and prime and the whole shebang all right so we're gonna be installing the drawer slides here they are like i said they're

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