Beautifull. :thumb:

I ran across this picture on the random blog image generator. It made me smile and wonder. :D

No, not me. I don't have a... whatever that thing on the floor is.

A groove was cut into the bottom of the top, twice as long as the divider. The divider was put into that groove, and slid forward. The center rail was then added.

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The top board, while extremely wide, was not quite wide enough, so a slight extender was glued on. Then the top back was added, to minimize he chances of things falling down behind the chest.

Oh, yeah - and for looks, too.

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Front shot with top drawer divider and back.

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Starting the drawers: The cherry front is attached to poplar sides, with half blind dovetails.

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The bottom of the drawer fits in a mortise. The drawer has not yet been cut to length.

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I think that's a power planer in the picture.
Whats the reason for the different size dovetails? :confused:

No particular reason. The angle of the shot accentuates the difference, though.

The rail to keep shit from falling off the back is brilliant.

I know exactly how useful that would be.

I'd love to take credit, but we're working roughly off of a design from a reader project sent in to "Fine Woodworker Magazine".

A quick router cut is made around the back of the frame, to allow the back to be put in.

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Spacers are added to the back of each drawer frame, wide enough to match the depth of the router cut from the last step.

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Dovetails
 

Ok, so I'll go into some detail on dovetails. These dovetails will attach the back of the drawer to the sides.

A dovetailing square has a straight side and a tapered side. The straight side is used to mark the endgrain part of the dovetails.

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This is a very nice scoring tool. I set its length to the thickness of the other board, and marked the depth of the dovetails.

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Then the tapered side of the dovetail square is used to draw the dovetails, matching the markings on the endgrain and going to the scored line.

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Start cutting on the line with a dovetail saw, designed to cut into endgrain. The other board is clamped along with the piece in the vise, for stability.

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Once the cut is started, angle down along the diagonal line, to make sure the saw follows the line.

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Then finish off the cuts.

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The end bits are cut off with a crosscut saw.

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Dovetails 2
 

The chisel rests easily in the scored line. A few pounds with the mallet cuts that line deeper.

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Pop out a layer of wood with a quick chisel hit.

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After a couple of cuts on one side, flip it over and start on the other, so any tearout on the last cut is in the middle of the piece instead of on either side.

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Sorry for the focus.

The tails on the back piece are traced onto the ends of the sides.

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The scoring tool is used again, and the square is used to mark down from the traced lines to the scored line.

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The dovetail saw comes out again. Then the chisels again.

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The tails are shaved down with a chisel until it fits perfectly. The drawer bottom is then marked and cut off with the tablesaw.

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And here is the finished drawer.

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Beautiful, now do it 5 more times. :D

Beautiful work
 

You do beautiful work. I am jealous.

Thanks Harlan.

All but the last drawer is now done.

A decorative arch is glued under the bottom drawer before the final drawer front is fitted, since its attachment could slightly modify the fit.

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That's really beautiful =D