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Top Drawer! [member edit]





In this one I make a quick & easy inset drawer in Birch ply and Maple veneered ply. Enjoy!


I used the Keith Brown Original Oil Wax finish - also available in clear and food safe versions here - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1314398822/kb-oil-wax-wood-finish-triple-pack

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Other videos of interest:-

My cheap nailer and compressor - https://youtu.be/eJo3JMkv3JE


Workshop cabinets and shelves - https://youtu.be/iaB_CL5md8U


Basic plywood boxes - https://youtu.be/li5AIXw3XPE

Torsion box Router Bench - https://youtu.be/Q-Vyq4ShHT0


Birch ply drawer router cabinet - https://youtu.be/BfV0426rog0


New to track saws? Tracksaw workshop & all tracksaw-related videos in a playlist here - http://bit.ly/TracksawWorkshop


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Robert Schwinger
Robert Schwinger
Mar 10, 2023

I have always had trouble with the non undermount drawer slides not binding, sometimes they work fine and are smooth but others I have to mess with shims and such. The cabinet is perfectly square in all directions, it has 3 drawers the bottom one is smooth as silk but the top one was binding I had to use some shims to get it to operate correctly.??

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Lloyd Town
Lloyd Town
Mar 05, 2023

Quick one @petermillard: your blue tape measure, doesn't look like the hultafors, whats the make? Love the scribe underneath.

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Lloyd Town
Lloyd Town
Mar 05, 2023
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Ah thats makes sense. Looking at the 3m one now on Amazon, gets very mixed reviews; you either love it and hate the damn thing …still might give it a try 👍 thanks!

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K HADIMLI
Mar 04, 2023

Love this last shop cabinet serie, you seem to be progressing much slower than your usual building of things, but I love that it gives all the details including messups and fixes. Probably stupid question; for the drawer faces, you mentioned the easiest and fastest to hide plywood edges is to use a rebated face, but why not put a thick face from front (covering edges) without any rebate? Is it a big no because of strength? Also wondering how you decide on the thickness of the drawer bottom piece, I think I was expecting fairly thin like 6mm similar to on commercially produced drawers, seeing a 12mm bottom was a surprise :)

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petermillard
petermillard
Mar 05, 2023
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Short screws for the side-mounted runners. Don’t quite have the nerve to glue them in like Jimmy Diresta! 😯

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Paul
Paul
Mar 03, 2023

Good solid stuff, I really like your approach to making drawers, especially the fronts!


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petermillard
petermillard
Mar 03, 2023
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Thanks Paul! The rebated thing works really well, and never had an issue with strength with just glue and nails. 👍

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excellent as always. like the track saw pre router approach which saves the multi pass approach with a router.

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petermillard
petermillard
Mar 03, 2023
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Thanks Joe! Makes a lot less dust too! 👍

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