{"id":3247,"date":"2013-06-09T18:41:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T02:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/bathroom-cabinets-building-drawers\/"},"modified":"2021-11-06T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T21:14:20","slug":"bathroom-cabinets-building-drawers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/bathroom-cabinets-building-drawers\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Bathroom Cabinets &#8211; Building Drawers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>My woodworking project continues!<\/p>\n<p>I planed a bunch of maple to 5\/8&#8243; thick my drawer thickness. I went with 5\/8&#8243; instead of 3\/4&#8243;, since my top drawers should appear more &#8220;dainty&#8221; as they are small. I should have done 3\/4&#8243; for my larger bottom drawers, but it is too late for that decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9454.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9454-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9454.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used my Leigh dovetail jig to cut the dovetails:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9458-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9458.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9476.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9476-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9476.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9475-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9475.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since these drawers are small, I used 1\/4&#8243; maple ply (with a MDF core) for the bottom. My larger drawers will have 1\/2&#8243; ply bottoms.<\/p>\n<p>The larger drawers I had to biscuit joint smaller pieces of wood together to get 9&#8243; sides (they are tall!). I should have jointed them together before planing them; then I could have planed them together. Or maybe doing it this way was good and allowed me to work around tearout. I&#8217;m not sure what the best approach is. This worked pretty well\u2026but I had to use a lot of clamps to get them aligned really well:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9501-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9501.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The drawer dovetails weren&#8217;t as tight on these\u2026I must have messed up the jig a bit, or not done enough practice cuts on it. They did turn out pretty well, and I can clean them up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_9504-tm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9504.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I now have to get more maple for two more large drawers, and then I&#8217;ll be done building them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My woodworking project continues! I planed a bunch of maple to 5\/8&#8243; thick my drawer thickness. 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