The
Drawer Book
A Comprehensive
Guide for Woodworkers
- includes DVD
by Bill Hylton
Hardcover,
spiralbound text pages
235 x 285mm
160pp
Published by Popular Woodworking Books, Ohio USA
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 978-1-55870-842-6
As reviewed in The Australian Woodworker Issue 148
The author of this book describes in detail practically all of the commonly (and some not so commonly) used ways of making drawers.
He begins with the basics of drawer construction and support. The latter include traditional methods as well as the use of metal runners.
He then goes on to address the subject of choosing materials, before beginning the exploration of suitable joints and their machining. This very interesting section also contains instructions for making several jigs to facilitate the work.
The final part of the book covers the building and fitting of drawers. The text is straight-forward and easy to read and is well illustrated by photo graphs together with drawings of jigs and details.
The rear cover of the book houses a 30 minute DVD which discusses the choice and describes the fitting of the main types of metal runners. The Drawer Book is aimed at two groups of woodworkers.
The first is comprised of novices who are approaching the making of drawers for the first time and may be doing so with just a little apprehension.
The second includes all those woodworkers who have fallen into the habit of making their drawers in the same way regardless of the project.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
1
Drawer Building Basics
PARTS OF A DRAWER
- Sides and Back
- Bottom
MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTIONS
-
Front-to-Side Joinery
- Side-to-Back Joinery
- Bottom Constructions
-
Solid-Wood Bottoms
2
Supporting a Drawer
RUNNERS, GUIDES AND KICKERS
- Installing Runners
-
Web Frames
- Guides
- Center Runners and Guides
- Kickers
SIDE-MOUNTED
RUNNERS
- Grooving the Drawers
- A Position Gauge
CENTER-MOUNTED SLIDE
AND RUNNER
Making the Runner Slide
Mount the slide to the Drawer
BOTTOM
HUNG
SIDE MOUNTS
DRAWER STOPS
3
Choosing Materials
WEIGHT AND STRENGTH
WOOD STRENGTH
WEAR-ABILITY
STABILITY
SPECIES
SHRINKAGE
ATTRACTIVENESS
MATCHMAKING
COST
RESAWING
- Resawing on
the Table Saw
- Step-by-Step Resawing on the Table Saw
- Resawing on the
Band Saw
- Setting the Resaw Fence
- Making the Resaw Cut the Band Saw
SHEET
GOODS
EDGE-BANDING
- Veneer Tape
- Solid Edging
- Shaped Solid-Wood
Banding
4
Cutting Joints
FASTENED BUTT JOINT
- Nails and Staples
- Wooden Pins
POCKET-SCREW
JOINERY
BISCUIT JOINT
RABBET JOINT
LOCK JOINT
- A Basic Setup
-
Tweaking the Joint
- Slot-Cutter Magic
ROUTER DRAWER LOCK JOINT
- Cutting
the Joinery
DRAWER GLUE JOINT
- An Alliterative Setup
SLIDING DOVETAIL
JOINT
- Stopped Sliding Dovetails
BOX JOINT
- Using the Jig
- Cutting
the Joints
- Tweaking the Setup
BOX JOINT BIT
THROUGH DOVETAILS
-
Hand-Cut Dovetails
- Lay Out the Pins
- Cut the Pins
-
Chop Out the Tails
- Routed Through Dovetails
POWER ASSISTS
- Cutting
Tails on the Router Table
- Cutting Tails on the Band Saw
- Roughing Out
Pins with the Router
FORMING PINS ON THE TABLE SAW
HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
ROUTED
HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
- Setting Up the Jig and Router
- Cutting and Test
Joint
- Cutting the Good Stuff
VARIABLY SPACED HALF-BLINDS
- Rabbeted
Half-Blinds
- Hand-cut Hall-Blinds
- A Power Assist
5
Building and Fitting Your Drawer
MAKING FRONTS
- Curved Fronts
-
Bandsawing a Curved Front
- Stack Laminations
BENT LAMINATION
- Templating
the Curve
- Constructing the Curves
- Laminating the Drawer Fronts
FIT
THE PARTS
- Fronts
- Sides and Back
CUT THE JOINERY
Bottom Groove
GLUED-UP
SLIPS
TWEAKING
THE FIT
- Clean Up the Joints
- Shoot the Drawer
- Fit the Front
-
Installing the Bottom
SOLID-WOOD BOTTOM
- Muntins
FINISHING UP
APPLYING
FINISH
NK ASSEMBLY
- Make the Bottom Assembly
- Cut the Drawer Box Parts
-
Cut The Joinery
- Assemble the Drawer
A PRODUCTION DRAWER
- Cut the Joints
and Assemble
MOUNTING APPLIED FRONTS
Suppliers