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With
all the grooves cut, I can now assemble the cabinet. The locking miter joint gives you a
lot of gluing surface. I take care to brush the glue onto all the surfaces.
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The assembly is taking shape. I have
added the bottom and middle shelves and now adding stretchers in the top two grooves.
Drawers will be installed there so complete shelves are unnecessary. The stretchers tie
the unit together structurally.
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I use a piece of 1/2-inch stock to serve as a jig to hold the slide while I fasten in it position. I will use the stock later to affix the other slide piece on the drawer side. |
To get drawers to fit, the widths have
to be exactly 1-inch less that the opening (1/2" for each slide.) Rather than rely on
tape measuring, I use the 1 inch width of the square and mark the width on the drawer
front piece. For me, that is the safest way to be exact.
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With the drawer pieces cut to size, I
can now dovetail the corners. I am using the Katie Jig with hand held routers. With the
router table in use with the locking miter, I use the hand held method. It is fast and
accurate.
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With the drawers assembled and the slides added, I fit the drawers in their slides. |
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Here, I am using a home made jig to route a groove for the wood handles for add-on drawer fronts. |
The fronts are in place and this cabinet is ready for use. |
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In place and working. The lower two
shelves were designed to be for cutoffs that I want to save. Now that I have already
filled the two drawers, I will probably add one more where the first shelf is. As you can
see, I am already storing pushsticks and hold-downs there.
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