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Andrea is here and starts the drawer making by double checking the measurements she needs. |
She rips several boards to the width she has measured. |
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And just to be safe, she double checks the width with the actual piece. She wants to make the drawers as snug as she can. |
While the stock is still long, she sets up to run a groove at the bottom. This will hold the 1/8" plywood bottoms. She uses a 3/16" brass gauge block to set the depth. She is leaving the cabinet maker's blade on and will make the cut in two passes this will fit the plywood better and is quicker than getting the dado set out. |
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It is an easy cut to make. |
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Andrea turns to the sliding miter saw to cut the sides and ends to their correct lengths. |
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Moving to the WoodRat machine, she marks one of the sides with the locations for the dovetails she wants. The boards are 1 3/4" wide so there is not much room for many dovetails |
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She will cut three dovetails, and she has set up the machine for using the small dovetail bit. You can see her small lines on the aluminum. This marks where she has "zeroed" her cut location. |
Andrea clamps both side pieces in the holder. |
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She aligns the dovetail position with the "mark" (at arrow) and makes her cuts. She has installed the aluminum guides so that the cuts are straight in and out. |
In a matter of minutes, she has two sides with dovetails at both ends. Now she can get to work on the ends. |
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