Tdog
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I’ve enjoyed following Cliff Johns’ story of turning big boards to small, dovetailed ones. I began to dabble with woodworking since I retired. [Did someone mention this is an expensive pastime?] The first thing I wanted to tackle was kitchen drawers - - it seems the more I approach geezerdom, the harder it is to stand on your head to see what’s in the back of a cabinet. Sliding drawers seemed like the solution. I started this project early in 2005 but took a year break after Katrina. I’ve recently started again, taking on one cabinet at a time.
I’m lucky to have a neighbor who has a planer/joiner & thickness planer and has invited me to use them when needed. I bought a Rockler dovetail jig & a Porter Cable router. I got started once I had the wood milled to thickness at my neighbor’s. I’m making the drawers out of African mahogany, but I practiced plenty with pine.
The job hasn’t been mistake free, but for the most part I’ve been able to hide them. So far I’m on my 5th, cabinet, a total of 12 drawers. I’ll probably stop after one more 4-drawer cabinet.
Anyway, here are a couple of shots that I took after I made my first drawers.
I’m lucky to have a neighbor who has a planer/joiner & thickness planer and has invited me to use them when needed. I bought a Rockler dovetail jig & a Porter Cable router. I got started once I had the wood milled to thickness at my neighbor’s. I’m making the drawers out of African mahogany, but I practiced plenty with pine.
The job hasn’t been mistake free, but for the most part I’ve been able to hide them. So far I’m on my 5th, cabinet, a total of 12 drawers. I’ll probably stop after one more 4-drawer cabinet.
Anyway, here are a couple of shots that I took after I made my first drawers.
