Sunday, March 7, 2021

Tool Chest Part IV (Drawers and Runners)

 

 Drawer runners  
The runners for the sliding drawers are made of beech.
The three drawers are of decreasing length from top to bottom. 
In this way it will be possible to insert and extract them freely 
as needed. The two lateral runners are therefore made with a stepped 
profile.



Building the beech runners

Tracing


Roughing by rebating using a combination plane


Rifinishing by a rebate plane




each drawer slides on one of the edges


Drawer joinery


Drawers 
The drawers are also assembled with a dovetail joint.  
The tails are cut on the short sides. The bottom is inserted in grooves cut on the sides.

 


Cutting the bottom grooves



If necessary cut grooves for accomodate drawer dividers

Dovetails


The bottom is rebating to be able to insert it in side grooves


Across the grain the skewed rebate has no competitors


The drawer slides on beech replaceable elements



Tune up the drawer insertion by using a block plane






Sliding tests


Drill box 
The revolving box that contains the drilling accessories is initially made as if it were a closed box, then 4 perimetral elements 
and 2 closing panels, upper and lower.


The revolving drill box is made as a closed box


The lid is then separated by using a bandsaw


Handles 

Handles will be used to facilitate the movement of the drawers.
The classic solution is to use small folding handles; 
in this case I opted for self-built handles inserted in the thickness 
of the drawer fronts.

A Hydraulic connector is used for obtain a ring screwed in the drawer front



Improvised tapping device




 The inner thread helps the finger grip during the mouvement

Part 1: Case

Part 2: Lid

Part 3: Skirts

Part 4: Drawers and Runners

Part 5: Finishing 

Video and photo gallery 

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