I'm building kitchen cabinets for the first time - and hopefully last.
There going to be a lot of drawers. The top row of drawers will be
just a solid front, but the larger drawers below will look like the
picture below.
http://www.strawhome.homestead.com/files/spice_drawer2.jpg
I'm not sure how to construct these. Are they just frame and panel
like doors?
thanks,
~ Wyatt
Yep..frame and panel(small version)... Note where they are
attached the sides... I would build a drawer box and build
the front as a seperate screw/nailed/glued on piece.
Wyatt Wright wrote:
> I'm building kitchen cabinets for the first time - and hopefully last.
> There going to be a lot of drawers. The top row of drawers will be
> just a solid front, but the larger drawers below will look like the
> picture below.
>
> http://www.strawhome.homestead.com/files/spice_drawer2.jpg
>
> I'm not sure how to construct these. Are they just frame and panel
> like doors?
>
> thanks,
>
> ~ Wyatt
On 27 Oct 2004 10:31:55 -0700, [email protected] (Wyatt Wright)
wrote:
>http://www.strawhome.homestead.com/files/spice_drawer2.jpg
> Are they just frame and panel like doors?
Yes.
>I'm not sure how to construct these.
When Greene and Greene did them (for that's clearly who was the
inspiration) they'd be through mortice and tenons. A pain to cut when
they're that small. I did them for these
http://codesmiths.com/shed/things/trays/
but I wouldn't want to cut enough for a kitchen. For drawers, I'd do
them butted with the smallest possible biscuits. Otherwise dowels.
My pegs are extremely hard square timber, either African Blackwood or
English bog oak. I cut them several inches at a time on the bandsaw,
then point the starting end with an old pencil sharpener (the sort
with a pair of rotating helical cutters - blackwood is too brittle for
a rotating knife). They're chamfered on the tops, then hammered into
place. The tightness should be just enough to not have the hammering
blunt the chamfer.
Size details are crucial, so you really must prototype. The rounding
radius, peg size and position, and the step in thickness between
horizontals and verticals all makes a difference to how they look.
--
Smert' spamionam
"Wyatt Wright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm building kitchen cabinets for the first time - and hopefully last.
> There going to be a lot of drawers. The top row of drawers will be
> just a solid front, but the larger drawers below will look like the
> picture below.
>
> http://www.strawhome.homestead.com/files/spice_drawer2.jpg
>
> I'm not sure how to construct these. Are they just frame and panel
> like doors?
Basically yes. The pegs are probably added for decorations as they are not
necessary.
Now a word of warning. If you notice the panel area is narrow and is
probably recessed 1/4" below front and back surface. I see that a knob and
bezel have been used on this drawer. Not just any handle or knob will work
well with this type drawer as you basically loose 1/4" in extension of the
pull that you use. Getting your finger between the pull and the frame of
the drawer might be a problem depending on your pull selection. Just
something to be aware of.
"Kevin Singleton" <[email protected]> wrote in news:htOdne3LFJr1dOLcRVn-
[email protected]:
> They look like pegged bridle joints, with a captured field, to me.
>
> Nice, too.
>
Yep, looks like that to me, too. I just built a bathroom vanity with that
style of drawer and door fronts.
I like the bridle joint because it is easier to make than mortise and tenon
joints, and because I like the joinery to be visible (a la much Arts and
Crafts furniture). However, not everyone likes obvious joinery, and I
would not have used bridle joints for the kitchen cabinets.
--
John Snow
"If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't be here"
They look like pegged bridle joints, with a captured field, to me.
Nice, too.
--
Kevin
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"Wyatt Wright" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm building kitchen cabinets for the first time - and hopefully last.
> There going to be a lot of drawers. The top row of drawers will be
> just a solid front, but the larger drawers below will look like the
> picture below.
>
> http://www.strawhome.homestead.com/files/spice_drawer2.jpg
>
> I'm not sure how to construct these. Are they just frame and panel
> like doors?
>
> thanks,
>
> ~ Wyatt