I'm planning on building a mission style dresser with 3 rows of
drawers. Across the bottom there are supports for the drawers that
are fit into the legs. I have seen this drawer runner to leg joint
being done with a dovetail. Does anyone have any helpful hints on
creating the bearer rails in a carcass dovetail without using hand
tools. It seems as if a jig can be used to make the pin in the leg
but given the rail is about 60 inches long I can't determine a machine
method of cutting the tail of the rail / drawer runner. Any help
would be appreciated.
On Apr 24, 9:45=A0am, "Charley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Chris Friesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > I'm planning on building a mission style dresser with 3 rows of
> > > drawers. =A0Across the bottom there are supports for the drawers that
> > > are fit into the legs. =A0I have seen this drawer runner to leg joint
> > > being done with a dovetail. =A0Does anyone have any helpful hints on
> > > creating the bearer rails in a carcass dovetail without using hand
> > > tools. =A0It seems as if a jig can be used to make the pin in the leg
> > > but given the rail is about 60 inches long I can't determine a machine=
> > > method of cutting the tail of the rail / drawer runner. =A0Any help
> > > would be appreciated.
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> > Why no hand tools? =A0Seems like a handsaw and chisel would be the
> > simplest way to do this.
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> > Anyways, two suggestions:
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> > 1) Mount a jig on the wall high enough for the piece to clear the floor,=
> > stand on a chair/stool/bench while routing.
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> > 2) Make a jig to route it with the router held horizontally.
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> > Chris
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> My Leigh D4R as well as my FMT jig have been clamped at the edge of the
> pull-down stairway opening to the upper level of my shop so that I could
> work on long pieces. One time I even made use of the railing of a deck to
> get the height that I needed. It just takes a little creativity to come up=
> with a way to solve those unique one-time situations.
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Thanks, so the Leigh can cut this type? I'm guessing for this
application its essentially the pin of a narrow sliding dovetail?
"Chris Friesen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:a_SdnemUIv1lk43VnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@sasktel...
> [email protected] wrote:
> > I'm planning on building a mission style dresser with 3 rows of
> > drawers. Across the bottom there are supports for the drawers that
> > are fit into the legs. I have seen this drawer runner to leg joint
> > being done with a dovetail. Does anyone have any helpful hints on
> > creating the bearer rails in a carcass dovetail without using hand
> > tools. It seems as if a jig can be used to make the pin in the leg
> > but given the rail is about 60 inches long I can't determine a machine
> > method of cutting the tail of the rail / drawer runner. Any help
> > would be appreciated.
>
> Why no hand tools? Seems like a handsaw and chisel would be the
> simplest way to do this.
>
> Anyways, two suggestions:
>
> 1) Mount a jig on the wall high enough for the piece to clear the floor,
> stand on a chair/stool/bench while routing.
>
> 2) Make a jig to route it with the router held horizontally.
>
> Chris
My Leigh D4R as well as my FMT jig have been clamped at the edge of the
pull-down stairway opening to the upper level of my shop so that I could
work on long pieces. One time I even made use of the railing of a deck to
get the height that I needed. It just takes a little creativity to come up
with a way to solve those unique one-time situations.
Charley
[email protected] wrote:
> I'm planning on building a mission style dresser with 3 rows of
> drawers. Across the bottom there are supports for the drawers that
> are fit into the legs. I have seen this drawer runner to leg joint
> being done with a dovetail. Does anyone have any helpful hints on
> creating the bearer rails in a carcass dovetail without using hand
> tools. It seems as if a jig can be used to make the pin in the leg
> but given the rail is about 60 inches long I can't determine a machine
> method of cutting the tail of the rail / drawer runner. Any help
> would be appreciated.
Why no hand tools? Seems like a handsaw and chisel would be the
simplest way to do this.
Anyways, two suggestions:
1) Mount a jig on the wall high enough for the piece to clear the floor,
stand on a chair/stool/bench while routing.
2) Make a jig to route it with the router held horizontally.
Chris