Brooklin asks:
>I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
>square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>
>Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
>regardless of size
No, but it is sensible to be safe. Small plywood bottoms might glue in nicely,
but what's the point?
Charlie Self
"Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?" Rush Limbaugh
Don't know exact size limit with solid wood, but I think any drawer
under 8 inches in length and width wouldn't need a floating bottom.
Of course if the sides and ends are plywood, you don't need a floating
bottom. All of my drawers with plywood sides and ends have glued
bottoms and these include drawers upto 30 inches wide and 18 inches
deep. Some of those bottoms are plywood, others are 1/4" tempered
masonite. My computer desk has a drawer with a solid wood (oak) front
and the rest is plywood that is glued and is still solid after many
years (was originally made for a Commodore 64 so you figure the age.
Brooklin wrote:
>
> I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
> square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>
> Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
> regardless of size?
>
> Thanks
That small, shouldn't hurt.
Preston
"Brooklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
> square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>
> Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
> regardless of size?
>
> Thanks
"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> writes:
>Don't know exact size limit with solid wood, but I think any drawer
>under 8 inches in length and width wouldn't need a floating bottom.
>Of course if the sides and ends are plywood, you don't need a floating
>bottom. All of my drawers with plywood sides and ends have glued
The only time you need a floating bottom in a drawer is when the
bottom is made from boards. When it is made from plywood or
masonite, don't bother floating it, as they are both dimensionally
stable.
If the bottom is not an entineered product, I'd float it no matter what size it is.
scott
>bottoms and these include drawers upto 30 inches wide and 18 inches
>deep. Some of those bottoms are plywood, others are 1/4" tempered
>masonite. My computer desk has a drawer with a solid wood (oak) front
>and the rest is plywood that is glued and is still solid after many
>years (was originally made for a Commodore 64 so you figure the age.
>
>Brooklin wrote:
>>
>> I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
>> square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>>
>> Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
>> regardless of size?
>>
>> Thanks
"Brooklin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
> square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>
> Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
> regardless of size?
>
> Thanks
That small, I wouldn't think twice - go ahead and glue it. I've glued full
size drawers made from soft woods and drawers made from hardwoods before I
ever heard that you shouldn't and I've never once had a problem with the
glued drawers. I understand the principle behind not gluing the bottoms,
but like I said, I've done it a lot and never once had a problem.
--
-Mike-
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At 4 inches square you COULD ignore the floating bottom rule.
David.
Brooklin wrote:
> I'm making a jewellry cabinet with small drawers about 4 inches
> square. I think I'll be using rabbet joints on the sides.
>
> Do drawers always need 'floating' bottoms for movement of wood
> regardless of size?
>
> Thanks