Saw the cheeks. With the blade tilted 14° and
the scrap clamped securely to a tenon jig, adjust
for a cut just outside your dovetail cheek and
shoulder layout lines. Cut one cheek, then flip the
work over on the jig, and cut the opposite cheek.
Saw the shoulders. Saw the shoulders, registering the cut against a rip fence stand-off block.
Set the blade height just shy of scoring the cheek. After sawing both shoulders, chisel away
the waste that remains at the cut intersections. Now check the fit in the dovetail socket. It
should be slightly fat. Repeat the cheek cuts, removing tiny amounts at a time until the joint fits
snugly. Then cut all your workpiece cheeks with that setting, followed by all the shoulder cuts.SIDE 5
PULL ⁄^8 × 4 × 14^3 ⁄^8 "
1"-dia.(^1) ⁄ 2 " × 14°
dovetail socket, 7
⁄ 16 " deep
63 ⁄ 8 "
FALSE BACK
(^5) ⁄ 8 × 3 (^1) ⁄ 2 × 12 (^5) ⁄ 8 "
Groove 1
⁄ 4 ×^1 ⁄ 4 "
Dado
(^1) ⁄ 4 × (^1) ⁄ 4 "
BACK 3
⁄ 4 × 4 × 13^3 ⁄ 8 "
Rabbet
Dowel^1 ⁄ 2 ×^5 ⁄ 8 "
(^1) ⁄ 4 "-dia.
BOTTOM
(^1) ⁄ 4 × 13 (^7) ⁄ 8 × 12 (^3) ⁄ 4 " CTF
Stand-off block
FRONT
(^3) ⁄ 4 × 4 × 15"
Disc 1
⁄ 4 ×^3 ⁄ 4 "-dia.
Dowel 1
⁄ 4 × 1"
Drawer Detail
101 ⁄ 4 "
(^1) ⁄ 4 "
^ ^ ^
DRAWER^ STOP
Flat presses^ against^
false^ drawer^ back.Oct/Nov 2019 | woodcraftmagazine.com 43