Making Drawers With Half Blind Rabbeted Joints - Sears Craftsman 171.25450 Owner's Manual

FIG. 50
°A "FACES MfDDLE OF EASE
GRADUAtiON TOWARD THE BACK
OFTHE BASE FROM THE CENTER
GRADUAtiON
c) Whencuttingcorners2 and 3;the camhandleis positioned vertically, a sshownin Figure4&
d) All otherGENERAL P REPARATIONS arethesameasthoseusedfor "MAKING DRAWERS WITHHALF BLINDFLUSH JOINTS",
THEPROCEDURE FOR CUTTING THESE JOINTS ISTHESAME ASTHATUSED FOR "MAKING DRAWERS W ITHHALF BLINDFLUSH JOINTS".
After all dovetailcutshavebeenmade,cuta 1/16"deepby3/8"deeprabbeton oppositeendsof thedrawerfront.
• Thefinishedfront, back,andsidesshouldlook likethose in Figure33.
Beforegluing thefront,back,andsidestogethez; someprovision m ustbemadeforinstalling thebottom, s uchas dadoing or cutting a
groove around theinsideofthedrawer pads.
Yourdraweris now readyto be gluedtogether.
• Remove the pencilmarkingsby lightsandingor with a softeraserafterthedrawerpartshavebeengluedtogether.
MAKINGDRAWERS WITH HALFBLINDRABBETED J OINTS:
GENERAL PREPARATIONS:
a) Thelengthof thedrawerfront is 3/4"longerthanthelengthof thedrawerback.
Fig. 51
LEFT TOP STOP BLOCK
/_"B" FACES T OWARD MIDDLE O F BASE
/ POINTER POINTS TO
CENTER GRADUAtiON
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