Craftsman 17125455 Operating Instructions Manual page 36

MAKING DRAWERS WITH HALF BLIND
RABBETED JOINTS
GENERAL PREPARATIONS
a The length of the drawer front is 3/4" longer than the
tength of the drawer back
b The height of the drawer front is 314" higher than the
height of the drawer back and drawer sides
• IT tS EXTREMELY iMPORTANT THAT THE TEMPLATE
BE PROPERLY ALIGNED WHEN MAKING THESE
JOINTS, OR ELSE, IN ADDITION TO THE JOINT SPAC-
iNG NOT BEING EQUAL, AS SHOWN 1N FIGURE 60
BELOW, THE TOP SURFACES OF THE SIDES, FRONT,
AND BACK WILL NOT "LINE-UP" PROPERLY EITHER
REFER TO THE SECTION "ALIGNMENT OF THE TEM-
PLATES" (Figure 60 illustrates a Flush Dovelail Joint)
-All other GENERAL PREPARATIONS, except as noted
below in the procedure, are the same as those used for
"MAKING DRAWERS WITH HALF BLIND FLUSH
J Of NTS"
THE PROCEDURE FOR CUTTING CORNERS 1 AND 4
IS THE SAME AS THAT USED FOR "MAKING DRAW-
ERS WITH HALF BLIND FLUSH JOINTS" EXCEPT
° Position BOTH top stop blocks so that the "B" faces the
middle of the base as shown in Figure 56
° Use the side of the tempiate that has the longest fingers
• Position the template and workpieces as shown in
Figure 57 Cut the dovetail as described in the section,
MAKING DRAWERS WITH HALF BLIND FLUSH JOINTS
• Before gluing the front, back, and sides together,
some provision must be made for installing the bot-
tom, such as dadoing or cutting a groove around the
inside of the drawer parts
• Your drawer is now ready to be glued together
• Remove the penciI markings by fight sanding or with a
soft eraser after the drawer parts have been giued
together
FIGURE 56
LEFT TOP STOP BLOCK
,/"B" FACES TOWARD MIDDLE OF BASE
/-/
'B" FAC ES TOWARD
OF BASE
/ RIGHT TOP STOP BLOCK
/
/
/
POINTER POINTS TO
CENTER GRADUATION
\"LEFT FRONT STOP BLOCK
\ RIGHT FRONT STOP BLOCK
FIGURE 57
/ DOVETAIL TEMPLATE FOR
_ .......... / HALF BLlND JOINTS
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