2. LAY OUT THE DRAWER DADOS
Next is the layout. In this cabinet there will be
11 drawers for sandpaper above, two deeper
drawers at the bottom for scrap sandpaper and
for sanding blocks and sticks, and one thinner
drawer between them for the sheet tearer.
First I clamp the parts together and start
marking out the dado lines. Measuring down
from inside the top, make a mark at 1⁄" and
another at 1⁄". Repeat this 10 more times,
measuring from the bottom of the previous set
of marks (Figure
D
). To help keep track, I make
small hashes on the tape measure itself.
The twelfth drawer from the top will be the
tearing drawer; for this one I’ll mark lines at ⁄"
and 1⁄".
To make up for any small discrepancies that
happened above, for the last two drawers I
measure the remaining distance to the bottom
board and divide by 2. This gives me marks at
1⁄" and 1⁄". Note that the bottom drawer will
sit directly on the bottom board.
3. CUT THE DADOS
After fitting my table saw with a dado stack at ¼"
width, and setting it to cut ¼" deep (Figure
E
), I
make a test cut and check the width of the slot,
using a piece of the ¼" plywood. It should slide
easily with an approximate ⁄" gap. If it’s too tight
to slide, you’ll need to shim out your dado stack
to accommodate. Also verify that your depth is ¼"
as the rest of the build will rely on it.
Because each plywood piece will be oriented
on the table saw to be twice as wide as it is long, it
would beveryrisky to try to cut these dados using
the rip fence — a very high risk of kickback,don’t
do it. Instead I use my crosscut fence. Starting
with the slot for drawer #1, I align the (not
spinning) blade with my marks, then clamp a
stop to the fence. Slide the piece back, and then
up to the blade again, and recheck that I’m still
on my marks (Figure
F
). Once I’m satisfied that
my setup is good, I make the cut. Then I take
the other carcass piece making sure its top is
oriented the same direction, slide it gently to the
stop, and make the same cut.
Turn off the saw, and repeat the setup for the
rest of the slots (Figure
G
).
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