Well, a drawer wanted to put up a fight, got me Irish up, it did now.  But,  suren i showed that bugger who the boss was. 

 

Ok, enough of the Mad Irishman stuff. 

 

Top is attached to the table base.  Got the drawer front sized to it's opening, with a red hair of room all the way around.    needed a couple sides to make it a drawer.  marked out for the two in a single board

I was just going to saw them out like that, but the bench was a might shaky.    Laid the board flat, and grabbed a cordless saw..

Yep, one of them new-fangled saws without a cord.   So, after crosscutting two sides out, checked the saw cut with a square

Not too hateful.   Clamped the two sides together in the vise, so that their sides were aligned flush.    End grain was a bit ragged, so a plane was taken to it

Until the ends were smooth and even

until they were nice and smooth.  Rotate to do the other ends, without the parts shifting around.   They did anyway, but a hammer put them in their place.  Ok, sides are LONg enough, but too wide.    Marked a line to cut to, grabbed a pre-set square, and a utility knife, scored the line deep as can be.   Put the square aside, go back and lean the knife over a bit towards the waste side, and score again

See that little ribbon?   The cuts made a Knife wall.  Again with the board flat on the bench, another of them cordless saws

I don't have a"true" rip saw, but we make do around these here parts.   After each was sawn,  I clamped it in the vise, and cleaned the saw marks with a plane.   Test fit, plane a bit more.   Then repeat with the other side board.  Should've stopped right there...but...

 

The "Fight Card" for tonight:    The Bandit vs Porter Cable 4210. 

 

Dug up the 1/2" shanked, 1/2' dovetail bit.  Both carbide flutes were wrecked.   Ok, dug out the 1/4" shanked one.    Then tried to attach the guide collar to the base of my Craftsman router....Round one almost went the the other side.   Had to remove the base of the router and still fought the guide into place.   Not a good start.  Dug the jig out   It was laying under a bench ( hiding??) behind the table...

You can barely see under the table?    Dragged it out, cleaned it off ( Ahhhh-chew!), cleared a spot on my bench.    Mounting holes in the jig were bigger than the heads of the screws I use....round two.

Two blocks of wood with a screw through them, through a mounting hole, and into the bench.   Test drive?   Well, took awhile to get the bit low enough to even start to use it.   Collet was almost rubbing the collar.  Collar had issues following the guide slots.  Seems a layer of oxidation had narrowed the slots.  Shoved it through anyway.....test fit?    Ok, a bit of hammer work to adjust things a bit.  Things were moving during the cut.  On this jig, you need to add scrap pieces to the non-used side,   Jig will be at an angle, otherwise.  

About like this.   Where the two boards meet, there is a guide plate to off-set the two.  You have to look down inside all that guide rail stuff and make sure each board is against that plate.  And make sure things are square in the jig, and tightened down HARD.    Inside of the front goes up, inside of the side goes out.   Little line on the fingers shows where the two should meet,  no gaps.  Hmmm, more taps

 

First side and front corner ...

not perfect, but fixable.   More smacking with the hammer, another adjustment.   Other corner came out better, but the two sides now offset a bit.   Clamp the drawer assembly onto the bench, and level the playing field a bit...

Shavings all around!  This round is mine!  As for that second corner

I think I can live with that.    Still need to do the other edges, and mill a dado for the drawer back.    And add some grooves to house the drawer bottom.   For some reason, I an all tuckered out,  Stay tuned, it has got to get better....someday....

You're tuckered out?!?!?! I'm tired just reading about all you got done!

Steve, I gotta say sir, you just keep on trucking, there is no mistakable presence about your work that it is truly hand made. There is a quality and attraction to that from my perspective, I love it. Thanks for sharing, even though I may not respond to all your topics regarding your work, I assure you I read them all with great interest. I love watching the work in the basement.

Are you sure you aren't the Everyready Bunny in disguise?

 

You just keep going and going and turning it out!