Pretty cool and quick way to make a simple drawer https://www.wwgoa.com/video/posthaste-projects-instant-drawer-008593/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=A5439&vsoid=A5439

I use the same rebated joint ...

works really well...

Quick and simple, one set-up, and good to go...as long as your stock is milled to exactly 1/2". The only other downside, which isn't, is that when you cut the groove for the bottom you end up with a square through hole at the joints. Not something I would want for a piece of furniture. However, that fix is simple...just glue in a plug.

 

Anyway, great video, thanks Keith.

Thanks, Keith!

I like that.  Thanks.

2 hours ago, schnewj said:

Quick and simple, one set-up, and good to go...as long as your stock is milled to exactly 1/2". The only other downside, which isn't, is that when you cut the groove for the bottom you end up with a square through hole at the joints. Not something I would want for a piece of furniture. However, that fix is simple...just glue in a plug.

 

Anyway, great video, thanks Keith.

Or, attach a false front. 

Edited November 30, 20178 yr by Gene Howe

18 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Or, attach a false front. 

One of the other ways to "skin a cat"! I love woodworking!

2 hours ago, schnewj said:

One of the other ways to "skin a cat"! I love woodworking!

You been drinking your coffee black again?

John

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

You been drinking your coffee black again?

John

 

he didn't say kill it...

he said skin it...

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

You been drinking your coffee black again?

John

ABSOLUTELY!

 

Is there any other way?

1 minute ago, Stick486 said:

 

he didn't say kill it...

he said skin it...

There are a 101 uses for a (already) dead cat.

 

Amazon: $8.98

 

skin the cat..

and then let it grow a new skin...

skin it again...

and again.................................

no need to kill it...

My dad was a cat skinner for a while. In the Sea Bees. Later, in the oil patch.

Wonder if they still use that term for bulldozer operators?

That is even easier than using a 1/4" straight bit to do the same joint.

 

For the bottom, I dry fit the drawer, use a band clamp to hold it together, then use a slotting bit to cut the groove for the drawer bottom. All I have to do is round the corners of the bottom to match the diameter of my slotting bit. Works wonderfully. Lee Valley makes 2 different slotting bits just for this purpose, 1 for 1/8" thick bottoms, the other for 1/4" bottoms.