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The 135 degree drawer is moving toward completion

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The 135 degree drawer is moving toward completion

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.


As a reminder the picture shows the shape of the drawer. The sides are dovetailed into the drawer fronts with the usual half blinds and the other 4 joints are 135 degree dovetails. The 135 degree dovetails are not going as well as I expected. Occasional gaps are showing up in the outside of the joint between atail and pin intersection. It is a sawing error but I don't know how it is occurring.


I took a break before the last(back) joint and did the half blinds, probably to shore up my confidence, but also this is the order that makes sense. These came out predictable, so it's not like I forgot how to saw dovetails.

After completing what is shown in the picture I can measure, rather than calculate, what the length of the back must be to keep the sides parallel. No doubt when I make the last joint I will have figured out what I needed to do on the others >(

Re: The 135 degree drawer is moving toward completion

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Ah, Yes!....

Barry Irby

How many things have I figured out how I should have done it right after I finished doing it?

Congratulations on working your way through this.

OTOH, I just remade part of a computer desk for my son because he bought a different case. Made the same mistakes this time as I did last time and it was only two weeks ago. Apparently I am a slow learner.

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