Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
dpb dpb is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,029
Default drawer kits


Eric wrote:
I'm building a work bench for general purpose work around the house. I'd
like to add a couple of wooden drawers (prefer wood but steel is a fall
back if cant get wood drawers) to it but I don't have the expertise to make
them myself (ie dovetails etc).

....

I'd suggest here's a perfect opportunity to develop some
expertise--it's "just" a workbench so other than being structurally
sound, if there's some inexpertise showing, it's not like a dining room
hutch or something.

As others noted, there are other ways besides dovetails to make a solid
joint (a box joint on the tablesaw comes to mind as one pretty simple
but very strong option). Even practice on making a simple nailed box
drawer or two would be valuable for a complete novice...

Just imo, ymmv, $0.02, etc., etc., ...

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
drawer kits woodarama Home Repair 2 August 24th 06 04:08 AM
drawer kits Joe Gorman Home Repair 0 August 23rd 06 01:08 PM
drawer kits Edwin Pawlowski Home Repair 0 August 23rd 06 12:21 PM
Pen kits Bob Darrah Woodturning 3 July 3rd 04 08:31 PM
Question about building a drawer Melissa Woodworking 5 January 2nd 04 07:24 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:39 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 DIYbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about DIY & home improvement"