On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:45:03 -0400, "Stoutman" .@. wrote:

I am making a dresser and this weekend I will be making drawers. Should I
make rabbeted dovetails or non rabbeted (rabbeted left and right on drawer
front with dovetails)? Why do a lot of furniture manufactures use rabbeted
dovetails?

What do you do most often?


I use blind dovetails in the front and dovetails on the back. It is
easier to make a drawer with a lip than flush mount (and still look
good). I have a dovetail jig, but I enjoy cutting them by hand.