On Jan 13, 2:42*pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:28:26 -0800 (PST), the infamous Brian Grella
scrawled the following:



On Jan 13, 8:44 am, "D'ohBoy" wrote:
In trying to come up with a design that will insure my drawer
dimensions (I haven't quite mastered my Keller yet; my dovetails fit
fine, but drawer dimensions are only approximate when I use it) for my
drawer slides, I decided to go with a sliding dovetail.

Seems easy enough when you get the pin (tail? the part that will
slide into the slot) sussed out. But I did notice some caveats from a
number of the google hits. To wit:

I've done this once. *See he

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Walnu...e_Tables_C.php

I would do it again in a second. *Very easy to make the dovetailed
slides and easy to install.

1. These joints may not be the choice for drawers that carry heavy
loads.

Correct.

I assume that the use of ball bearing slides alleviates this
concern, as the drawer will open easy no matter what.

2. These joints should not be made with ply as the structure of
plywood is too weak. Really?

Probably too weak. *Never tried with ply.

Even given my use of the ball bearing
slides?

3. Most sliding dovetails are tapered on the pages I found. If I make
the fit slightly loose (very slightly) and use a gorilla glue type
product, will that be sufficient?

Needs clarification here.

Simple. It appears that he'll use the gap-filling quality of Gorilla
glue to, um, glue his drawers in? * *I think he should use Gorilla
Epoxy for this, myself.

I thought maybe he didn't own a safe and wanted to lock something in
the drawers. Maybe someone keeps stealing his goods? :^|
mumbles to self and slowly walks away



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