Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:58:32 -0600, Leon wrote:

Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/

Damn, they look nice too.

basilisk

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, *Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. *Strong!

Nicely done.

I guess you wanted to hide them behind the drawer face at the front
but they don't add any mechanical strength to the front in that
configuration. This is surely no problem for a bathroom drawer but a
large kitchen drawer that could get really loaded could use some extra
mechanical strength to last through the years... don't you think?

One question. Is the mortise cut in-place for both pieces after
assembly?

On Feb 23, 11:58 am, "Leon" wrote:

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

I like the way those Domino tenons look on the drawers. To me it kind
of has a Euro feel to it. Is that a Leon © original design?

It brings another question. Will they be visible when complete?
Paint or clear/stain?

As always, nicely done!

Robert

On 2/23/2011 12:23 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote:

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

Nicely done.

I guess you wanted to hide them behind the drawer face at the front
but they don't add any mechanical strength to the front in that
configuration.

There is indeed a drawer front, but it does not cover the domino "pegs"
in the drawer _sides_, as the "pegs' are specifically there to provide
provide _both_ mechanical strength to the rabbet joint, and a visual
contrast ... see below.

This is surely no problem for a bathroom drawer but a
large kitchen drawer that could get really loaded could use some extra
mechanical strength to last through the years... don't you think?

In the designed configuration as above, the domino "pegs" do indeed
mechanically reinforce the rabbet joint, tremendously so.

But you're correct, I would not normally design/use this type of joinery
in the typical kitchen drawer.

~ Background: All these kitchen drawers are 3/4" hard maple, half blind
dovetails, with 1/2" A-1 maple ply bottoms mounted on KV MUV34
Undermount slides ...

as you know, doing this kind of work, the drawer slides themselves are
the 'tail that wags the dog' as far as drawer dimensions, their design,
and very often, the type of joinery that must be used

.... with the exception of one drawer:

In the kitchen, a special, shallow kitchen KNIFE drawer was made in a
similar fashion as first above because the drawer depth was simply too
shallow for half blind dovetails with undermount drawer slides and a
1/2" bottom.

~ Upshot: The client love the visible domino "pegs" in the rabbet joints
on the KNIFE drawer so much that she wanted all 23 of her bathroom
drawers made that way.

(So happens "Beech" domino end grain closely matches the end grain of
the hard maple half blind dovetails when finished with a clear lacquer
.... whodathunkit?.)

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)

There is indeed a drawer front, but it does not cover the domino "pegs"
in the drawer _sides_, as the "pegs' are specifically there to provide
provide _both_ mechanical strength to the rabbet joint, and a visual
contrast ... see below.

Oops, I mis-read the photos. I thought the side sot where you can see
the back and front loose tenon ends was a shot across the front face.

Now I like this 100%.

For this situation I won't start my rany about unpinned floating
tennos being not the same as true pinned M&T ;^)

On 2/23/11 11:58 AM, Leon wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/


Is the whole process faster than dovetailing?


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"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
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"Swingman" wrote

(So happens "Beech" domino end grain closely matches the end grain of
the hard maple half blind dovetails when finished with a clear lacquer
... whodathunkit?.)

Isn't "Beech" and maple from two different neighborhoods? ;-)

On Feb 23, 12:58*pm, "Leon" wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. *I built the drawers, so far
23 *for 3 bathroom counters. *I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. *;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, *Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. *Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

On Feb 23, 12:58*pm, "Leon" wrote:

Very nice look IMHO. I do dovetails with 1/2" BB and it looks good and
it's real strong but you get tired of that same 'ol same 'ol. I seen a
guy do 3/8" square mortises in drawer sides w/walnut pegs and maple
sides and that looked good too. He just bought the mortiser and wanted
to put 'er to use right now...

RP

"basilisk" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:58:32 -0600, Leon wrote:

Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my
portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so
far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/

Damn, they look nice too.

basilisk

Thank you!

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
...
3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

Nicely done.

Thank you

I guess you wanted to hide them behind the drawer face at the front
but they don't add any mechanical strength to the front in that
configuration. This is surely no problem for a bathroom drawer but a
large kitchen drawer that could get really loaded could use some extra
mechanical strength to last through the years... don't you think?



I believe that they add considerable strength in this configuration, they
lock fronts and backs into the sides rabbets in the direction that the
pulling and pushing force would be found.

22 years ago I built 2' x 3' pots and pans drawers simply using a rabbet
joint reinforced with glue and finish nails. The drawers are as tight today
as thery were then.

One question. Is the mortise cut in-place for both pieces after
assembly?


After assembly, correct.

wrote in message
...
On Feb 23, 11:58 am, "Leon" wrote:

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

I like the way those Domino tenons look on the drawers. To me it kind
of has a Euro feel to it. Is that a Leon © original design?


Euro hummmm. This is certainly not an original by me however I immediately
started using them this way when I bought the Domino. I later read that
others had been using the Domino's in this way also. Not totally unlike
pounding in a dowel to lock things together.




It brings another question. Will they be visible when complete?
Paint or clear/stain?

Swingman texted me indicating that they already had a nice off white look.
LOL. I think when they dry they will have a clear finish.



As always, nicely done!

Thank you Robert!


Robert

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
...
3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

Nicely done.

I guess you wanted to hide them behind the drawer face at the front
but they don't add any mechanical strength to the front in that
configuration. This is surely no problem for a bathroom drawer but a
large kitchen drawer that could get really loaded could use some extra
mechanical strength to last through the years... don't you think?



To clairify a bit more,,, the dominos will be visible from the side of the
drawer when opened, they are on the side of the drawer.

Had they been installed in the front I can see how they would not add any
strength.

"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
...

There is indeed a drawer front, but it does not cover the domino "pegs"
in the drawer _sides_, as the "pegs' are specifically there to provide
provide _both_ mechanical strength to the rabbet joint, and a visual
contrast ... see below.

Oops, I mis-read the photos. I thought the side sot where you can see
the back and front loose tenon ends was a shot across the front face.

Now I like this 100%.

;~) If there is a way to present or take a picture that will be confusing,
I'm your man. LOL






For this situation I won't start my rany about unpinned floating
tennos being not the same as true pinned M&T ;^)

LOL 2-shey

"-MIKE-" wrote in message
...
On 2/23/11 11:58 AM, Leon wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my
portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so
far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/


Is the whole process faster than dovetailing?


EXCELLENT question.

Not really. Obviously building a drawer with rabbets vs. DT's is quicker
however once you build the drawer using either joint method you are done
with assembly. Adding the Dominos requires plunge cutting the mortises, 12
for the big drawers, 8 for the small, distributing glue down both sides of
all of those 6mm wide holes, pounding in the dominos, ( at this point I
think this method takes about as much time as DT's). Then you cut the
excess length dominos off and do quite a bit more rough sanding to flush up
the dominos. Basically you do 2 sets of glue up for each drawer.

IMHO its a six of one half a dozen of the other think concerning strength
and personal appearance preferences.

"Robatoy" wrote in message
...
On Feb 23, 12:58 pm, "Leon" wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my
portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the drawers, so far
23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

Thank you.... IMHO the joint is at least as strong as a DT

Is the whole process faster than dovetailing?


EXCELLENT question.

Not really. Obviously building a drawer with rabbets vs. DT's is quicker
however once you build the drawer using either joint method you are done
with assembly. Adding the Dominos requires plunge cutting the mortises,
12 for the big drawers, 8 for the small, distributing glue down both sides
of all of those 6mm wide holes, pounding in the dominos, ( at this point I
think this method takes about as much time as DT's). Then you cut the
excess length dominos off and do quite a bit more rough sanding to flush
up the dominos. Basically you do 2 sets of glue up for each drawer.

IMHO its a six of one half a dozen of the other think concerning strength
and personal appearance preferences.


A bit more on that, the DT is definetely a more complicated/fussy joint to
produce with more opportunity to screw up. A rabbet joint is pretty simple
although glue up is a bit testy. Plunging the Domino to make mortices is
pretty much fool proof.

"RP" wrote in message
...
On Feb 23, 12:58 pm, "Leon" wrote:

Very nice look IMHO. I do dovetails with 1/2" BB and it looks good and
it's real strong but you get tired of that same 'ol same 'ol. I seen a
guy do 3/8" square mortises in drawer sides w/walnut pegs and maple
sides and that looked good too. He just bought the mortiser and wanted
to put 'er to use right now...

RP

That does sound nice. I would think that because the Domino works much like
a plate joiner that it would be easer to use than a traditional mortiser for
this application.

Thank you BTY

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:15:09 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
wrote:

On Feb 23, 12:58*pm, "Leon" wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. *I built the drawers, so far
23 *for 3 bathroom counters. *I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. *;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, *Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. *Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

That set of pics even stirred MY crowbars, it did.

--
"Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty.
There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and
indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration
of virtue. These amiable passions, are the latent spark. If
the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling
the differences between true and false, right and wrong,
virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of
mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?"
--John Adams

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:13:52 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:15:09 -0800 (PST), Robatoy
wrote:

On Feb 23, 12:58*pm, "Leon" wrote:
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my portion
spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. *I built the drawers, so far
23 *for 3 bathroom counters. *I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. *;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, *Rabbet corner joints reinforced
with 6mm thick dominos. *Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...os/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

That set of pics even stirred MY crowbars, it did.

Jesus H. Christ! I just saw the festerclucking price they want for it.

I guess I'll stick with my $37 HF bisquicker. Time to add that thrust
washer and tighten up the height...

--
"Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty.
There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and
indignation against wrong. A love of truth and a veneration
of virtue. These amiable passions, are the latent spark. If
the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling
the differences between true and false, right and wrong,
virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of
mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?"
--John Adams

"Leon" wrote in message
...
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen
remodel and my portion spilled over into the bathrooms
remodel also. I built the drawers, so far 23 for 3
bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23 drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner
joints reinforced with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/


L:

Tight and handsome work.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"Leon" wrote in message
One question. Is the mortise cut in-place for both pieces after
assembly?
After assembly, correct.

Same question I was going to ask and it makes sense. Cut one hole and put
the tenon in. One other question in this regard. Did you Domino the holes
longer than the tenon and then bang them in until they were flush, or did
you put them in with the ends proud and then trim them off?

"Leon" wrote in message
IMHO its a six of one half a dozen of the other think concerning strength
and personal appearance preferences.

Except that the Domino method is much less subject to error in my opinion.

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
Jesus H. Christ! I just saw the festerclucking price they want for it.

I guess I'll stick with my $37 HF bisquicker. Time to add that thrust
washer and tighten up the height...

On the off chance you change your mind and are going to buy sooner than
later, Festool is raising their prices March 1, 2011. I haven't looked
specifically to see if the Domino tool itself is going to go up in price
since I already own one, but I'd say it was a safe bet.

And keep one specific fact in mind should you (or when) you become a Festool
owner, all of their tools are designed with superb dust collection in mind.
Doesn't matter if it's a power saw, router or sander, dust collection is
outstanding.

"Upscale" wrote in message
...

"Leon" wrote in message
One question. Is the mortise cut in-place for both pieces after
assembly?
After assembly, correct.

Same question I was going to ask and it makes sense. Cut one hole and put
the tenon in. One other question in this regard. Did you Domino the holes
longer than the tenon and then bang them in until they were flush, or did
you put them in with the ends proud and then trim them off?


The Domino will only cut a 27mm deep mortise IIRC. The 6mm dominos are
40mm. When I first started doing this I painstakingly marked each domino to
about 5mm longer than necessary and quickly ground it down on my disk
sander.

Now I simply skip the length change step if possible and pound in the whole
domino. I cut most of the excess domino off at the TS or BS. Large
projects would dictate cutting with a hand saw or shorting at the sander.

I try to leave about 2 mm exposed. The Rotex in aggressive mode takes care
of those nubs in a couple of seconds.

I have discovered Festool Crystal sand paper by accident. I picked some up
on a clearance table, it is good for sanding painted surfaces, I thought I
might need some one day. Because putting glue down both sides of a 6 mm
wide hole can result with excess getting on the outer surface the dominos
tend to make it hard to wipe that excess glue off. Basically I don't
bother. As you probably know glue can quickly ruin a piece of sand paper.
I was going through about 1 disk for each drawer on the first rough sanding.
I tried the Crystal thinking that paint gums up like glue, I was able to
average 7 times more with each Crystal disk when sanding simi cured glue
around those dominos and rabbet joints. IIRC there is a new Festool paper,
blue tinted, that is good for paint and wood, Granate I think.

"Upscale" wrote in message
...

"Leon" wrote in message
IMHO its a six of one half a dozen of the other think concerning strength
and personal appearance preferences.

Except that the Domino method is much less subject to error in my opinion.


True, HOWEVER I mark the mortise locations and use the center mark on the
fence to locate the Domino mortiser. I For aesthetic reasons I don't use
the indexing pins on the Domino. I basically use it like a plate joiner in
that regard. If the Domino slips you end up with an elongated hole. You
have to be careful to hold it stationary through the whole cut.

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
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MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

That set of pics even stirred MY crowbars, it did.

Jesus H. Christ! I just saw the festerclucking price they want for it.

I guess I'll stick with my $37 HF bisquicker. Time to add that thrust
washer and tighten up the height...


Everything is relative, that single drawer job "much" more than paid for
the Domino and CT22 vac..

"Edward Hennessey" wrote in message
news

"Leon" wrote in message
...
Swingman and I have been working on a lengthy kitchen remodel and my
portion spilled over into the bathrooms remodel also. I built the
drawers, so far 23 for 3 bathroom counters. I wish my bath rooms had 23
drawers.
And of course, 6 different sizes. ;~)

3/4" maple with 1/2" maple plywood bottoms, Rabbet corner joints
reinforced with 6mm thick dominos. Strong!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...0794/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...4935/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...7872/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb1121...2571/lightbox/


L:

Tight and handsome work.

Thank you Ed!

On 2/24/11 10:15 AM, Leon wrote:
"Larry wrote in message
...
Snip

/#/photos/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

That set of pics even stirred MY crowbars, it did.

Jesus H. Christ! I just saw the festerclucking price they want for it.

I guess I'll stick with my $37 HF bisquicker. Time to add that thrust
washer and tighten up the height...


Everything is relative, that single drawer job "much" more than paid for
the Domino and CT22 vac..


If that's this HF Plate Joiner.....
http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...ner-38437.html
it's the worst POS I've ever bought and returned to HF.


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-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

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On Feb 24, 12:53*pm, -MIKE- wrote:
On 2/24/11 10:15 AM, Leon wrote:





"Larry *wrote in message
.. .
Snip

/#/photos/lcb11211/54...

MMmmmmm... now I REALLY want a Domino.
Very nice result visually and it must be strong too.

That set of pics even stirred MY crowbars, it did.

Jesus H. Christ! I just saw the festerclucking price they want for it.

I guess I'll stick with my $37 HF bisquicker. Time to add that thrust
washer and tighten up the height...

Everything is relative, *that single drawer job "much" more than paid for
the Domino and CT22 vac..

If that's this HF Plate Joiner.....http://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...ner-38437.html
it's the worst POS I've ever bought and returned to HF.

--

* -MIKE-

* "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
* * *--Elvin Jones *(1927-2004)
* --
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*
* ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

That thing even looks all wrong.

"Upscale" wrote in
:


On the off chance you change your mind and are going to buy sooner
than later, Festool is raising their prices March 1, 2011. I haven't
looked specifically to see if the Domino tool itself is going to go up
in price since I already own one, but I'd say it was a safe bet.

And keep one specific fact in mind should you (or when) you become a
Festool owner, all of their tools are designed with superb dust
collection in mind. Doesn't matter if it's a power saw, router or
sander, dust collection is outstanding.


Ok, you guys convinced me. Saved about the equivalent to sales tax by
buying now...

Here's the listing of price increases. Some of the tool/vacuum kits are
actually going down in price.
http://www.mcfeelys.com/info/festool-alert3.htm

Puckdropper

Swingman wrote in news:2d-dnZZwiYKz-
:

All these kitchen drawers are 3/4" hard maple, half blind
dovetails, with 1/2" A-1 maple ply bottoms mounted on KV MUV34
Undermount slides ...

I've been admiring those drawers very much, but a question popped up. If I
may, please, Karl & Leon? Where are the half-blind dovetails? I only see
very nicely executed and "pinned" rabbets. And I love that bright white
maple!

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On 2/25/2011 6:00 AM, Han wrote:
wrote in news:2d-dnZZwiYKz-
:

All these kitchen drawers are 3/4" hard maple, half blind
dovetails, with 1/2" A-1 maple ply bottoms mounted on KV MUV34
Undermount slides ...

I've been admiring those drawers very much, but a question popped up. If I
may, please, Karl& Leon? Where are the half-blind dovetails? I only see
very nicely executed and "pinned" rabbets. And I love that bright white
maple!

LOL ... I was onsite with an architect (normally not an enjoyable
experience, but this one is one of the sexiest women alive) yesterday
and she asked the same question.

Those damned domino pinned drawers are like rabbits with rabbets ...
they were everywhere you looked!:

https://picasaweb.google.com/karlcai...JgYOq gKvOVw#

Scroll down to the last few photos and you'll see some of the REAL
drawers in various stages of fabrication and storage.

I'll get some better shots of them today as they are being sprayed with
the final coat of lacquer today.

FWIW ... Their new home is almost ready ... drywall went up yesterday
and floor floated, today the kitchen floor will be laid and Leon and I
will level and set the bases for the base cabinets today:

https://picasaweb.google.com/karlcai...Dv4OKAraChgQE#

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"Swingman" wrote in message
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On 2/25/2011 6:00 AM, Han wrote:
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All these kitchen drawers are 3/4" hard maple, half blind
dovetails, with 1/2" A-1 maple ply bottoms mounted on KV MUV34
Undermount slides ...

I've been admiring those drawers very much, but a question popped up. If
I
may, please, Karl& Leon? Where are the half-blind dovetails? I only
see
very nicely executed and "pinned" rabbets. And I love that bright white
maple!

LOL ... I was onsite with an architect (normally not an enjoyable
experience, but this one is one of the sexiest women alive) yesterday and
she asked the same question.

Those damned domino pinned drawers are like rabbits with rabbets ... they
were everywhere you looked!:

https://picasaweb.google.com/karlcai...JgYOq gKvOVw#

Scroll down to the last few photos and you'll see some of the REAL drawers
in various stages of fabrication and storage.

I'll get some better shots of them today as they are being sprayed with
the final coat of lacquer today.

Can you get some shots of the final coat lacquered UnREAL drawers too? ;~)

Han wrote:
may, please, Karl& Leon? Where are the half-blind dovetails? I only see
very nicely executed and "pinned" rabbets. And I love that bright white
maple!

Here a representative side and back of the completely finished drawers
in question:

https://picasaweb.google.com/karlcai...82059486805890

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Swingman wrote in
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Han wrote:
may, please, Karl& Leon? Where are the half-blind dovetails? I only
see very nicely executed and "pinned" rabbets. And I love that
bright white maple!

Here a representative side and back of the completely finished drawers
in question:

https://picasaweb.google.com/karlcai...nDemolitionWal
lRemoval?authkey=Gv1sRgCODv4OKAraChgQE#55779820594 86805890

Beautiful!!

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On 2/25/2011 6:17 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 2/25/2011 6:00 AM, Han wrote:
....
... Where are the half-blind dovetails? ...

Those damned domino pinned drawers are like rabbits with rabbets ...
they were everywhere you looked!:
....
Scroll down to the last few photos and you'll see some of the REAL
drawers in various stages of fabrication and storage.
....

Curious...which dovetail template/system are you using (and why the
particular choice if so inclined)? Thanks...starting a kitchen rework
here and it's either go w/ something new or do the old-timey way
which'll be long-time consuming that would rather not take...

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"dpb" wrote in message
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On 2/25/2011 6:17 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 2/25/2011 6:00 AM, Han wrote:
...
... Where are the half-blind dovetails? ...

Those damned domino pinned drawers are like rabbits with rabbets ...
they were everywhere you looked!:
...
Scroll down to the last few photos and you'll see some of the REAL
drawers in various stages of fabrication and storage.
...

Curious...which dovetail template/system are you using (and why the
particular choice if so inclined)? Thanks...starting a kitchen rework
here and it's either go w/ something new or do the old-timey way which'll
be long-time consuming that would rather not take...

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Leigh Jig

On 2/26/2011 7:54 PM, Leon wrote:
wrote in message
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....

Curious...which dovetail template/system are you using ...

Leigh Jig

That was my guess, thanks...I have one of the fixed-spacing P-C types
which works ok but doesn't have the flexibility to deal with arbitrary
spacing.

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