No dovetail drawer

[fantaglub]

Hello,

might be a stupid question...

what kind of joint is supposed to be ok for making a kitchen drawer?
I am not sure I want to get a dovetail jig just for a few drawers but I wonder what kind of joint would be ok that for.

thank you

fred

 

[Lord Nibbo]

A box joint is easy if you've got a router table, but you need to make a jig.

UKWorkshop already has a PDF how to do it available HERE

But I think this "How To" HERE is easier to understand.

 

[Oryxdesign]

What are you making them from?

 

[BradNaylor]

For a few kitchen drawers I would simply glue & screw drawer boxes togther, and then attach seperate fronts.

So long as the sides are screwed to the backs and fronts with screws running perpendicular to the movement of the drawer, you will have a very strong joint. Couterbore and plug the screw heads if you want them hidden.

Cheers
Dan

 

[fantaglub]

they will be made of prefinished plywood

I already thought at making a box joint, but I think it will only rely on glue to hold the drawer front from the drawer itself. It lacks a kind of mechanical fastener I think.

screws might be a good solution.

I can also use a drawer router bit so I can get these drawers but the bit is as much spendy as a dovetil jig

 

[Oryxdesign]

Why not dowel it? If you are going to screw and plug the plug (dowel might as well go all the through, or of course it could be hidden. I personally would pocket hole screw them together as the screws are hidden behind the drawer front and at the back.
Simon

 

[Sgian Dubh]

what kind of joint is supposed to be ok for making a kitchen drawer?
fred

A quick, simple and perhaps remarkably durable construction method, especially in man-made board about 12 mm thick is a rebate worked at each end of the front and back members of the drawer box.

Make the rebate ~0.1 mm deeper than the thickness of the sides and the depth about 9-10 mm. Glue and nail the bits together. Toe-nailing adds even more strength. Use moulding pins or panel pins about 32 mm long and nail punch the heads below the surface. The drawer bottom goes in grooves and if this is glued in your drawer box is very rigid and tough. You can add a decorative planted front that matches the rest of the external appearance.

This is a utilitarian solution, and looks neat if done well. It's a drawer box construction I've used many times in such items as economy kitchen cabinetry, tool cabinets and other workshop storage situations. Slainte.