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drawer-lock-joint-router-bits Anti-Dust Drawer lock joint router bits Tip Most woodworkers have some airborne dust and particulates floating in their shop, and some of those particles can settle on a not-quite-dried finish. Related Products Check items to add to the cart or select all. I hope you found something useful in this article! Here is one shot showing a drqwer tight drawer corner joint. Search for:.

I've looked around online and there are several similar kinds of drawer lock bits available from different vendors. The cool thing about this method is that all of the drawer joint cutting operations are accomplished with ONE router table setup. There are instructions on the Lee Valley website. First, the router bit is set to the depth of one quarter inch, which is half the thickness of your stock. Next, you set the fence so that the middle of the angled part of the bit falls at the middle of your stock.

This is of course a tricky setting, so you will definitely need to have some scrap wood available for making test cuts. In these photos I am making a test cuts on scrap wood, which is an identical thickness to my drawer pieces.

The two cut pieces then fit together like this final photo locking together. This is my fourth test piece. So I had to adjust the fence four times to get a nice flush fitting joint.

Considering how rudimentary my fence is, I think that is pretty good. If you try this, just remember to have several pieces of scrap available for test cuts -- or just one long scrap piece, which you just keep cutting down shorter.

With the router table properly set up, I proceeded with batch cutting all of the drawer pieces. In order to keep things from getting messed up, I Drawer Lock Router Bit Video Conference first lay out and cut all the drawer fronts and backs You need to be careful with the sides, to hold them perfectly perpendicular with the end flat on the table as you cut them. I had a few mistakes where the piece tilted a bit Locking Drawer Router Bit Request as I pushed through the cut, and I had to re-do those pieces.

I then moved on and cut rabbets along the bottom of the drawers, to h hold the bottoms. I cut the back of the drawer shorter, so that the bottom can slide in and out. I also cut out the bottoms. None of that was filmed, as the focus of this article was just on the joinery. With the drawer pieces ready, it is now just a matter of adding glue to the ends and then alinging and clamping the pieces.

I slid in the plywood bottoms immediately, as they help with ensuring that the drawer box is square. Here is one shot showing a nice tight drawer corner joint. The two drawer pieces lock together securely, and the joint is closed and flush.

In the interests of full honesty, here is also a photo of one of my Fortunately this joint was at the back of a drawer where it will almost never been seen. Otherwise I would try to fill this with sawdust and glue to close the gap, or redo the joint entirely.

Note that thet joint is still strong, it just is a bit ugly. I suspect this might have been caused by those problems I had with the side pieces wiggling a bit while being cut on the router table. And that is all for now.

Is there something equivalent I could do when cutting my dovetails. Dovetails can look so nice when using baltic birch when it works. Hi Bill. The pin and socket board should, then, be backing up the face of the tail board to help reduce chipping there. The folks at Leigh are very sharp. It would be worth a call to them to see if they have additional suggestions. In other words changing the fence position moves the groove to position the side correctly, but it also changes how it cuts the tongue, so it compounds the adjustment.

Also, changing the bit height not only adjusts the tongue thickness, but it changes where the groove lands on the front, effectively shortening or lengthening the entire drawer box. All that said this is a great video! For the Baltic birch plywood I see you use, does the shortness of the joint cause a problem with the layers shearing off? I have experienced That little nub is susceptible to breaking off and hence the joint does not hold… any suggestions on how to either reinforce or keep from shearing off?

Hello Gene. I regularly test the strength of this joint by flipping the drawer over and standing on the bottom of the drawer. Even with that kind of stress, this joint stands up every time.

Paul Woodworkers Guild of America. I avoid changing the fence position and the bit height at the same times. I record the bit heights and fence positions for these drawer lock cuts as well as other common cuts in a log book.

It is based on the thickness of the front and sides. I measure from the fence to the miter gauge slot in metric. For these types of cuts, I use a designated, one-piece, sacrificial fence that I C-clamp to my regular fence. That prevents the tendency for the sides to rotate into the bit where the regular fence sides separate when routing a work piece vertically instead of flat on Drawer Lock Router Bit Amazon 900 the router table.

You can easily re-use that mdf for the drawer lock bit next time. Exact fit over the bit next time is not required. You just want to have the area of the fence above the bit closed. I do not recommend chewing up your regular fence to do this. Yes, you can make new ones, but that requires a T-slot bit, 2 perfectly identical pieces for the sides and good bit alignment.

The sacrificial fence works well whenever you need to route a piece vertically. That and other useful templates should be saved and available. For the non-professional, like me, it is very useful to keep a log book of your projects.

That way, should you decide to repeat them, you will be able to see how you build it the last time and you will also be less likely to repeat the same mistakes. To obtain consistent results, always measure with the same ruler. Next time you need to make the cuts again in same-sized material you can re-set the bit and fence until it fits perfectly into your saved reference cut. Most woodworkers have some airborne dust and particulates floating in their shop, and some of those particles can settle on a not-quite-dried finish.

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