Drawer Design Change

I originally planned on cutting some dovetails for the player drawers. This would end up being 8 per drawer (4 front, 4 back) times 6 drawers for 48 total. That’s a lot of dovetails to cut by hand.

After thinking about it for a while (mostly about the amount of work it’ll be to cut that many dovetails!) I’m thinking of a design change. These drawers are super light and don’t really need the strength benefits of a real dovetail. So now I’m thinking of doing a simple rabbet, stopping 1/8” from the front edge, and then connecting the sides to the front with some handmade dowels driven through the sides and into the fronts. Here’s a before and after:

I found a neat technique for making dowels and I’ll use that to make these. I haven’t decided if I’m going to use the same joiner for the drawer backs, or an even simpler glued tongue and groove