Comb jointer - drawer maker

[Wildman]

when I set up my workshop a few years ago it became apparent a large number of drawers were required so I built the following machine from scratch



the basis of the machine was a spindle carrying a home made wobble saw to cut the comb joint indexed by a fixed peg. The sliding mechanism was bolted to a timber table


A top guard for the saw blade was made so that it could double as a saw table.

That allowed a groove to be cut inside the drawer rails to take a plywood bottom and if required also cut side runners for the drawers to slide on.
The thickness of wood cut seldom exceeds half an inch so a fractional HP motor is fine. It is a self contained small footprint tuck away anywhere machine. It is a functional not intended to be pretty machine, hee hee. I made close to 50 drawers on it over a period of a few days. I no longer have anyplace to put more drawers, hee hee and need space for a hand mortiser so I guess it has to go even though I hate to part with machines I have built.

 

[monkeybiter]

Like it! And it's a lot prettier than my box joint jig for the TS.
Surely you'll be able to flog this?

 

[Wildman]

never bothered to advertise it but bearing in mind the existing motor is almost certainly shot because it got wet, I'll take £40 for it if anyone is interested, failing that it will be taken home and used in my loft mini workshop.

 

[custard]

I salute your ingenuity, but next time there's a thread about American's lack of guarding and riving knives I'll point them to this!

 

[dzj]

Interesting solution. Well done!
I don't think there's a need for riving knives when wobble blades or dado stacks are used.