Oak drawer boxes

[doctor Bob]

I thought it might be of interest to show you what you can knock out with the right equipment.

Items needed
1/ 4 sider
2/ panel saw
3/ speed sander
4/ brookmans dovetailer

start to finish (rough sawn timber to 21 dovetailed drawerboxes) 4.25hrs (2 men on the job)

Glue setting overnight, quick pass through the sander in the morning, and belt sand the dovetails and into the spray shop by 9.30am.

 

[dm65]

Impressive but where's the wip ?

And a lot of drawers - what are you making ?

 

[doctor Bob]

Impressive but where's the wip ?

And a lot of drawers - what are you making ?

For a kitchen.

 

[mailee]

Well that even makes me look slow! :shock: :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

start to finish (rough sawn timber to 21 dovetailed drawerboxes) 4.25hrs

Most hobby woodworkers would probably spend 4.25 hrs just thinking about it :lol: :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Newbie_Neil]

Hi Paul,

start to finish (rough sawn timber to 21 dovetailed drawerboxes) 4.25hrs

Most hobby woodworkers would probably spend 4.25 hrs just thinking about it :lol: :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

+1, in fact, I'd probably need a bit more than that. :lol:

Neil

 

[Ed Bray]

I've taken 5 days so far plus 3 trial attempts and I still haven't made the one small drawer I need to finish my occasional table.

4.5 hours pondering seems quick to me!

 

[bugbear]

I've taken 5 days so far plus 3 trial attempts and I still haven't made the one small drawer I need to finish my occasional table.

4.5 hours pondering seems quick to me!

Main difference between full time and part time woodworkers is the repetition. Many part timers only ever do each task/item once, so the planning/design/tool overhead is huge. If you're full time all that stuff gets amortised down over multiple instances.

BugBear

 

[WoodMangler]

4 sider

What's a '4 sider' ?

 

[doctor Bob]

4 sider

What's a '4 sider' ?

Planes all 4 sides at the same time and also pre straightens, so I put a plank in at 200 x 25 and it comes out the other end square and straight at 180 x 15mm or whatever size I put in.

Thats the basics of it.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Even allowing for the way-out-of-budget machinery, that's impressive.

I feel I have to ask though: you mention sanding. How much do you take off, to get to finished dimensions?

I'm guessing these will fit a face frame and have Blum runners or simlar, or am I wrong?

E.

 

[doctor Bob]

Even allowing for the way-out-of-budget machinery, that's impressive.

I feel I have to ask though: you mention sanding. How much do you take off, to get to finished dimensions?

I'm guessing these will fit a face frame and have Blum runners or simlar, or am I wrong?

E.

I plane to 15.8mm and sand to 15mm, 0.4mm off each side, one pass through the sander on each side.

 

[Bradshaw Joinery]

we were looking at the Omec dovetailers at w14.

How do you get on with the brookmans, are they heavy handed to use, easy to setup, prone to wear?

 

[doctor Bob]

we were looking at the Omec dovetailers at w14.

How do you get on with the brookmans, are they heavy handed to use, easy to setup, prone to wear?

The brookmans is great, as it does all the dovetails in one hit, a drawer box takes maybe 2 mins max. However the Omec is probably better, if a decent 750 auto came on the market I'd buy it.

 

[devonwoody]

I looked at the photograph of the boxes, (made my eyes water) but most of all I did not see a knot or any other imperfection. (have you got any wood to spare.)

 

[doctor Bob]

I looked at the photograph of the boxes, (made my eyes water) but most of all I did not see a knot or any other imperfection. (have you got any wood to spare.)

When customers are paying top dollar then all the imperfections are cut out. However I find paying for a better grade of timber is worth every penny.
I like to think I have a bit of buying power as well due to my annual expenditure and I'm looked after by the timber yard.

Just a weird thing, I've been in this industry for over 20 years and I have never been to a timber yard. I really must go to one someday.