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RABBETED FRONT DRAWER

,_ WARNING: Unplug router from power supply

while assembling parts or making adjustments.

Failure to do so could result in accidental starting

of the router causing damage to the work surface

or possible serious personal injury.

A rabbeted front drawer is used when you want the

drawer front to overlap the top, bottom, and both sides of

the drawer opening. The drawer front is both 3/4 in. wider

than the drawer sides and 3/4 in. longer than the drawer

width. This will give you a 3/8 in. rabbet around your

drawer front after you finish cutting your dovetail joints.

Set-up

• Cut a 3/8 in. wide x 7/16 in. deep rabbet around the

drawer front.

• Attach guide bushing to your router and install dovetail

cutter. See "Installing template guide bushing and cut-

ter", Page 7.

• Adjust the base on your router until the cutter extends

17/32 in. below the router subbase for 1/2 in. joints.

17/32 in. FOR 7/16 in. FOR

1/2 in. JOINTS 1/4 in. JOINTS

DOVETAIL

CUTTER

SUBBASE

Fig. 29

Adjust 7/16 in. below the router subbase for 1/4 in.

joints. See Figure 29.

• Loosen the stop screws in your dovetail base and

place the 3-way stop on top and the 2-way stop on the

side in their proper position. See Figures 8 and 30. Re-

tighten stop screws securely.

3 WAYSTOP

STOP

Fig. 30

Mark the boards for the drawer or box on the inside

with identifying letters near the bottom edge.

See Figure 31.

NOTE: The reverse sides of the board will be the out-

side of the finished drawer or box. The outside of the

boards are always clamped towards the dovetail base

and all pieces are routed in an "inside-out" position.

The boards are then reversed to assemble.

NOTE: The front piece (B) should be 3/4 in. longer and

3/4 in. wider than the back piece (D). The side pieces

(A and C) should be the same size. See the chart on

page 9 for computing proper sizes and recommended

material thicknesses.

SIDE(C)

RABBETEDFRONT(B)

Fig. 31

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