01/06/07

With the four sides of the drawer ripped and cut to size, it was time to create the dados in which the drawers would slide.  Since the hidden drawer fits snugly between the support legs, a small piece of walnut was cut to attach to each side of the Jewelry Box, on which this dado would slide. 

With dados cut into the two sides, the back of the drawer needs one to precisely match.  It's simply a shallow notch cut into the edge of the back of the drawer so it will fit into the side support as shown.

Here you can see that to make the rabbet on the back of the drawer, I simply measure the maximum distance from the fence to the blade, and "nibbled" the material from the piece.  The width of the rabbet is the thickness of the side of the drawer.