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Thanks! I back cut them so that the front and back are flush with both sides of the rails and stiles.

I bought a 3/8” spiral upcut router bit and used it in with my Rockler box joint cutting jig and it worked great on the 5/8” maple drawer sides. I mounted the Blum undermount slides to the case and went to mount the the two pieces to the underside of the drawer only to discover that their were two left hand units instead of a right and left. I drove 2 hours round trip back to Rockler to get the right one. The install was way easier than I anticipated, thanks to Kev’s video. As the doors will have raised panels, I am making the one wide drawer to have matching panels on a false drawer front. I’ve never made raised panels but with some practice on some scrap on the ts, they came out tolerable. Pictured is a dry fit with sanding, dominos and glueup tomorrow.

I saw moments later after posting, in the rehearsal dinner, that it’s not your first time around. Hope all goes well tomorrow!

You ready to become a FIL?

Both will be inset. Just sharpened my hand plane blades in anticipation. Looking forward to the challenge.

Will definitely be a false front, just not sure of an inset or overlay. Got to give some thought as to how to make a dual raised panel false front.

The drawer will be one wide one using the Blum under mount slides. Those that have followed will see that the doors above will be raised panels. As I would like to continue the door design to the drawers, I’m thinking dual raised panels with a stile between the two panels for the drawer front. Not sure yet if it would be better to do an overlay drawer front or an inset. Overlay would definitely be easier. Both will require false fronts. I’ve done some research and don’t find a raised panel, false front drawer, especially with two panels. I guess I had better put the thinking cap on before going further.

Never gone beyond 1/2” so we’ll see.

My go to is the Rockler on the router table with a good bit and the brass spacer blocks and test pieces, it’s hard to go wrong. Never tried them on the ts.

Yep, square above all! That’s what I like about box joints. Looks like crap on ply but with hardwood, close to dt’s.

I’m pushing my luck on a 37” wide drawer so I will go with the 5/8”. Darn shame to mill a piece of 4/4 maple to 5/8”! From what I can tell, the initial pic of the whitish antiqued “goal”, the drawer front is simply a piece of ply or other, built out with store bought trim. My doors will be solid wood, raised panels and I would like the drawer front to be the same. I’m thinking of making the raised panels and gluing them to the false front. This again will be one wide drawer. Opinions?

No sir, it will be Friday or later before I start on the drawer build. Thanks for the offer. I will be using box joints for the drawer joinery. What kind of joinery did you use on the night stand drawers?

Kev, almost to the drawer build. The instructions seem simple enough unless you know an easier way?

Thanks pretty spiffy and at a darn good price!

That’s a neat deal!

I made the purchase sound more complicated than it should have been. Just click thru the affiliate page and buy. Simple as that! And we all reap the benefits.

Yep, same one. Thanks!

Thanks. Just wanted to make sure El Jefe gets credit. We gotta keep this place running! 👍

Welcome bud! Glad to have you join us!

Done and thank you for the recommendation.

So I can be rest assured that if I click on your affiliate page, then you will get credit? I will be ordering a new tv and mount next week which will have a greater impact and want to make sure

Probably me but when I click on your affiliate page, it takes me straight to my Amazon page, unlike before where it took me to your recommended products and then I can search for other stuff.

I almost hit buy and went back and realized you didn’t link it thru your affiliate page but I will. Thanks for the recommendation as the Bosch router is my go.

Sadly, I went to Rockler to get the glides and picked up a couple of 1/4” straight cutting bits today. I wish the guide bushing set was universal but, nooo!

On just about every project I build, I try and incorporate something new. I liked the way Kev notched his legs to receive the dust frame so I thought I would give it a try. I went back to his dresser build to see how he made a router jig to cur these. The best I could tell, he used a guide bushing in his router. I have 4 full size routers and my guide bushing set only fits the plate of one of them. That router only has 1/4” collet and the only 1/4” shank straight cutting bit I have, is not long enough to get the job done. I’ve already driven 50 miles, round trip to Rockler so I thought about my dedicated mortiser. With a little chisel cleanup, I’m happy with the outcome. Just shows to go ya, there’s more than one way to skin that motha!