Building Dovetail Drawer Boxes

Measure and cut the drawer front as designated by the plans for the project you are building and apply the decorative edge with the appropriate router bit if necessary.

Building dovetail drawer boxes.

Once cut slide it into the grooves until it fits into the groove in the front board of the box. Begin by sanding the box and the dovetail joints with progressively finer grits of sandpaper until the joints and drawer box are smooth. Be careful to verify the dovetail spacing on your jig prior to starting. Set the box aside.

Now measure the distance between the grooves at the back of the drawer box. How to build dovetail drawers with a semi floating base. With half blind dovetails the front and the back of the drawer are cut to the exact final width. The rockler dovetail jig produces drawers that are at even inch heights.