Replacement Kitchen Drawers for 10 Dollars Each

[blondgirl522]

Apparently you didn't bother to figure in the cost of all your power tools in your 10$ figure. I'm a single mom trying to repair some crappy kitchen drawers in my very modest home. Your video is simply of you showing off your toys.

[TomH127]

$10 was the price of the materials to build each drawer. The tooling is $700 and have also made 4 kitchen cabinets and several peices of furniture

[jph3660]

Yeah, and apparently you didn't bother to discern the difference between "repairing" and "replacing."

You might as well complain that he didn't include the cost of the house in which he's building the drawers. What, did you think he was going to dimension the lumber with his bare hands and cut the joints with his teeth?

Typical dumb, bitter single mother.....

[refusalspam]

You should use push sticks that resembles a tiling floats to cut your grooves on the TS. The kind you would use on a jointer. If there is any kickback, your piece will magically disappear as you push your hands into the spinning blade. Btw, "dado" is a groove running across the grain. A "groove" is a dado running with the grain. You were making a groove to fit the 1/4 drawer bottom.

[TomH127]

Thanks for your tip! I have 2 that came my my bench jointer. Will use for my next project. Hands were 2" left of the blade. Have a zero clearance insert installed while cutting the dados & grooves

[jws54]

I would not do "stack cutting". That has been demonstrated as non effective and unsafe since the 1970's trade journals.

 It is always basics, always, always boring, never exciting... the whine of your machinery bespeaks you. Please, no stack cutting on machinery such as yours. baby Jeezus

[TomH127]

Stock was 3/8''. Would not do this with any thicker material. (2) 1/2 '' pieces for the same setup. Now have a miter saw to crosscut pieces like this

[Fidlist]

How would you stack cut then JW?

I'd use a cross cut overhead saw myself (Radial arm, or Triton maybe?) I would certainly use the guard on a table saw for sure though!

Regardez, Fidel Listeros

[jws54]

I would NOT. The danger of doing it is not worth the trade off. The time you hope to save could be either lost in accuracy or serious injury.

[Fidlist]

Isn't done to save time. Is done to make sure the pieces the same size exact. Ok two at a time is maybe best and safer, but is good enough for Frank Klausz, is good enough for me.

[jws54]

Fidlist, it's your thing, do what'cha wanna do.

Check out FINE WOODWORKING mag and read the articles about basics. You will see it is not suggested. Read FURNITURE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING or WOOD DIGEST. Those are trade publications to industry. There are no machines produced for production cutting methods of this type.

You will get no better accuracy cutting 2 pcs at a time vs a good clean cut area with a good stop system. You will get a better cut one at a time,depending on the stop system.

[Fidlist]

Okay, But when guy like Frank Klausz cuts two drawer sides together to get same length, then I figure it's good with a heavy radial saw. Klausz write for FWW I think. Alla best JW

Regardez

Fidel

[TomH127]

jws

I cut (4) 3/8 stock at my table saw with one end clamped. Held the stock at the miter gauge left of the 10" blade (Hands out of the way!!) all 4 pieces were exact due to thickness. No more than two for 1/2'' or more. Stack cut (2) 1/4 ''for small box projects.

This is not a production shop - a home garage building projects in my spare time. I now have a miter saw with a stop block - cut 20 3/4'' door rails one by one! exact!

[drail80s]

You are using a router and a clamp on fence so would the direction of travel be right to left(because of the fence) and if you were free handing the cut, (no fence) it would be left to right?

[drail80s]

TomH127, whats the next project going to be? What type of router is that? What HP?

[TomH127]

Kitchen Cabinets installed already. Next are 10 doors with profiled Rail & Stile with flat panels. Router is Hitachi M12VC rated 1.75HP. More important is it accepts 1/2" shank router bits - I get my best results with them!. I find 1/4" shank bits come out of the collet during heavy routing.

[drail80s]

I think you are going the wrong way on the hand held router operation.

You do very nice work. I have seen several of your videos. Thanks,

[TomH127]

I am learning as I build each project. Rout LEFT to RIGHT with the handheld, RIGHT to LEFT at the router table. Take my time to setup - the results are better than expected.

[drail80s]

Ever make those joints on the table saw?

[TomH127]

Yes I did - made a box for my router bits. 3/4'' bottom from pine panel leftovers and a plexiglass top.

[screwbushcomegetme]

nice but i didnt catch what was the idea of routing right to left when you went left to right can you explain?

[TomH127]

I am INCORRECT in the video. Rout right to left at the router table, LEFT to RIGHT using the handheld due to bit orientation.

[holman26]

very nice vid agian