Making Drawers

[watch4david]

Thanks for your comment,Dave

[pcups100]

I was just commenting on what I was watching. If it works for you, hey, go for it.

[pcups100]

Your building is very sloppy and while may be strong and functional, it lacks proper technique, for example, a drawer bottom should be free floating to avoid splits and twists. Glue should never be wiped with a rag as it clogs the pores of the wood and mars the finish.

[watch4david]

@pcups100 Hey, The bottom as well as the sides are 1/2 inch high grade Baltic birch plywood and will not move or warp when glued and are much stronger that way. Sorry but I disagree with your comment. Also, I have never left glue in the pores wiping with a clean wet rag.

[catothewiser]

@pcups100 - that funny - I am building shelves with 1 x 8 sides joined with dovetails and quarter inch plywood bottom that fits in a groove. It would just be for clothes so that should suffice. I have heard of leaving it floating but I was also contemplating how much stronger it would make the drawer if the bottom was glued in. I was trying to get some advice - never done this before.

[gjfanatique]

Is it against the law to play someone else's music on your video? Yes, but you won't get busted by the man. But then here's the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Their goons have been known to exact fees from a restaurant because the crew was playing a radio in the kitchen. As if the musicians would ever see a dime of that money. Not.

[chaplingean]

it's be helpful if u at least put a parts list in the info section. or talk about what you're doing while you're doing it. nice work though, it's obvious you've done this 1000 times

[nechdm]

Dave great no frills video (quick and efficient) - I learn a great deal this way - Did you make a video of the setup for the drawer cuts? I'm still in the learning phase of woodworking, Thanks, David

[watch4david]

Thanks, You can never have too many clamps. Making videos is easy for me and a hobby. I make most of my videos with a small camera set to video and a tripod. I like to share info as I have learned so much on youtube. Dave

[rawbu2]

Hey Dave it was nice to watch the video, and I like the shot of your clamps on the wall @1:58 min. Told the wife... "See I have a normal amount of clamps", so now she thinks I should make videos... naw not yet, I'm having to much fun building stuff, maybe some time - Thanks from Midland Ontario, Canada

[hochbob]

Dave, it's a pleasure to watch someone who can build without wasting a lot of motion. You are very efficient. Great video.

[watch4david]

Thanks so much for the complement,I'm not an expert at teaching stuff, Nothing I say is planed I just say what comes to mind. I like sharing what I do sorta paying back for all the info I learn on youtube,Dave

[toneslingercliff]

Nice no frills dialogue. I hate those instructional demos where peeps drone and on about their philosophy and how their technique is the best.

You focused in the meat and showed by doing. Nice quick efficient experienced process. Nice vid

[watch4david]

@toneslingercliff , Thank You for the comment. I just do what I feel. I am not a teacher or anything like that. I like to share what I know. I have learned a lot on YOUTUBE and like to contribute back when I can and it turned into a fun hobby as well. Thanks,Dave

[thomaspittman1]

Lol.....always a bunch of haters picking every thing apart and pretending they can do better.....Like the guy above....why are you bothering to watch a video about making drawers if you don't have a hammer, clamps and a nailer.....and even if it weren't 'prefabricated, how are you gonna make them with 'tools you don't have?

[elchuyitojr]

what size is the nail gun?

[watch4david]

@elchuyitojr i8 Ga.

[BraveDave68]

Thanks for the video! I'm a do-it-yourselfer, and new to cabinet building. How strong is this drawer, not having a dovetail for the front?

[watch4david]

@BraveDave68 Hello, If you dropped a drawer with dovetailed joints and one as in this clip from a 2 story house onto the drive way I believe the dovetailed drawer wound come apart and the one in the clip would not. Don't get me wrong I love dovetail joinery and would use them for a real fine piece, but I have been using this method for over 35 years on cabinets and have never had on come apart. Also making drawers this way keeps the cost to the client down. Thanks,Dave

[qzbikowski]

Hands down the sloppiest glue up I've ever seen. The proper way to do a glue up when you're concerned about end grain soaking up glue is to prime the end grain with glue first. Let the glue begin to set (5 min or so depending on the glue), scrape away any excess and then proceed with the glue up as normal. That will stop the end grain from pulling too much glue and resulting in a weak joint.

[watch4david]

@qzbikowski I work on a time schedule and don't have time to wait 5 minutes for every joint I glue up I would go bankrupt if I did. What you are saying about priming with glue went out years ago when they improved glues for making model planes Thanks for your comment

[thomaspittman1]

@watch4david lol......always haters and complainers looking to make negative comments and from the looks of it, uninformed also....

[thomaspittman1]

@qzbikowski there's always haters and people that find something to complain about.....

[qzbikowski]

@thomaspittman1 Whatever. He went from saying he uses a lot of glue because he's worried about end grain soaking up glue, then says you don't have to worry about end grain soaking up glue because of the new glues that came out for model airplane making. Can't have it both ways.

And there will always be some guy that can't articulate his stance on a matter that uses stupid phrases like "there's always gonna be haters".

It was a sloppy glue up. Period.

[OakAged72]

You accidentally entitled it "Making Drawers" instead of "Assembling Prefabricated Drawers With Tools Most People Don't Have". And yeah, the noisetrack is annoying. Other than that, not a bad video on assembling prefabricated drawers with tools most people don't have.

[watch4david]

@OakAged72 I stand corrected. I am not perfect, just trying to share as I have received so much good info/ instructions on youtube. Thanks for your comment

[warlocks970]

@watch4david lol no u are seriously and same tiem fckingly wrong :P

[thomaspittman1]

@watch4david again.....lol......"tools most people don't have"....if you don't have a hammer, clamps and a nailer, why are you even watching this video?

[thomaspittman1]

@watch4david again.....lol......"tools most people don't have"....if you don't have a hammer, clamps and a nailer, why are you even watching this video? And if you don't have them, why complain that the drawers are 'prefabricated'? You have nothing to make drawers with anyway....

[SPUNXUSA]

Too much glue? This ain't the third world! We make more glue everyday.....lol

Amen on the end grain.....that drawer ain't gonna fall apart like the ones you buy these days...lol Good vid

[Scorpionjp65]

you use way tomuch glue

[watch4david]

@Scorpionjp65 Thanks for the comment, Too much is better than too little. I feel that plywood end grain really sucks up the glue.

[watch4david]

Thanks

[redstarhawk]

Great Video! Thanks!