Drawer Making - The Right Way (Joinery)

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Related videos: * Through Handcut Dovetails: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qamTpZZjiqyFjrs * Half-Blind Dovetails: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qamTpZZjiqyFjrs

[@Rich32262]

I think showing how to fix mistakes is probably about as important as any other skill in woodworking. If everyone edited out their mistakes, the learning curve for us watching these would be significantly increased. Thank you for sharing and how to remedy.

[@TekcorFPV]

I love how simple or quick hand tools are VS setting up a table saw or router etc thanks Rob and crew

[@timothykeech7394]

I like the way you admit when an error has been made (it happens to all of us) and then proceed to find a workable solution. Real life is like that and it's part of our education as aspiring woodworkers to see the way a professional operates.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

We don’t put lipstick on a pig

[@p2as33]

I was told we will always make mistakes but there are very few problems that can be overcome, and often discovering a new design feature along the way! Been following your tutorials since they were available on VHS, Thanks for sharing, from the UK

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Wow. Long time watcher, i really appreciate you wayching

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

Outstanding! I like the way you don’t hide your error on the drawer front. Real life woodworking has to include adjusting for problems. This mini-series is a great recap of the marathon 37-episode series on drawer making you did last spring, Rob. Thanks again, looking forward to the next installment.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Yes we figured a short intensive would suite youtube audience better

[@pecosimplu7070]

Never get enough watching your videos. Thanks again 👏👏👏

[@TrevorF03]

I’m just here so I can get to your Birdseye video to read the monthly comments. Haha. Your work is inspiring! Thanks

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

O thank you

[@lor191ric]

No matter how many times I watch you crafting a dovetail I always pick up on something I have either missed before or something that is new. Thanks again

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thats why you should watch multiple times.

[@lor191ric]

I have and will continue too, including the online workshops

[@dukeengine1339]

BTW, I like these series and I appreciate sometimes the working (joinery cutting) without the talking. Thank you!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You bet

[@MANJITSINGH-ko2oi]

Hi rob I do a lot of woodturning as I love ur dove tails drawers. now I got my workshop set up I will def make boxes like the beautiful ones u make. I only a hobby man.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Boxes ate fun and challenging. Send me some pics

[@storylineamerica4108]

The perfect heirloom joint!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

give it a try

[@lor191ric]

Thanks Rob been waiting for the second episode

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

3rd and last video in the series comes out next week.

[@murphymmc]

Impressive Rob, that little gap is pretty much a non-issue considering how perfectly the whole fit up went. Excellent tutorial.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks, be sure to catch the finial video in the series, coming out next week.

[@HWCism]

Thanks. I am fortunate enough to have a Stanley 45 to do my rebates. Lucky me. Bought it at a yard sale for $10.00 with all the cutters.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Awesome deal

[@DelH555]

Loved the video & information

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@escapefelicity2913]

I like your style

[@JR-xt1bj]

This series is such a great gift to us! Thank you!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You bet. What would you like to see next

[@JR-xt1bj]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Well, after a days thought I would really like to see you make a chair in a series of shows, maybe similar to a chair I have seen in a very short footage of you and Alan Peters. I will continue my own work with 4 dovetailed boxes, my wife asked me to build. To make them more personal I will try to carve some words on each of them. Since I have never tried to carve before, this would also be very interesting to me. Kind regards from Beckum, Germany.

[@johntailing5283]

Absolute master class- just makes me want to go and do it. . .

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

go forit...you can do it

[@andrevanopstal2143]

When making dovetail joints I also use your offset method which always gives almost perfect results. As an aid for this I made a simple rectangular block that is half about 1.5cm thick and the other half 1.5cm + the thickness of my saw blade. With this I always have the correct offset and I do not have to use my marking gauge for this. Every time I watch a video of you I learn something new. greetings from Flanders (Belgium)

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Yes that's s great jig. Several folks have made the same. We are working on making them available through our site.

[@williamshaffer2562]

Well done on all the explaining parts Professor Cos. Enjoyed listening to the sound of the plane doing its job. Hey Col. Shealy hope you are well. Semper Fi.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Doing fine...in an advanced furniture building course right now - hooah

[@brianmiller6304]

Wow. Wam-Bam-Done. This had a great flow to it. Great camera work, great editing, great craftsmanship. Didn't get bogged down with a ton of micro details which you covered very well in previous videos and can be reviewed but still included the make or break critical reminders. Just excellent. Thank you.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad you enjoyed it! thats waht we were trying for in the editing of this video

[@ericlipps7152]

I'm a second generation carpenter,I have learned it's a life long of learning.Also are those glue spatulas in your store.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

No but you can find them at any art supply store, we are looking for a source so we can provide them.

[@glencrandall7051]

Very well done. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@מעייןהמלבלבתחייםםםם]

Thanks learning from you a lot!!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad to hear that!

[@richardsherington7843]

Just received Ernest Joyce’s book following your recommendation. Great reference book!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I love it

[@frankhill9527]

I need one of those drawer guide router planes!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

here is the link: robcosman.com/collections/planes/products/rob-cosmans-drawer-bottom-plane

[@hyperfine262]

Thanks so much Rob, this series is educational and therapeutic!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You bet what should we do next

[@hino304]

Another awesome lesson Rob. Love the honest approach showing how to deal with the little problems during the build.

[@kainemeshkin6662]

Great series, learning a lot

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad to hear it! Stay tuned for the final part next week

[@whittysworkshop982]

Awesome camera work in this Jake.....I could literally see the pores in the wood on some of the close ups, like when wasting the pin board :) I still reckon it would be easier for people to remember if the theory of the offset method was re-worded......."Offset to the left, mark on the left of the pins" :) Great series lads!!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I dont thonk we should change phrasing now, it would just add to the confusion

[@whittysworkshop982]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking I just thought it would help Rob out some too, sometimes he seems to get confused as to what side hes marking on. Moving to left marking on right, using the word tails while youre marking the pins....its all a bit convoluted when it could be more logical.....only tryin to help, COL :)

[@thewoodlesworkshop.157]

Super! Thank you very much for another great master class. I look forward to continuing. :) Take care of yourself there.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Nest week will be the final part

[@garyhome7101]

Great video as usual! I'm also looking forward to your problem resolution for the drawer front using the integrated handle design. I'm about to make a small drawer with half blind dove tails for a small jewelry box, but I'm waiting on my brand new half blind Cosman dovetail chisel with a cocobolo handle I won on last weeks show!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Its on its way...you are going to love it

[@storylineamerica4108]

You continue to build my arsenal of information and knowledge, thank you! Will we see another video tomorrow?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Live episode tomorrow, another two videos next week, including the finalpart to this drawer building series

[@storylineamerica4108]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking See you soon...No pun intended!

[@remyvallieres6428]

With the offset method, when cutting the back, the 2 straight lines need to be offset too? Or we line up the bottim and then mark them? Thanks again for all the great videos you make!!

[@JamesSmith-su3oz]

Rob, When you are " wacking " the cutting blade at 27:00t would it be better to keep from blowing out " side load " the top or bottom pin and use a backer bord.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I dont know. Try it and tell me what happens

[@KevElder]

Love this! Very instructional and motivational. Do you have a video for making thru dovetail fronts while hiding the bottom groove?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Not yet! but soon

[@soheilyazdani9517]

Thank you. couldn't you glued a small piece of walnut to offset the groove further in and cut same amount from the other side?

[@smtitmas]

Before watching Rob's videos, dovetails were like a foreign language to me. After watching Rob's videos, dovetails are still like a foreign language to me but at least now i can speak it. Great video. What about chamfering the inside edge of the tails for ease of assembly and proper glue spread? Did i miss that part or do you not do that anymore?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

It is still done... This vidoe wasnot intended to show every little details of through or half-blind dovetails, thats what other videios do. This video is designed to show the steps to building a drawer so the parts that are shown in detail in other videos we just give an overview of her....That part just got left out in favor of a more focus on drawer building

[@russe11she11y]

Thanks for the videos. I recently had to remake my drawer sides because I didn’t absorb your method for laying out the bottom tail on the back end of the drawer side. I pulled up this video and watched it again - standing in front of my workbench - and you got me through. I did have a quick question, what blades do you use on your feet saw? I’ve got #7 and #3 spiral blades that I don’t care for. I use your dovetail saw and the spiral blades score the sides of the tails and pins if I try to fit them through the kerf. I want to get standard style blades, but want to make sure they slide right down the kerf.

[@travisdusenberry228]

I know I am coming late to the party with a question, but here goes. Since everything is referenced off the bottoms of the drawer pieces, how do you lay out the pins on the drawer front if it is wider than the drawer sides? I want the drawer front to cover the carcass shelf.

[@fredhermann9717]

Great series as usual. So the drawer bottom plane should really only be used if half blind dovetails are used otherwise you will always see the gap from the drawer bottom groove?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Well there are strategies to hide the groove if you use it on a through dovetail but thats a future video

[@fredhermann9717]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking guess I will have to keep watching. By the way I love my Colman drawer bottom plane. Thinking about a second one so I can plane with the grain no matter what

[@alanjones4020]

As always an excellent video. In your next series I would be very interested in hearing how you design your projects. Do you mostly replicate previous projects or is it original designs? What design rules do you follow? Are they guidelines or hard and fast? Thank you .

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Original projects, usually with a Shaker design influence, only guideline rules

[@1deerndingo]

What do you think of using a mitrered dovetale to avoid the stopped grove issue. And how can your system of making out the pins be used on the mitrered pin.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

there is nostopped grove in the drawer?

[@raymondjefferson6223]

Just saw the dovetail shaped chisel do u have a link for 1 pls

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

robcosman.com/collections/chisels/products/rob-cosmans-ibc-half-blind-chisel-5-8-inch

[@jimrobinson8167]

First. Wow... need to get to N.B,

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

two gold stars

[@jonwold]

Thanks for a great video, I love the fact that you made a mistake but decided to just run with it. PS do you fly model airplanes? I saw the RC controller charging at your charging shelf.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Love flying, find it so relaxing.

[@stephanieray6587]

So glad the master is taking on this particular topic.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

what would you like to see after this series?

[@frankdesantis452]

Is there any way to fix the joint when the sides have that dreaded wobble, or is it back to the beginning with the wisdom of having messed up?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

There is some ability to plane it out but it can only be done with slight out of square

[@frankdesantis452]

@@RobCosmanWoodworkingThank you Rob. I'm back to square one, but with one example of how not to do it!

[@marvincombs1928]

where do you get your glue spatula? I was thinking a cake decorating spatula but they are probably way too big.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Any art store

[@jimdavis9265]

Is it easy to build a table?

[@thefleetfarmer1815]

Love when u go into detail...but 10 episodes of banding a veneered panel on your online workshop is...yeah...I get so excited when new videos get posted but lately...

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

So then you must prefer our KZbin videos over the online workshop videos?

[@dukeengine1339]

When you were cutting the groove on the front I was shouting "NOOO, you are screwing up!" I'm a good student of your videos... Then you stop the job to announce the "design change". I always do design changes to compensate my mistakes...

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You obviously were not shouting loud enough

[@dukeengine1339]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking my friend, I shout from Italy, there's the whole Atlantic ocean in between...

[@duvalbrice]

It's always reassuring to see a pro having to adjust design after a minor issue. I always feel like an idiot when it happens to me.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

It always happens to me, every time

[@yasarmevlutoglu776]

Очень лучше,, 👍🇹🇷 Школа называется,,,ЛАСТОЧКИН ХВОСТ,,

[@MrAtfenn]

jake to the rescue

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

As always

[@laurencegoedar462]

If the wood doesn't obey, just get a bigger hammer!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thats my philosophy...teach the wood who th emaster is !!!!!!!!!

[@andrewblahuta3465]

I may have missed it, but the main argument against router table or table saw is noise and holding it down...? Idk about the rest of you, but buying a new planer, making an insert, taping it, having dogs to hold in place, sharpening the blades, etc seems like a huge burden for most wood workers.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Think “process”. If the “doing it” is not your thing vs the “getting it done”, use the router!