How To Make Drawer Stops

How to make Drawer Stops. In this video Rob Cosman shows you several ways to make drawer stops
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[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

If you liked this video check out Rob's playlist om making drawers here: kzbin.info/aero/PLqUOljnY0d9ceGLDrQSbxNJxTMuU5gQW3

[@dale1956ties]

I've actually watched all of these vids already but since I tend to view them multiple times it's nice to have them all in a list like this. Thanks for that. My next project is going to be a valet piece for my son's birthday. An item similar to the Bloke Box in many ways. I;m sure this play list will come on handy for that since my project will include a small-ish drawer, again, on the likes of the Bloke Box in size and scope. I can't tell you how much these videos benefit me while doing this stuff. Thanks again and again.🙏🙏

[@chrismartin5166]

Holy crap. It just came to me. The idea and put opposing rare earth magnets to push the inside dowel down so that it’s down unless you force it up to release the drawer. There you go Rob. Free idea. Lololol

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Great idea, thanks

[@danielbatts9386]

The tapered stop is great! Never seen one quite like that.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Works great

[@rmaynard123]

Thanks for these great tips! I really enjoyed watching how to make a precise-fitting drawer. I would also really appreciate a video (or series) on how best to build the carcase frame that the drawers are fit into.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

That is on our to do list

[@jdmccorful]

I fussed with that problem years back. Really like your solutions and especially the magnets. Thanks for the tips! Enjoyed watching.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@jewishmafia9801]

Big fan of the standing desk plywood stop. I've seen some people do it a similar way on a smaller scale with springs and a small wood tab but the large registration surface is far better in the long run. Thanks for the tips!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@marcsmith7037]

Neat idea. Perhaps you could use opposing magnets to drive the inner dowel down. Use a square dowel and taper the leading edge so the drawer can self-insert.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Lots of folks recommending that

[@NMranchhand]

Clever stuff, Maynard! Thanks a bunch.

[@Pappderbarp]

that cherry cash register is beautiful

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Its my most enjoyable build

[@radinsyah1574]

‘We can’t have that shooting across the room’ 😂 That’s some serious engineering

[@freddking4389]

Well Rob, this is my second video and I have seen a whole bunch of why didn't I think of that situations. I look forward to learning much.

[@dale1956ties]

Very cool ideas. The concentric dowels idea was a stroke of genius, IMHO.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Well maybe a good idea

[@montelott8570]

Great tips to solve an age old problem, thanks Rob for useful information.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

I’m building an addition to a multi-purpose workbench that will incorporate 9 small drawers for small tools and odd parts… I don’t want them coming out and spilling contents all over the shop! I will definitely try the washer-and-dowel design, and the dowel-within-a-dowel stop for the top drawer will be fun to try! BTW, the use of magnets for the two-way drawers under the Cosman bench are really clever. Great and timely video!

[@kentboys5017]

WOW is the exact word I used when watching. Brilliant idea to solve the problem. Great video! Thanks for sharing. Take care.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@donmahan2374]

Thanks for sharing the evolution of your thoughts.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

My pleasure!

[@ray1283]

Thanks Rob! I was wanting a video on this very thing.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thats why we made it!!!

[@garynelles]

Cool idea Rob.

[@hirkojs]

Mega Thx for creating this video. It’ll definitely help me with my future drawer stop solutions

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Glad it helped!

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Great topic Rob, ya hand tool guru wizard

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@mburke1211]

I enjoyed watching Rob. I think I’ll try to come up with a unique stop for the router cabinet drawers I made. It’s sounds like a fun, challenging project. I would use the dowel trick, but I don’t have a lathe, and another method for building those parts isn’t readily apparent to me.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I always think of these as a puzzle to be solved. Just ponder it a bit and you can likely come up with multiple viable options

[@dale1956ties]

I was just watching the Big Ash Desk video when the notification for this new one came in.

[@bbur75]

I've watch 5 of your videos about drawers and casework, first 1 of seen with drawer stops, bc you're always removing them. 🤣 These are the best drawer stops I've seen.

[@michaelmcleodwriter]

All around good info. Suggestion; the last stop in the video, the one for a top drawer: why not make the internal piece out of brass, aluminum, or some other soft metal that has more more weight than the little piece of wood?

[@MrMemusashi]

I wish you could explain how you do the piece of wood with the elongated hole in more detail.

[@waltsmith1305]

I like that cashier desk, nice work. Do you have the frame mortised into the legs?. I'm a novice woodworker and have been looking for a way to attach legs to my frame for a kitchen island. I don't want to use visible hardware. Yes I want to go over the top on this project it's for my daughter and I want it to last.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Absolutely the Aprons are M&T into the legs

[@sral128]

Thanks a Lot!👍🏼

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You bet

[@What_Other_Hobbies]

Wow. Like magic. The top one could use a spring in it.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Yes you could do that

[@What_Other_Hobbies]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking someone is using your avatar leaving spam comments. I reported 2 under this comment.

[@roman_le]

Thank you!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

You bet

[@mikein_ga]

@ Robcosmanwoodworking You could have used two small magnets. One on the case and one in the plunger. And face them with opposite poles so the repel each other. Then you don’t need the string.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Would like to see more about your flapping drawer stop you showed a few min in!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Its jus a long piece of wood with two elongated holes in it that screws go loosely into allowing it to move up and down. Has a bevel on the bottom

[@williamdomke8558]

Rob, growing up most of the drawers in are dressers had two C shaped like nails driven into the bottom of each opening that would catch the bottom edge of the bottom back of the drawers to stop them from being pulled out to far.

[@davidsmart8594]

Thank you for your efforts, Rob. Could you show us how you fit hinges, please? I've never see you do that.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

We already have a video on that in our Cabinet Making: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnWof5iYa9l3jbM

[@davidsmart8594]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Thank you.

[@okrahjnr6308]

Wow Wow Wow

[@nitestrike1000]

Great techniques shown for a common problem. But I believe a professional woodworker would have little issue with making drawer stops. If this was meant for novices, then the use of these professional tools would be a problem as they would be unaffordable for the common DIYer. I would so like to be able to afford a lathe as used in the video 🙂 But thanks for the video. It's still helpful 👍🏽

[@marcenarianareal573]

Top👍👍👍👍👍 show!!!!!!!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks' for watching

[@alfriedar5970]

Holy smokes… … talk about thinking it through.. a bit tooooo complex for my needs but wow Very very impressive.. looking for simple simple for my trailer van tool drawers

[@emersonassis7154]

Hi Rob....one more time an amazing video in how to do a hi level woodworking...at 10 min until 13 min you did a special drawer stop...thinking like a lazy guy do you believe a 10 mm magnetic countersunk washer screwed at carcass and just a screw at corded dowel can works?So just a hole for the cord pass and a screw locking the cord in place...to take off just pull the cord

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Yup I think that would work.. Give it a try and see.

[@user-iq8nh7ok3m]

With the stop you are working on at 15:00, you could put a spring above the insert to avoid using string.

[@kaludemerlin]

hi Rob ...sorry i dont get how the bevel stop is attached .... 2 screws in long slotted holes ?

[@matthiasgrab6675]

i am fascinated by your ideas and your way of working. especially to share this knowledge with the world, thank you! I wonder how about some kind of wedge in a wedge-shaped countersink connected by a hinge, or a screw like the first drawer!? or a spring between the ceiling and the small dowel at your solution? I'm unfortunately only a hobby craftsman. greetings from germany

[@matthiasgrab6675]

sorry to bother again... but i can't stop thinking about it. so one last question what about cutting a bevel on one half of the small dropping dowel to be able to rotate it 180° as needed, and some kind of channel at the holding inside surface from the outer dowel where maybe a drilled trough bamboostick or something like that (through the upper part of the small dowel) which could drop inside the channel to lock it/prevent it from unwated selfturning?? i realy hope you could follow my poor english, and guess what i mean!! thank you again, bye

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Sure I think all of that could work. I find it fun just to figure out how to do drawer stops. Seems you are on the right path

[@J.A.Smith2397]

N great job on drill press

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks for commenting

[@martyjosephson4937]

Hi Rob, could you use a piece of metal for the top draw instead of wooden dowel?

[@rgrpncs]

Could you tell me the "specs" on the beveled drawer stop? Is it 45 degrees and the depth of the piece? I'm going to employee this for some drawers I'm working on and the information would save me a lot of time experimenting to find what works best.

[@larryniidji]

Parafin wax is great for wood on wood and also on aluminum as it does not cake.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I agree i prefer microcrystalline wax

[@MMWoodworking]

In the past you have used pen springs in some interesting ways... Would there be any drawbacks to trying to use a spring loaded system of some type? Perhaps a trigger looking system, with an angle sloping backwards, so that when you push the drawer in it pushes itself up, and then pushes it back down when you try to pull it out? Maybe add a bevel on the back of the trigger so that you can push it up a little, then it will ride over the drawer if you need to take it out?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I have done that before and it works really well

[@ianpearse4480]

Cool.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Thanks fpr commenting

[@sheilbwright7649]

Have you considered using fishing sinkers? They come in various shapes and sizes but the ball shape 1/4 and 1/2" would certainly give gravity a hand and these type are cheap.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Never thought about using fishing weights. Have you done that?

[@sheilbwright7649]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Not for that. Some of our hardwoods are really hard and springy eg seasoned ironbark I made a dead blow mallet. Ball bearings are expensive and were not readily available but sinkers were available and relatively cheap. Works very well.

[@DavidR8]

Thanks for the great ideas Rob. I noticed that your Forstner bits cut very cleanly. What brand are they?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Fisch

[@DavidR8]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking thanks!

[@marshallmurrell4583]

A more elegant solution to the dowel within a dowel + string would be to make the interior "dowel" from a brass rod -- similar to the solution you used with the pencil drawer in the stand up desk. I have used a piece of wood with a hole in one end, fastened loosely with a screw to the inside of the case so that it can swing up to remove the drawer.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Brass rod would work as well. Many ways to modify this.

[@ersdds1]

Just wondering why you didn't use a brass plug in the center like you showed in the hidden pencil drawer?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I didn't have one on hand when I made the video !!!!!!

[@thijspluis9998]

nice plane handles, are they new?

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Nope. Same old handles????

[@lincolndickerson1293]

What if you instead of the string you put two small magnets matching poles facing each other that forced the dowel down but could be forced together by a finger press.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I didn’t think of that

[@pctatc66]

Rob. Looking for your recommendation on my next plane purchase. I currently have a Stanley Bailey no 3 in excellent condition, a Stanley low angle jack (newish), a Bridge City HP-12 and HP-9v2 as well as a few other specialty planes. What plane would you recommend I purchase next? I know you love the 5 1/2 but since I don't have a larger plane I was thinking something along the lines of a 6 or 7. or perhaps I should up my smoothing plane game to a 4 1/2? Interested to see what you think!

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Well you already have a jack plane, block plane, and two smoothers. Get a #7

[@pctatc66]

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Thanks for the advice! I did just that and I also bought a 5 1/2 as well. Need to purchase a couple of your star wheels.

[@tonycampton4231]

DAM !

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

The thing that holds back water !!!!!

[@jeffdamon5419]

A finish question. I've been asked to make an urn for a friends ashes. He died from a heart attack out of nowhere. We were friends for over three decades. My question... I have some very nice black walnut I will be making the urn from. What would you suggest as a finish for the walnut? I'm thinking something not shiny, something subdued and warm. Oil? Thanks for your thoughts.

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

Hi Jeff, my favorite is Tung oil made by Circa 1850. Takes 4 or 5 coats to get that "finished" feel. Really nice, down side is it bleeds from porous woods so you have to keep wiping till it is really dry.

[@mrkattm]

Spring load it, Ace or any hardware store sells light duty coil springs for next to nothing.

[@samuniverse2]

Light Yagami Vibes

[@SigKappel]

don't forget your dowel

[@user-dy4xh8rf6w]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

👍👍

[@J.A.Smith2397]

And if I had the money you'd be the one KZbinr to get it, I'll have to see, you take a dollar a month for Patreon or whatever?

[@danwen1965]

What's with all the porter cable

[@RobCosmanWoodworking]

I am max’d out with our online workshops anf youtube to do any additional videos

[@squirts1]

Your top drawer stops... just make some brass bushings and a brass rod. Could also use a spring to force the stop down.