| Blog series by coloradoclimber | updated 409 days ago | 3 parts | 2146 reads | 15 comments total |
Part 1: Carcass layout and planning
I’ve been wanting to upgrade my router table and over time I’ve been accumulating the pieces. I’m building my table around the Incra LS 17 Router Fence and a Woodpecker PRL Router Lift. I ended up ordering the 27 x 43 Woodpecker table top already drilled with a cutout for the LS 17 and the PRL. I haven’t picked a router yet but I’m leaning toward one of the big PCs. I’m basing my design loosely on Blake's Router Table. My table top is not as wi...
Part 2: drawer configuration
Finally decided on a drawer configuration I can live with. Overlay fronts and full extension slides. The cabinet doors will be frame and panel, I just didnt get around to drawing the panels in yet. The drawers are just boxes in this drawing. I haven’t drawn in the joinery for the doors or drawers yet. At this stage I was mostly playing around with drawer sizes and spacing. The handles will probably change too, type and location. And the mod...
Part 3: drawers
Not a lot of progress since the last entry but I have decided to go with simple box drawers with lock rabbeted joints. I watched a video from Wood Magazine where they conducted strength tests on various joints. They concluded that the half lap, finger, and rabbeted joints were the strongest, stronger apparently than a dovetail for a drawer box. And it’s a lot simpler. So it may not be as cool as dovetails but I think it will be more than strong enough and will be quite a bit f...
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