The Drawers
The back panel is finished, the hardware is ordered; in the meantime my attention shifts to the drawer construction. Rails are installed and drawer panels put together.
Wooden rails will support all the drawers. To minimize wear I’ll use hard maple strips for the bottom drawer to ride on.
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They are left to dry overnight.
The drawers consist of hard maple sides and rear, dadoed to a cherry front panel. The height of the bottom drawer forced me to glue 2 boards together. By bookmatching them, they make nice, though hidden, statement.
All parts of the drawer are individually fitted to the cabinet. The width of each side piece is carefully adjusted, so it snugly fits between the upper and lower rails.
Complicating things is the requirement for the drawer to extend both at the front as the rear of the cabinet.
Next is the front panel. It is cut and planed to a size where it tightly fits the drawer opening; later on this will be fine-tuned to its final dimensions.