RABBETED HALF-BLIND DOVETAILS
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Chapter 12 D4R Pro User Guide
12-3 Provided the drawer front lip is
3
⁄8"[9,5mm] or less in thick-
ness
➀
, you can mount and rout rabbeted drawer fronts and sides
exactly the same way as flush drawer fronts. If the lip is thicker or
wider than
3
⁄8"[9,5mm]
➁
see 12-6 thru 12-8.
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12-4 Rabbeted Pins You will need to clamp a scrap stop block
➀
in the front of the jig out from the jig’s front face by exactly the depth
of the rabbet
➁
.This brings the pin ends exactly in line with the
front jig face
➂
, ensuring that the scale reading is accurate.
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12-5 An easy accurate way to do this is to rabbet the end of a scrap
piece
➀
vertically over a dado blade or router bit at the same time
as you rabbet the drawer front (horizontally)
➁
.
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12-6 If the lip thickness
➀
is greater than
3
⁄8" [9,5mm], it will not
fit under the side stop. Block the drawer side away from the front
side stop by exactly rabbet depth (see 12-3 ). Make up a block
➁
and
stick it to the jig face
➂
with double-sided tape. Make sure it touches
the side stop. This will offset the drawer side from the side stop by
the width of the rabbet, and align the sockets with the pins.
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12-7 If the rabbet width
➀
is greater than
3
⁄8"[9,5mm], the drawer
side must be offset from the front side stop by the depth of the
rabbet minus
3
⁄8"[9,5mm]. Make up a block to this measurement
and stick it to the face of the jig, touching the front side stop. This
will offset the drawer side away from the side stop and align the
sockets with the pins.
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12-8 Make sure you select a dovetail bit that has a working depth
of cut less than the rabbet height
➀
. Otherwise, you will rout into
the rabbet lip
➁
.
It is difficult to clean up the drawer sides and front corner after
assembling a rabbeted drawer, so make sure the fit is flush before
you complete the drawers (see 10-28 to 10-30).
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