Comments on: Western Dovetail, Get Dreamy Dovetail Drawers Hassle Free http://homefixated.com/western-dovetail-custom-dovetail-drawers/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Where DIY Meets LOL Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dreamcatcher http://homefixated.com/western-dovetail-custom-dovetail-drawers/comment-page-1/#comment-13453 Dreamcatcher Wed, 11 May 2011 12:03:01 +0000 http://homefixated.com/?p=540#comment-13453 I think you greatly over-exaggerate the time, expense, and skill required to dovetail a drawer. These days, you can pick up a reasonable quality and easy to use dovetail jig for under $100 and a router for another $200. The only required skill is then to cut some boards to proper length and clamp them in the jig. Cake. Furthermore, while the dovetail is among the most highly regarded of drawer joints - certainly the most identifiable among the general public - it is not necessarily the best joint for a drawer. While dovetail joints are robust, there are stronger joinery techniques available - not that most drawers need joints that are more sturdy than dovetails. In fact, most drawers only require joinery that is far less sturdy than dovetailed drawers. So, unless you just want the look of dovetails (admittedly important) often the effort isn't worth the outcome. DC I think you greatly over-exaggerate the time, expense, and skill required to dovetail a drawer. These days, you can pick up a reasonable quality and easy to use dovetail jig for under $100 and a router for another $200. The only required skill is then to cut some boards to proper length and clamp them in the jig. Cake.

Furthermore, while the dovetail is among the most highly regarded of drawer joints – certainly the most identifiable among the general public – it is not necessarily the best joint for a drawer. While dovetail joints are robust, there are stronger joinery techniques available – not that most drawers need joints that are more sturdy than dovetails. In fact, most drawers only require joinery that is far less sturdy than dovetailed drawers. So, unless you just want the look of dovetails (admittedly important) often the effort isn’t worth the outcome.

DC

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