Sellers Home Chest Of Drawers: Episode 2
Posted 27 September 2023
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Even when using machines, cutting large housing dadoes can be challenging for different reasons; but the experience of cutting them accurately by hand is less about cutting exact parallelity and more about the best way of customising the walls of the dado to match perfectly to the thicknesses of the panels being fitted to them. Paul wanted joints that are self-holding with no gaps and the precise amount of compressibility to self-hold the non-mechanical joint to its counterpart. Watching this video will reveal what it takes to create solid and long-term housing dadoes that then guarantee the carcass for your chest of drawers will be just what you need for the drawers and the dividers in between.
Who is the guitarist for your videos? Is it one of your children?
No it isn’t one of Paul’s children but it is a local musician.
Thanks Paul. The first project I did was your simple tool tote with housing dados. Enjoyed it so much I made three of them. Ever since, I have been in love with cutting housing dados. Currently, I am making Christian Becksvoort’s 15 drawer shaker chest (to house some of the ancillary woodworking tools such as files, screwdrivers, etc). It needs a total of 30 linear feet of housing dados. I am nearly done chopping them all by hand with chisel and router hand plane. It’s taken a while but that is fine. I’ve been smiling the whole time doing it.
Paul, dado above;) just finished your 2017 drawer project, hidden dvtail front and housing dado back. Forgot adding glue into housing dados, all snug and setup solid. btw ‘snug’ was on my side chopping houing and mortise/tenon joints. thks
Hi Team, maybe I just cannot find it, but is there no drawing for this project? I always find the drawings helpful in following the videos as they give me a good understanding of where the specific piece that Paul is working on is going in the finished piece.
Don’t hold your breath mate, probably at least 6 months before you see those drawings..
“I always find the drawings helpful in following the videos as they give me a good understanding of where the specific piece that Paul is working on is going in the finished piece.”
I already have had the following suggestion in my head for some time after seeing similar comments:
the videoteam could make a small video showing very briefly the final assembly/glue-up.
This could be added at the end of each project teaser/presentation. I guess the video material is available before the serie is released.
Of course it is exra work.
Hi Paul & Katrina,
Maybe I’ve missed it, but how does one accurately make the second knife wall for the housing dado in case the side panel is not straight. I noticed Paul used two straight pieces clamped to the side panel when dry fitting, but for marking the knife wall this would probably be in the way?
Any chance Paul will be doing a poor man’s #80 cabinet scraper? Or even a kit like the router maybe?
Thanks for the excellent information, as always. 👍