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How to Build Cabinet Drawers - Level Up Your Drawers

Keith Johnson Custom Woodworking via YouTube

Overview

Learn eight different techniques for building cabinet drawers and elevate their visual appeal in this comprehensive 34-minute video tutorial. Explore various drawer construction methods, including rabbeted, locking rabbet, dovetail, exposed domino, and pocket hole designs. Discover how to enhance drawer aesthetics with dowel pins, brass inlays, and unique finishes. Master essential skills such as fitting drawer bottoms, applying Rubio Monocoat, and installing Blum drawer hardware. Perfect for woodworkers looking to improve their cabinetry skills and create eye-catching, functional drawers that serve as showpieces in their projects.

Syllabus

Intro
Overview
Drawer Bottoms
Rabbeted Drawer
Adding Dowel pins
Locking Rabbet Drawer
Dovetail drawer with the Porter Cable Jig
Exposed Dominos Drawer
Pocket Hole Drawer
Sanding info
Gluing up the Exposed Domino drawer
Gluing up the Dovetail drawer
Gluing up the Lock Rabbet drawer
Gluing up the Rabbet drawer
Installing Miller dowels and brass pins
Inlaying brass bars
Fitting the drawer bottoms
Applying Rubio Monocoat to all drawers
Installing the drawer bottoms
Installing the Blum drawer hardware
Glamour shots and outro

Taught by

Keith Johnson Custom Woodworking

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