I am in the process of re-purposing a cabinet for use as a router table. I have the frame built, and have 8 pieces of maple for the drawer sides: 6" wide by 1/2" thick by 5ft long. The pieces have a 1/4"wide by 1/4" deep dadoes, 1/4" from the edges.
My digital caliper has gone kaput. I swapped in 2 different batteries: with the 1st the caliper wouldn't power up, with the 2nd, the caliper only read .96 (would not power off or "zero"). So the measurements are taken with a combination square.
I have 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood that has gone unused for a while, so I am using this for the drawer bottoms. It does measure 1/4" thick with the combination square.
The rub, or lack thereof, is I cannot get the BB ply in the dado. I have tried different section of the maple sides and different sides of the test piece of BB ply. Even a few taps with ym wooden mallet does not persuade the play into the dado. I tried easing the BB ply in from the end of a drawer side, and directly into the drawer side.
Should I try easing the edges of the BB ply, making it a hundredth or so thinner, or should I widen the dado in the sides a bit?
My digital caliper has gone kaput. I swapped in 2 different batteries: with the 1st the caliper wouldn't power up, with the 2nd, the caliper only read .96 (would not power off or "zero"). So the measurements are taken with a combination square.
I have 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood that has gone unused for a while, so I am using this for the drawer bottoms. It does measure 1/4" thick with the combination square.
The rub, or lack thereof, is I cannot get the BB ply in the dado. I have tried different section of the maple sides and different sides of the test piece of BB ply. Even a few taps with ym wooden mallet does not persuade the play into the dado. I tried easing the BB ply in from the end of a drawer side, and directly into the drawer side.
Should I try easing the edges of the BB ply, making it a hundredth or so thinner, or should I widen the dado in the sides a bit?
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