Occasionally, yes. This is especially true for drawers in a non-air-conditioned space. When that's happened I've taken the drawer out and planed a bit more off the side (or wherever it's sticking). Usually doesn't take much.Jim, when you have such close tolerances do you ever experiences issues with humidity changes?
The bottom of my drawers are glued onto the sides. I allow these to extend about 1/4" beyond the back of the drawer and have a stop block glued to the back of the cabinet. Once the drawer is sliding freely I plane off the bottom in the back until it goes in as far as I want. For these drawers this part involved removing slightly less than 1/8".What are you using for drawer stops?
I couldn't agree more. This is my first and it's like building a full-size chest, only in miniature.spice boxes are a whole lot more work then they look like.
That is a clever way to make a precise fit.The bottom of my drawers are glued onto the sides. I allow these to extend about 1/4" beyond the back of the drawer and have a stop block glued to the back of the cabinet. Once the drawer is sliding freely I plane off the bottom in the back until it goes in as far as I want. For these drawers this part involved removing slightly less than 1/8".
You're welcome. I enjoy learning how something is done as much as seeing the end result.Thanks for including so many construction details.
Wow!I've made good progress on the Pennsylvania Spice Box I've been making. The drawers were completed this week. These are faced with quarter sawn sycamore and should give a good contrast to the walnut once the finish is applied.
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The last couple of days were spent turning a small walnut knob for each drawer. I debated making some sort of template or jig to mass produce these, but in the end decide to turn them by "hand and eye". The first ones took about 25 minutes each, but I had this down to under 15 minutes by the time I made the tenth one. Each drawer will have a single knob that is centered.
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I'm applying Danish Oil to darken and give each knob a soft shine before applying shellac and then spray lacquer.
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Date started: | August 29, 2020 |
Date finished: | March 18, 2022 |
Total hours spent: | 160 hours, 21 minutes |
Average time spent per work session: | 46 minutes |
Number of individual work sessions: | 205 sessions spread over 111 days |