Do you get tear-out when cutting the rabbet? I wondered if using a sacrificial block to hold the drawer front up against the fence would eliminate that possibility. Just going to see if I have a 9mm router bit!
Thank you so much for this video, I have watched many of the ones from the USA, and they are really good, but yours was so much easier to follow, your video was superb, nice clear well illuminated shots, and your explanation of of which way round the draw bottom slots were to be cut was a total joy. Nice to see it being done on a home made router table without any unnecessary frills and not using an unobtainable dado saw blade. It was also nice to see in large letters how much the shots had been speeded up. I look forward to using your 999 technique . Regards Chris
Great vid, one of the only ones I've seen that uses a router table instead of a dado stack. Nice. Your audio could use a little tweaking. Vocals were very low, and tools were very loud. Nice and concise.
Really helpful, thank you. Clear, informative, simple, thorough video. You have a talent for straightforward videomaking (and clearly a talent for woodwork!) Good job.
Would it be an option to stop the router a mm short of the edge for the bottom of the drawer so you wont see that hole at the front? Never made a drawer so im just trying to imagine how this would look
Good video-I am making drawers. Based in UK so no dado stack option for the table saw-but cmt do a grooving blade at 6mm thick that easily fits the saw. So 6mm for all the other dimensions and I use 12mm ply ( although thicker can be used for the base) and a new zero clearance insert for the table saw
Glad I found this since I don't have a dado stack and wanted to solve this on my router table. I was trying to see if there was a trick to cutting the rabbets without resetting the fence; you did it by passing the workpiece between the router bit and the fence (starting at 5:16) which I've always been taught is very dangerous
Yes that's the crux of this technique really. I can't see why it would be particularly dangerous. It's quite easy to lean over and ruin the workpiece though!
@@yukonstudio4859 I get the simplicity, but it's still very dangerous. Like I said above, you should never feed the workpiece between the cutter and the fence. Don't take my word for it, search router table safety. Also, you're making a climb cut by feeding the board right to left on the "wrong" side of the cutter. That could turn your workpiece into a missile and pull your hands towards the cutter at the same time
Thanks for this, I've got a jobsite table saw that won't take a dado stack so was looking for someone who'd done this drawer method with a router. I also don't have a proper router table yet so seeing your DIY one (which is proper enough!) was also perfect. Cheers!
Great video, but do NOT glue the bottom into the dados. The bottom needs to be free to move as it will expand at a different rate than the surrounding wood.
This is disappointing because it looks like you do have good, well presented information. So unfortunate that I had to watch it without sound. People really need to watch their own videos before posting so they can edit them with corrected volume levels.
Yes yes read the comments below, my ineptitude as a sound engineer is well trodden ground. I would suggest locating the volume switch and turning it up, then down again when the router runs. It's plenty watchable this way
Nice to see a well produced woodworking video aimed at UK viewers. You have a new subscriber! Clear, concise instructions and to the point. Well done, hopefully we will see more videos from you in the future.
Great job, finally this method in metric. Did you use 9mm because that was the head size that you had. For 18mm thickness 9mm is of course 1/2 ? Method is great. Thanks for sharing.
nice clear video, you do need to up the sound when your talking and knock it down when your machining , it almost took my ears off when you turned on the router ☹
Yeah I know, sorry about that. I can't now reupload without losing the views and the commentary. I will monitor it more for future videos though! Thanks for watching
Thanks nice video, I've also seen this called the 1/2, 1/2, 1/2 where half refers to half the thickness of the boards - which works for Imperial and metric and any thickness boards, keep up the good work!
Yes it seems to offer a lot of bang for your buck in terms of versatility Vs workshop space. To be honest I really need to finish mine off, all it is is an old kitchen worktop with a hole cut in it for the router
Like your ideas. I'd be interested in watching more because you understand what you are doing and keep it intelligently simple. Your space is small an you make the most of it. We have that in common. Hope you will look into making a better sound quality for your videos in the near future. All the best to you.
Thanks Rick. Yes I actually managed to get pretty decent sound quality then I fucked it up in premiere. I've been meaning to re-export and upload but haven't got round to it. The vocal is really quiet and then the router table is deafeningly loud!!
Hi Priit. I got it from a place called Cladco. It was my intention to document the whole build process of the workshop, but of course I didn't, so haven't really got much to share unfortunately
Lovely router table. Excellent video, very clear and concise. Good look with you new channel, you've certainly earned a new subscriber, am a newbie to wood working, only been at it a year, but absolutely love it. Your workshop looks brilliant, I have ordered a steel tech shed last week So hopefully it will be with me in about 14 weeks. How did you fit out your work shop, it looks amazing. No one has made or even explained how they board those out, possible idea for a new video. Wouldn't need to redo it just explain how , might be a thought. Any hoo. Keep up the videos, it'll be worth it in a year or so. I'm a big fan of Uncle knackers, he does good honest videos, no fancy workshop with only a handful of tools, Australian bloke.
Hey mate thanks for the comment. Yes I mean to document the build of the workshop but generally when I get going on something I'm terrible at bothering to record! Don't think it's worth putting a video up of me just talking about the shed though!
Thanks David. Can't honestly claim to be an Indians fan, I found the cap in a thrift store years ago and just liked the design! I've since read about the emancipation of Chief Wahoo though, so I guess now it's a collectable!
Nice. Relieved to find an example using metric and a router rather than a dado blade. That is for this. Nice & clear. Only vid? Subbed hoping you’ll do more :-)