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"Half-Blind" Look Joints - Tips & Tricks |
Canadian Patent #2,286,763
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KatieJig Tool System
Manufactured by Machining Center, Inc.
5719 Kopetsky Drive, Suite F
Indianapolis, IN 46217
Phone: 317-787-1965
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Make Drawers with that "Half Blind" Look with the Katie Jig
Did you know that you can make drawers that look like they were made with half blind joints?
It's very simple to do--just make your box with a two piece front. The front, or outside is screwed and/or glued to a drawer box made with through dovetails. The finished drawer has that "hand cut" half blind look.
When the "box front" board is made out of the same material as the exposed "drawer front" board (see diagram below), the wood grain meets in corners, and it is hard to tell that the drawer front is made out of two or more boards.
The process is very easy and fast to use, particularly when you are building single pieces of furniture. There is little, if any, scrap due to dovetail joint errors (you're using a Katie Jig, of course!), and you can make adjustments to the "fit" of the front of the drawer to the drawer box frame as you attach the front.
The following diagrams and descriptions illustrate how the drawer is constructed:
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[Figure 1] - Cut and Mark the Pieces for Drawer Box and Front
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| Make the drawer front and the box front from the same species of wood (for instance, cherry or walnut)--the wood grain will meet in corners, and this makes it hard to tell that the drawer front is made from two or more boards.
The box side and the box back can be made from a second species of wood (for instance, poplar or maple), if desired. |
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[Figure 2] - Cut the Dovetails for the Drawer Box
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| The box should be constructed with a half-pin (half-tail) at the top and bottom of the box front. The half-pins add strength to the box. |
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[Figure 3] - Assemble the Drawer Box
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| Glue together the box sides, back and front to make the drawer box. |
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[Figure 3] - Glue Drawer Box to Drawer Front
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| Fit the drawer front to the drawer box and adjust for fit and alignment of wood grain on the drawer box front. Glue or screw drawer box to drawer front.
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