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Appreciation post: the old timer in Tacoma who showed me to cut drawer runners long and trim after
Three years back I was building a run of 12 maple drawers in my garage and every single one racked when I slid it in, and I was ready to blame my table saw. An old cabinetmaker down in Tacoma took one look and told me to cut the runners a quarter inch long and trim them to fit after the box was glued up, not before. I've done it his way since and I think I've only had one drawer bind, so how do you all handle runner stock, do you cut to final size up front or leave yourself room to shave?
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barbara_taylor8322d ago
Oh man, this reminds me of the first time my dad let me help him hang a door when I was maybe fourteen. He kept saying "measure twice, cut once" but then he'd always leave the thing a hair long and shave it down with a block plane. Took me years to figure out he was doing it on purpose. Funny how the old guys just know stuff like that without making a big speech about it.
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