Have a look at this video. An interesting invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S074ke-EJ6U
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Have a look at this video. An interesting invention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S074ke-EJ6U
It's basically 2 plywood butt joints per corner.....don't think it would last long.
Neat idea but I agree with Scott, strength / longevity are my concerns.
Very cool. While it is essentially a butt joint, it does have a bit more surface area for glue than a butt joint. I like it. I wouldn't buy it but it is a clever idea and doggone it, it is wickedly sweet folding up plywood and viola, a drawer box! :)
It is very clever. Heck, if you have strength concerns, seems like it would be pretty easy to put together a doweling jig that would increase the strength substantially. That said, I seem to recall someone around here who build a gazillion shop drawers and they were all butt-jointed together. I think maybe he even was an author of a book about shop cabinets? He claimed he didn't have any failures for shop use.
Hmm, interesting concept and definitely stronger than the melamine drawers you'll find in many kitchens nowadays. But I personally prefer box joints or through dovetails.
It is interesting, the milled cuts remind me a little of the miter lock router bit pattern that is discussed so often. Not sure he will ever profit much from the patent.
8:00 in he performs destructive testing.
It's quite strong. It would be stronger if the bias of the plies were held constant, but that would come at a cost to time and would result in more waste. It's clever.
As said, he addressed strength concerns and even said something along the lines of "now I know someone will mention strength concerns..." Well you guys sure did!
I think it's very clever and could be a great product. Tough thing will be that ever dado set out there is probably just a bit different diameter so you'd have to buy a matched set i think.
Great idea and some very innovative thinking.
very clever and I applaud for effort and sharing with us.
Ed.
OK, I will be the first to say, I would buy it. I currently make all my drawers with through dove tails and like the look, but they take time and the glue is a bit messy. The part I don't like is that you end up with 1/2" bottoms and I prefer 1/4" but what the heck. If I could make the drawers in 25% of the time, I would give it a try.
If you want thinner bottoms, just do as he demonstrates near end of video to make boxes. Cut a 1/4" grove in side material, use his tool to cut the "folds" for the sides, insert a piece of 1/4 material into grove and fold/glue around it.
Someone sent this to me yesterday and I have to give the guy his due for creativity as it is a really cool idea and watching him fold them up was really cool. I am not a fan of plywood drawers for things like kitchens but for shop / utility drawers it looks like a really handy system.
I will have to agree, that is really neat and I can see if you were making a lot of drawers that would sure help.
I was thinking why couldn't you make blades that shape for a molding head cutter on the table saw. I have never used one but I have seen them and it looks like it would work, I think. Maybe that would be to much wood to take out in one pass, but there is no reason you couldn't do 2 passes.