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    A clever quick way to make drawer boxes

    Have a look at this video. An interesting invention:

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    It's basically 2 plywood butt joints per corner.....don't think it would last long.
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    Neat idea but I agree with Scott, strength / longevity are my concerns.
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    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!
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric DeSilva View Post
    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.
    Your memory is correct. I built three shop cabinets based on his book. Total of 20 drawers. no failure yet.
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    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.

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    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.

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    very clever and I applaud for effort and sharing with us.
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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