Drawer Making | A traditional drawer back

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Drawer Making | A traditional drawer back

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Жыл бұрын

Rob cosman takes you through making a traditional drawer back.
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@hansangb Жыл бұрын

That feeling when Rob puts more care into a piece (that no one will notice) than you do for your main piece 😁 Learned a ton as usual. TY.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting

@andersonlong7709 3 ай бұрын

An enormously helpful video, even though I’ve done woodworking for some years . When I need to bring my skills back up to speed, ( or learn new ones) your videos are by far the most helpful thing out there. Thanks for making things easier and sharing the knowledge!

@dragomirdichev1196 11 ай бұрын

Rob is the best teacher on KZfaq. Not to mention a legendary craftsmen.

@emiliangeczi287 Жыл бұрын

Rob, you describe how you take 4/4 boards down to 5/8" and then eventually to the final thickness (in this case, 7/16") to get the most stability in the final boards. Is that difference between the starting and final dimensions typical for most of the boards you use in your projects? To my inexperienced eye, that seems like A LOT of wood that's turned into sawdust or shavings.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Yes that is typical of my work. And yes there is a lot of waste wood in the process.

@smtitmas Жыл бұрын

@8:50 that is a great technique for extending a knife wall line as opposed to just relying on eyesight alone, similar to scoring a line around two perpendicular faces by registering the knife and square in the first knife wall to locate the second knife wall. thxs for the tip. now i need to buy a shoulder plane blade just for this purpose. Despite the wealth of info from this 25 minute video, this one tip is my Rob Cosman "Gem of the week".

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Then it was worth making if you got a gem !!!!!

@1deerndingo Жыл бұрын

So good to see a video that focuses in on how to in detail, real technique, problems to be solved and how to resolve them. So many other sites show a person doing a great job, but not the nitty grtty of how to get it done. Well done Rob.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting

@arthur2319 Жыл бұрын

This is something I’ve struggled with. Thanks for the in depth instruction. Also, I spotted that Birds Eye maple edge banding on your cabinets- very nice detail!! Cheers

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kentboys5017 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. The details and techniques you demonstrate are always entertaining and helpful. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@knotwelkum Жыл бұрын

Rob is a master craftsman, no doubt, buy this video seems rushed and not with the top quality he used to make them. Thanks for sharing anyway, always something to learn.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

could have been, we were behind in getting it out. Hope to be back on schedule next week.

@frankhill9527 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these how-to videos.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@jasonpowell8582 Жыл бұрын

G'day Rob! I've always concentrated on the back-story... :D Love your work mate, thank you.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Its the back storey that will make a well fitting drawer!!!!

@colinscowen9621 Жыл бұрын

Approximately exact. That's the very definition of most of my work 🙂

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Pretty definitive, eh?

@glencrandall7051 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Perfect explanation. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! and commenting

@andrewbrimmer1797 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for great detailed traching

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

you bet

@emersonassis7154 Жыл бұрын

Hi Rob...one more time an amazing video class...I never thought about how challenging in making a good quality drawer can be...amazing explanation as always...congratulations from Brazil

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

If you want a great fit follow my steps

@larry78cj7 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

you bet

@stephenclingerman4865 Жыл бұрын

I always watch your KZfaq videos. So, I saw something on this one that shows your 5-1/2 left side with 2 holes in it. Is that a new 5-1/2 or did you put those holes in there?

@tim_biller Жыл бұрын

I believe it's part of a prototyping exercise to fit a handle to the plane's side to make its use as a shooting place easier.

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Tim is correct. We are doing some testing on the planes, more to follow soon we hope

@stevebarratt888 Жыл бұрын

How can furniture built with such close tolerances survive seasonal changes in the wood with humidity? Is that a problem, or are there careful considerations in gaps and grain direction that mitigate this challenge?

@tylersmith9868 Жыл бұрын

Wood expands and contracts along its width but not its length so during construction this needs to be taken into account on basically every piece done

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

It doesn't always work as planned and I have had to revisit to make slight corrections. I took great solace in hearing from Alan Peters that Edward Barnsley frequently travelled the country with a hand plane to refit drawers that had acclimated to their final home.

@dennisd5776 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent instructional video. What about using anti friction tale on the bottom runners; would it help the draw move easier?

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I try to always think years out, how will this be in 10 years.

@nmfam 9 ай бұрын

Rob Cosmans blood type is Walnut.

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

What the heck would we do without you Rob??? I know my dovetails and hand planing wouldn't be as nice and would be doing my dovetails pins first n sloppier like frank klausz n hopefully with lots of practice get as good as him but your way let a LOT of people(you got a fan club on FB!!!) Get great dovetails first go and this Shawn shim changed the game even further!!! Like really been wondering, for yrs now, how people did DT'S before the Rob cosman way? Did they all do pins first like frank klausz? Maybe a video on other ways??? Plz

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

The traditional English and Scandinavian method was tails first but tracing the tails. Eastern Europeans tending to pins first

@J.A.Smith2397 Жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking I would appreciate extended info on this topic? Maybe a video plz of geographical differences and other ways other then yours???

@TheTranq Жыл бұрын

Good video. These drawers still confuse me a bit, particularly the layout of the dovetails for back and sides.

@tylersmith9868 Жыл бұрын

All in the layout when you start each joint

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I have several drawer making videos on youtube, do a search and I am sure you will find one that explains it.

@MrAtfenn Жыл бұрын

it appears that the tails on outer edges of the back board were straight rather than angled. if i am not mistaken could you explain the reason

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

on the bottom it is because the back (half pin) sits at the top of the drawer bottom groove and at the top it gives a bit more material to the long partial tail on the drawer side. That piece would be slightly undercut if the half pin was angled.

@craigmoscarell2027 Ай бұрын

Can you tell me anything about the magnyfying (?) headset you're using? Thanks!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Ай бұрын

Yep, ESSENTIAL! We finally now stock them. They are light, simple and do the job as good as any with more bells and whistles.

@1deerndingo Жыл бұрын

Is that a Stanley 78 blade you use as a marking knife?

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

lie nielsen version of.

@nspctor7729 Жыл бұрын

How about if your 'sacrificial board' is made of two long adjustable halves overlapped and bolted similar to a bar gauge function. This way the problem of solving angles and length (width of drawer) are tackled individually. I'd adjust the two halves tight to the width of the drawer and scribe, shave and fit one side. Then readjust the sacrificial two piece tight to the opposite side and repeat the same process. Once the angles are solved, the length (width of drawer) is simply determined by loosening the knobs and fitting your 'sacrificial piece' to the opening. It's then a matter of scribing the template (two piece sacrificial board) to the work piece in one go. Just a thought Cheers,

@ricos1497 Жыл бұрын

That would work, as would pinch rods to an extent. In theory, the way Rob approaches the task, you probably only need to have a piece that accurately reproduces that initial side (right in the video) against the bottom. You could do this with a simple triangle of three pieces. The first aligns with the bottom, the second the vertical and third secures them in place on the diagonal. Once you have that accurate first side, the second is produced using Rob's process with the marking wheel or plane blade. That three stick assembly could be used for all the drawers in the cabinet. As long as the vertical and horizontal sticks were more than 3/4 of the length or depth of the side they were referencing that would make for an accurate scribe. Anyway, I doubt Rob is massively concerned about the few waste templates he creates in this process, it's amazingly accurate and impressive!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Ok, but then you have to still make a back. Might as well just make it one and use it as the template

@emersonassis7154 Жыл бұрын

Rob please one more question...my father was a professional woodworker but at a set of drawers he wrote a number like 1,2,3 and each drawer fit only that position perfectly as a "custom drawer"..in your way anyone fits any place (same dimensions of course)

@ricos1497 Жыл бұрын

No, I don't think that's the case with Rob's drawers here, they are fitted to each space as shown in the video. He even mentions the grain matching at the start. Given the accuracy of his work, I'm sure you could switch a couple round and it would still function better than most, but the intention is very much to have one drawer specific to each space.

@emersonassis7154 Жыл бұрын

@@ricos1497 Ok thank you...more clear now

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Rico is right, just like your dad, each drawer is custom fit into its drawer

@JR-xt1bj Жыл бұрын

Best moment of the video: the sound of your crosscut saw … ssssssharp … The drawer back sits a couple of mm away from the end of the side pieces. Why is this so? Thank you!

@RobCosmanWoodworking Жыл бұрын

I use the same marking gauge setting for the front (thicker) as I do for the back (thinner). I like the look of the tails sticking out, personnel preference.