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| Fig. 7 Inside chest side showing dados for drawer runners and blades |
SAPFM What do you use to create the dados for the dust boards?
HEADLEY I used a dado blade.
SAPFM How do you determine how deep
the dado should be?
HEADLEY The depth of the dado for the dust dividers would not need to
be very deep compared to the depth of the half dovetail for the rails.
The dust dividers are not structural except to hold up you drawers.
They just need to be kept from falling out, 3/8” to ½” at
most. The depth of the half dovetail is more of a structural component
so they should be as deep as you can get them without compromising
the chest sides. You don’t want to chip out the side while cutting
the dovetail with your chisel.