Drawer Runners
2013.06.21
The drawer sides and guides will be made from a piece of quartersawn maple. I rechecked the drawer opening heights, then used the circular saw to rip the maple board a little wider than that, for a margin of safety. Today I hand ripped the narrow piece in half to start making the drawer runners.
After some planing and a couple cuts on the miter saw, I had two drawer runners ready for fitting. I sawed a notch to fit around the back leg, and then tweaked the other end on the shooting board until each runner fit in place.
After checking for square and flush fit, I glued the drawer runners to the aprons.
When I removed the spring clamps later, they had left impressions in the aprons. Grrr. I keep forgetting that alder is relatively soft. I will use handscrews for the next one.
2013.06.24
Today I went through the same process for the other nightstand.
Beveling Tops