Face frame fitted and glued to the drawer dividers

 

After carefully chiseling out pockets for the dovetail pins in the case front, glue is applied to both the leading edge of the dividers and the dovetailed pockets. To keep from chipping out the dovetails, I drive them to depth using a block of scrap wood and my dead-blow mallet. With the frame members seated, I clamp the frame stock to the drawer dividers. I pay attention to aligning the top surface of the frame member with the top surface of the divider. Use another hand-screw clamp to help pull things into line as needed.

 

I will finish up by fitting a small vertical piece of frame stock in the middle of the top drawer opening to form the drawer openings for the top two drawers. After that I will cut and fit tapered feet to the case front at the bottom pf the piece.

 

Well, I've spent enough time pecking away at the computer. You all have a good day. I'm off to the shop. STB