Build a Shaker Work Bench

Drawer Dividers and Drawer Runners

I seated the drawer dividers into the dovetailed dadoes using a dead-blow mallet and a block of scrap wood to prevent breaking the edges of the dividers dovetailed pins. I added the drawer runners, slipping the tenon, cut on one end of each runner, into one of the two mortises cut into the back of each divider. This is a dry joint without any glue. The tenon is seated loosely in it's mortise. I left a 1/8 inch gap between the divider and the tenon shoulders. The runners were screwed to the center stile of each bent. This way the frame members can move with the seasons without pushing any of the dividers out of plane with the rest of the bench front.