Make: Volume 78

2. LAY OUT THE DRAWER DADOS

Next is the layout. In this cabinet there will be

11 drawers for sandpaper above, two deeper

drawers at the bottom for scrap sandpaper and

for sanding blocks and sticks, and one thinner

drawer between them for the sheet tearer.

First I clamp the parts together and start

marking out the dado lines. Measuring down

from inside the top, make a mark at 1⁄" and

another at 1⁄". Repeat this 10 more times,

measuring from the bottom of the previous set

of marks (Figure

D

). To help keep track, I make

small hashes on the tape measure itself.

The twelfth drawer from the top will be the

tearing drawer; for this one I’ll mark ...