Make: Volume 78

TIP: To protect against

any glue that does

squeeze out, I use strips

of waxed paper. This

might seem like an extra

step, but it sure beats

discovering that some of

your drawers have glued

themselves together. So

apply the glue, close the

hinge, and press flat;

repeat and stack them,

alternating face to face

and end to end, while

placing a strip of waxed

paper between each one.

an hour (Figure

Cc

)

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Of the two remaining bottoms, one is for the

bottom-most drawer, the one for sandpaper

scraps. For this one I attach a taller piece to the

back. I used a 1½"×3/8" cedar scrap I had laying

around, but could have used an off-cut of the

maple, had I seen ...