A vanity dresser just wouldn't be complete, without a jewelry box.
I'll start out by cutting the top and bottom pieces to length.
Their are those.
Now the two sides.
Alright were on it so far.
I'm going to be using wooden drawer glides
So I'll set up the router with a straight bit and route the dadoes for those.
Adjust the fence, flip the piece around and route one for the bottom drawer.
Alright done with those, this is the top piece of the jewelry box.
I need a dado right down the center.
So I'll measure and mark.
Set up the straight edge.
Now that I have all the dadoes cut in the top, bottom and sides, I'll start on the drawers.
Rip all the side pieces to width on the table saw first.
Then set up a stop block on the miter saw and cut to length.
Here I have six sides for three drawers.
Four front and backs and then two larger front and backs for the bottom drawer.
I'm using wooden drawer glides as I mentioned earlier.
So lets head back to the router and route the matching dado in the drawer sides.
and that is what that looked like when I was done.
For every drawer their is a drawer bottom of which I am cutting now.
More dadoes will be required to accomodate these
I usually cut them on the table saw but since I've already got my router set up, I'll use that.
The front and back of each drawer is pretty straight forward.
Just make a pass from one end
to the other.
For the side pieces however, I do not want the dadoes to go all the way through like that so I'll
set up start and stop points
on the router fence with blue tape.
Plunge the piece down at one end and push it through till you get to the other mark.
I don't like picking these pieces up while the router is running so flip the switch,
wait for it to wind out.
Thats what I'm going for.
Alright I think I'm ready to assemble.
I'll start with the drawers.
Why?
Because green turtles can't climb fences.
Although I've seen the brown ones do it.
clamp and wait.
Once the glue is dry, I'll drill and set dowels in each drawer.
It's the same method I used for their larger counter parts for the base units in part two
of this series.
Check the description I'll have links to all the videos for this vanity dresser build if
you missed any of it.
Now I'll assemble the jewelry box itself after a quick sand of the top, bottom and sides.
While this is drying in the clamps, I've cut some small pieces on the table saw for the
drawer glides.
Remember that dado I cut in the center of the top?
That's what this piece is for.
Alright this is dry, time to dry fit.
I left all these drawer glide pieces oversized to start with.
I'll see where I need to make adjustments.
and make said adjustments with a number four hand plane.
Speaking of hand planes my wife's father has gifted to me a couple of number four and number
five hand planes that belonged to her great grandfather.
I plan on doing a video on restoring one of them so if you have any tips or tricks you
would like me to pass on to everyone or that you
think might be helpful, leave a comment below or shoot me an email.
Once I'm happy with the way everything fits together I'll glue the drawer glides in place.
Flush cut the back side of the drawer glides.
I've attached the fronts to the drawers, two coats of stain and three of some satin poly
makes for a jewelry box that is ready to go in
a little girls room with her brand new vanity dresser.
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