Drawer joints table saw. Use a miter gauge to guide the cut. Set the fence 14 from the blade edge. The locking rabbet drawer joint is a pretty easy method for drawer building if you have a table saw or two. Although you can build drawer joints using any number of methods we think lock rabbet joints like the ones below make sense for attaching the sides fronts and backs of most drawers.
Making drawers with box joints on the table saw. With one table saw setup and a dado stack you can build drawers all day long. Set your dado blade to cut the blind rabbet exactly half the width of your stock and adjust the rip fence to be the same distance from the blade. Learn how to make a lock rabbet joint and improve the look and strength when building cabinet drawers.
Im going to use my box joint jig which goes on the tab. Blind rabbet joints use the pairing of a rabbet and dado to the best. Set the blade 14 above the table. I seriously am considering buying a small second table saw.
Place a drawer side outside face up on the saw. If you were making an overlay drawer the front would need to be rabbeted for the necessary offset and the fence reset to run the drawer fronts. Wood magazines jeff mertz shows you this technique in building great cabinet doors and drawers. Use a 14 dado stack for this project.
Place a board flat against the table top and tight against the fence. This drawer method is so simple it should be illegal. Blind cut rabbets are easy to cut in quick succession with a table saw but they are also impressively strong. It would be nice to have one dedicated for a dado stack so i dont have to switch blades constantly.
Just like the smaller one i built ill be using half blind lock joints for the drawer joinery.