Dovetails in Maple Drawer Boxes
Maple Grade Options
Maple Select - Wood is called to provide uniformity. Sapwood, light and consequent in colour with no defects.
Maple Regular - Varied tones of sapwood (foam to caramel), little to no heartwood, minimal minor mineral or black streaks, pocket-size pin knots accepted.
Maple Rustic - Wood is chosen to emphasize character. Darker maple with considerable variation of heartwood and sapwood mix, black and mineral streaking accustomed, sound knots ok, no splits, no cracks, no open up knots.
Affluent Lesser Option
This option is available for side mount slide systems. When choosing the flush bottom option the drawer height is reduced 3/8" (10mm) from standard heights.
Standard Side Heights for a Affluent Bottom Option.
| Drawer Heights | |
| Regal | Metric (mm) |
| 2-5/8" | 67 |
| 3-i/two" | 87 |
| 5-3/8" | 137 |
| vii-3/eight" | 187 |
| 9-three/8" | 237 |
| 11-five/16" | 287 |
| 13-1/4" | 337 |
| 15-1/iv" | 387 |
| 17-one/iv" | 437 |
Scoop Front Pick
This option is available for internal drawers such as pantry pullout systems
Dovetail Drawers for Vanities
We make dovetail drawers for bathroom vanities with a pipe cutout. The cutout is sometimes called a piping hunt. This solves clearance issues around plumbing and drains. It provides maximum storage. Our pipe cutouts are typically 6" x 6" unless otherwise requested. If yous are ordering a drawer with a cutout you will need to provide a cartoon showing the position of the cut out.
Slide Mounting Options
The majority of our customers are using Blum undermount slides.
We recommend Blum's 560H Series Undermount Slides with Blumotion Concealed Full-Extension. These are self close and soft close. The forward and rear mounting points have adjustment to make installation alignment much easier. We accept a functional brandish in our showroom. We can prove you how to install, adjust and remove our dovetail drawers mounted with this slide organization.
The 560H slides come in the post-obit depths:
270mm (10-five/viii")
300mm (eleven-three/4")
350mm (13-3/4")
400mm (15-3/4")
450mm (17-3/4")
500mm (nineteen-3/4")
550mm (21-5/eight")
We retail these slides. Each pair of slides requires a pair of zipper clips.
Ordering Size Guidance for Blumotion Slides
These are our recommended drawer depths to order if yous are using Blumotion slides with rear notching and no front notching.
Blumotion 550H2700 - lodge 278mm deep
Blumotion 560H3000 - order 308mm deep
Blumotion 560H3500 - order 358mm deep
Blumotion 560H4000 - order 408mm deep
Blumotion 560H4500 - social club 458mm deep
Blumotion 560H5000 - order 508mm deep
Blumotion 560H5500 - order 558mm deep
Video of Multi-ply Dovetail Drawers 18 Inches Deep
Grooving a Dovetail Drawer Side For a Bottom
Machining the groove into a solid maple dovetail drawer side to accept the drawer lesser. The caliper is used to double bank check the altitude of the bottom of the drawer groove to the drawer lesser to ensure there is room for the under-mount drawer slide hardware. Each of the four drawer sides is grooved.
Notch and Drilling of Dovetail Drawers
Notching and drilling the back of a Eucalyptus dovetail drawer to accept Blum nether mount slide hardware. Our notch and drill machine ensures a level slot and an exact hole position so the slide pin fits in perfectly every time.
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How are Allstyle's Dovetail Drawers Finished?
Compare Quality - Not All Dovetail Drawers are Fabricated the Aforementioned
Ask if the fabric is Hard Maple, Soft Maple or Birch. Hard Maple is more than dense and potent.
Ask if the bottom is 1/four" or 3/8" thick. The 3/viii" bottom gives substantially more than force which is critical in larger drawers.
Ask if the finish is one or two coats and if the lacquer is pre-catalyzed or post-catalyzed. Allstyle uses two coats of professional grade post-catalyzed lacquer for the toughest finish available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I will be using the Blumotion Tandem series undermount slide. How practice I calculate what width of drawer to social club?
A: For drawers with 5/8" sides the Blum Tandem series undermount slide needs 3/16" (5mm) clearance betwixt the exterior of the drawer and the inside of the cabinet wall on each side. Measure the inside opening of the cabinet and subtract three/eight" (10mm) to make up one's mind the correct drawer width.
For birch multiply drawers with i/2" sides the Blum Tandem series undermount slide needs 5/sixteen" clearance on each side. Measure the inside opening of the chiffonier and subtract 5/8" (16mm) to determine the correct drawer width. The i/2" sides also crave a ane/8" reduction in depth vs. a drawer made with 5/8" sides if the drawer is notched in the back and not notched in the front.
Q: Are the drawer bottoms glued in identify?
A: Yes, the drawer bottoms are inset into a groove. The bottom is secured with both staples and glue. The lesser will not slip and is very sturdy. Considering nosotros use a 3/viii" bottom it will not belly or bow and does not require any further reinforcement.
Q: Can you put our logo on our drawer social club?
A: Yes nosotros can! In society for us to burn down your logo we need the artwork of your company logo, ideally in the course of a vector file such as *.ai or *svg. We tin use a *.PDF or *.jpg file merely there is extra work (actress accuse) to convert it. It takes nigh two weeks to transfer your logo onto a solid brass head that we tin apply in our branding iron. There is a one time accuse for the branding head. Nosotros will logo your drawers at no additional charge there after.
Source: https://www.allstyle.ca/Dovetail_Drawers.html