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A to get a perfect fit in the drawer pocket. But it can be a chore to 1-in.-wide slot cut in the yoke accepts either the drawer front or hold the drawer in place for that task. back. Attaching a hardwood cleat to the underside of the yoke The typical routine requires that you clamp the drawer to allows it to be clamped in the vise. the side of a bench, take a pass with the plane, unclamp the The support board has slots on each side to accommodate drawer, check the fit, reclamp, take another pass with the plane, drawers of different depths. I hold it in place by sliding a clamp and so on. through one of the benchdog holes, which keeps the clamp This simple jig saves time and effort. It consists of two main clear of the planing area. A bench hook also would work. By parts: a yoke that mounts in the end vise and a flipping the piece end support board that clamps to the workbench. Plywood yoke, 3/4 in. thick Cleat, 1 in. thick for end and moving Once the jig is set up, you simply slide by 2 in. wide by the clamp to different 16 in. long the drawer in place and plane. benchdog holes, I can Slide the drawer out to fit drawers of almost any check the fit. The jig width or length. If I provides support can’t, I just cut a so that the sides new slot in the stay flat. It also plywood. holds the drawer —Mark in such a way that EdMundson, I don’t feel like sandpoint, Idaho I’m stressing the corner joinery. Slots to accept drawer Plywood support board, Extra 3/4 in. thick by 16 in. sq. A lot of woodworkers fill smallish dings, dents, and splits with homemade improved tabletop button Front screw applies putty made from sanding pressure to apron slot. dust and wood glue. fits slot every time Back screw holds button in place. To make the putty less visible, I go a half-step An apron slot that’s a little too high further and use dust from or low won’t make a difference to the same species of wood this tabletop button. A kerf under the that’s getting filled. To working end of the button gives it the ensure a ready source of flexibility to bend up or down as needed different types of sawdust, to slip into the slot. I store dust from several —PEtEr WallIn, Malmö, sweden common wood species in Tabletop individual containers. A Slot in apron sawdust source is never a problem; I just empty the dust-collection canister on my random-orbit sander after using it on a particular species of wood. —Michael Wilson, Tuscaloosa, ala.. Button Kerf 10 FINE wOOdwOrkINg FWSIP08BF_MW.indd 10 6/6/07 12:18:46 PM