Reloading Bench Build

[JohnnyEgo]

I am missing a couple pictures in the series, but I basically rounded up every piece of scrap Baltic Birch ply I could find and put together three drawer bases for the top shelf.


Had to trim and adjust the upper shelf supports to make sure the drawer bases were level.


Once everything was sitting flush or level as appropriate, I started attaching the trim pieces. The three drawers together are about 1/8 inch short of the total width, to allow them to be fit in easily. I take up the slack with some felt, which I am hoping will keep the unit wedged into place without marring the finish.



Getting places.

[JohnnyEgo]

Slapped the sled on the table saw and started trimming:


Then cut some drawer bottoms:




Marked them out for Domino holes, and then taped up the edges; I have learned that my Domino cutter is not real kind to face veneer and tends to blow it out near the edges of thru-domino mortises.





Then carved a lot of domino mortises.




Made some custom dominos out of the trim I'd previously glued up:


And drove them home:

[JohnnyEgo]

I am using Promark slides, which are much more economical knock-offs of Accurides. Made a spacer to make sure the mounts were consistent.


Also countersunk to accomodate a #8 screw:






Busted out the hardware positioning tool to keep things relatively consistent between drawer mounts for the pulls"






And picked a pretty board I've been saving for a while to make some drawer fronts: