Becoming a Better Woodworker- How to Calculate Drawer Sizes
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2019
- Chad Stanton shows you an easy way to calculate drawer sizes for a chest of drawers. Using a compass and basic geometry Chad demonstrates how to make eye-appealing drawers.
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Been woodworking for 45 yrs and learned something new. JACKPOT!
Thanks Chad! I gotta tell you, I have literally watched thousands of woodworking videos over the years, but none have been more helpful than your series on geometry in woodworking. It has been so, so helpful, and I thank you so much for making them! ☮️&❤ from a fat old woodworker in Oklahoma, USA!
Wow I truly appreciate your comments. And thank you for taking the time to watch my videos 😊
Would you also show us how to take into consideration for the spaces between the drawers? Not only between the drawers but also (for instance) if one was to put dividing rails in the front face frame between the drawers for additional support. > Great video, Chad. I like to see you do educational videos as well as builds.
Great, Chad. This was very informative and I'm glad you showed it to us. I've never seen this before. You can believe I'll be using it in the future.
Do the layout work once, and use a marker to put the tick marks on a clean, straight, squared up, stick of wood. You can use the stick for various sized pieces of furniture by using the graduations that are closer together for making smaller chests. For laying out bigger chests, use more of the divisions, including larger ones. To get the sizes to fit the project just right, simply angle the stick diagonally until the marks fit as needed. Angling the stick reduces the distance the marks are from each other, but they maintain the same proportions to each other.
Very interesting. Thanks!
That was a great vid. Very Informative.
Great video. Thank you
Great Information!!
This is type videos tht help me greatly. Thank u
Excellent tip!
Chad, Thank you You always answer the mysteries of the woodworking universe. You should be featured in the next Star Wars Movie! Compass and straight edge is the ancient modern way.
Cool.
Excellent video. Never heard of this process before. When I made a chest of drawers, I copied an ikea plan. This is much better!
A lot of people follow plans. But if you want to make your own custom chest of drawers. the plans may not be helpful. That is why i wanted to show people how they can design their own. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
Chad Stanton I sure appreciate your guidance. Calculating sizes will be much easier thanks to you!
If you’re interested in the math side of this the wiki page for Hambidge’s rectangles is simply Dynamic Rectangles.
Man, I miss those clamps you used to have on the wall in your old shop.
Thanks for sharing. ;-)
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Super! I’ve been wondering how they figure out the size graduations. This will really help me in the future. Thanks Chad.
This is Garry not Linda. I haven't commented for a long time here. What might really help for calculating the measurements from a sketch would be a tutorial on learning to use a draftsman's scale. Using graph paper as you did gives you a base to start from. Deciding the size of the project will determine which scale to use and the measurements will be accurate to 1/16" if you want it and that's usually close enough for woodwork. If anyone ever saw the sketches I work from the one you did would be like working from an architect's blueprint!!
"Graduating Drawers"? Wouldn't that be the underwear I had on in 1981 when I finished High School?
Hello. How do you measure the drawer sizes by using a computer?
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But where will I get a huge compass to measure 10 ft
that is so much easier than the way i was trained to do it. i was taught using algebra and i am no mathematician lol
I used to be really good at algebra. The problem is, i can never remember the equations anymore. That's why i like geometry.
I am a mathematician (BS and MS) but do it this way -- hard to beat straightedge and compass geometry. You know, Chad, if you just switch left and right corners, you don't need to draw all the horizontal lines during your layout, you can just use the intersection of the arc with the vertical lines. (you can draw them in later if you want the visual) You can also use the arithmetic sequence 12,10,8,... Golden mean seems to get too short too fast.
This is great if you rely on "close enough" as a measurement.
If H is the height of your cabinet, w is the width of cabinet, and n is the total number of drawers, then
H = w x sqrt(n)
Sqrt is the square root. For example 3 feet width cabinet with 5 drawers will have height H=6,7 feet.
The height h of drawer number n is
h = w x (sqrt(n) - sqrt(n-1))
For example, the third drawer from the bottom of cabinet will have the height h = 0,32 x w.
So there is no need for sketching in paper or in Sketchup. Just use math from elementary school.
Well now that I know the drawer size, how do I measure out the rest? 😅
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Why don't you calculate in metric is easier and more acurate
I would agree. The metic system is much more accurate. But unfortunately here in the States we use the imperial system