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Podcast #39: Building Drawers Using Drawer Joint Bits

Phil Huber, a senior editor for ShopNotes magazine details in this seminar all the steps necessary for building a sturdy set of drawers on a router table.

First, he’ll demonstrate how to build drawers using a specialized drawer joint bit in just two simple steps. Then, for those of us who choose not to buy the special bit, Phil will take us through the steps of building drawers with an ordinary 1/4″-dia. straight bit.

Get the Seminar Guide here: Building Drawers Using Drawer Joint Bits

 
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Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 am. Filed under Custom Furniture, Podcast, Router Tables, ShopNotes Magazine, The Woodsmith Store, Wood, Woodsmith Store.
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19 Responses to “Podcast #39: Building Drawers Using Drawer Joint Bits”

Ed Keefer said,

why did you change the download of pod caste #39? I have always viewed it full scree in WMP (windows media player), Sorry to say none of yopur downloads work. So I will stop viewing you podcastes.

(posted on April 6th, 2009 at 3:14 pm)

Joel Hess said,

Ed,

I’m sorry you’re unhappy that downloads of the podcasts aren’t available in a Windows Media Player (wmv) format. There are a few of reasons for this, but it mostly comes down to demand, compatibility and video quality. The majority of our podcasts are downloaded from iTunes (over 90%), so that’s why we have the QuickTime (mp4) version available. To update or install the QuickTime player, you can visit: Get Quick Time. Also, the QuickTime format will provide you with the best video quality.

As for the Flash (flv) version, the Flash Player is installed on the majority of home computers which makes it a good choice. If you don’t have it, you can download the latest version of the Flash Player here: Get Flash Player

Both of these players are compatible with most systems and can be downloaded for free.

Be safe and good woodworking,

Joel Hess

(posted on April 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm)

Kevin said,

The ITunes download for this podcast does not play on IPod touch. Could you please fix this and repost?

Thanks

(posted on April 6th, 2009 at 5:01 pm)

Kevin said,

Follow up — PC #39 is encoded with m4v which is not always compatiable with IPods. All of your prior podcasts work fine so it looks like whoever did the encoding for this one just messed up. It should be a simple matter to fix.

(posted on April 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm)

Jim Crockett said,

I must agree with Ed Keefer, I am also very disappointed that you are no longer going to make the podcasts available in WMV format. I don’t own an IPod and don’t spend my online time on ITunes. I have used QuickTime but find that it loads very slowly and is not very reliable. And I’m not at all familiar with the flv format.

To be fair, I just attempted to run Podcast #39 in QuickTime. Once finally loaded, the video would run for a few seconds, freeze for 3-5 seconds (sound continues), then jump forward to play again for a few seconds; this continues over and over.

While I may not have the fastest PC in the world, it would seem that a 1.3GHz Pentium IV processor, 768 MB RAM and an NVidia GeForce video card should be sufficient to view any video!

WMV format worked very well for me and I would really prefer to have all of the Podcasts in one format. Perhaps there is a conversion program I can find online ti convert the MP4 format to WMV, I don’t know. I even attempted to play the Podcast in Media Player Classic but it seems that there is a codec missing for that format.

I enjoy your podcasts and find that I always learn a lot from them. However, watching them in herky-jerky mode isn’t going to be very beneficial or enjoyable!

So I don’t what I can do now! It’s discouraging to have something that works well and that you enjoy change, supposedly for the better, and no longer work for you!

Jim

(posted on April 7th, 2009 at 9:17 am)

Joel Hess said,

Ed, Kevin, and Jim,

We’re working to address your questions and concerns. Please come back and check things out occasionally to see whether or not we have made the changes and fixes you requested. Thanks again to each of you for your feedback.

Joel Hess

(posted on April 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pm)

Joel Hess said,

Everyone,

We’ve uploaded a WMV file of the podcast and it is ready for download now. Also, we re-encoded the MP4 file at 320×240, which will hopefully fix the compatibility problems.

Joel

(posted on April 8th, 2009 at 1:10 pm)

Jim Crockett said,

Thank you for making the podcasts available in WMV format! I attempted to convert the MP4 to WMV last night using several free converters but none seemed to produce a usable result.

Jim

(posted on April 8th, 2009 at 4:22 pm)

Kevin said,

Thanks it works now

(posted on April 12th, 2009 at 8:48 pm)

Mike said,

While everyone is complaining about a lack of wmv format, I wanted to express my gratitude to you for offering formats other than wmv. Just like not everyone cuts the tails first, not everyone uses Windows and I’m glad that I can still enjoy your podcasts! Thanks from all of us with those other operating systems and platforms!

(posted on April 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm)

Scott said,

Well, i was enjoying it for a little over eitght mins I believe and the Windows Media Player just stopped……………not to worry, I will keep coming back. Just letting you know.
Scott

(posted on April 16th, 2009 at 12:08 am)

Jim said,

It was interesting to watch you struggle some setting up the dado and rabbit joint. That joint can be made very easy with a box joint jig and one setup.

(posted on April 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am)

Joel Hess said,

Hi Scott, I downloaded the .wmv version and watched it all. Not sure what the problem was with your download. Sorry, Joel

(posted on April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 pm)

Joel Hess said,

Jim, Are you saying you make dado and rabbet joints with a box joint jig? That could be interesting, please explain?

Joel

(posted on April 16th, 2009 at 12:58 pm)

Jim said,

Joel
For 1/2″ and/or 3/4″ stock use a jig that has a 3/8″ strip on it. Set a 3/8 bit height to 1/2 the thickness of the thinest stock. Set the space between the bit and the 3/8 strip to 3/8. Run the stock along the strip for the dados. Use one of the dados as a spacer between the strip/fence and the bit. Now run your stock cutting the rabbet. These jigs are available from several sources. This is not my idea. I saw it on the Router Workshop.

(posted on April 16th, 2009 at 4:37 pm)

Joel Hess said,

Thanks Jim, that’s a great technique and thanks for the source. The Rosendahl’s are amazing.

Joel Hess

(posted on April 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm)

Jim said,

Joel
This information was in episode 106. The nice thing is that the bit height is not critical, and the spacing just needs to be close. If you are use only 1/2″ stock you can use 1/4″ instead of 3/8″. I like Bob’s saying. The more you measure the more mistakes you make.

(posted on April 19th, 2009 at 9:32 pm)

Tom said,

only about 10-50 mins of a podcast will play when using the WMV file do I have a problem or do you?

the FLV file will play but you can not go to full screen. do I need to download a program to get the immage larger?

I injoy your website and have use much of the information

(posted on September 17th, 2009 at 6:26 pm)

jenny said,

Just want to say great podcasts, what a fantastic resource.

As your talking about file formats I would say for my own perspective that a format unencumbered by patent issues would allow the podcasts to be viewed without proprietary decoders which would be great for those of us who believe in free software (free as in freedom of speech not necessarily free as in free beer).

Ogg Vorbis format would be free for you to encode in (no worry about paying licence fees for encoding in wmv, mp4, even though these are not always enforced they are patented) and would work natively in Linux, BSD without having to install closed source code such as Adobe Flash player or proprietary or unlicensed codecs. That said I have Flash player running on Ubuntu and it works fine but I’d sleep more soundly watching your podcasts as oggs!

(posted on November 11th, 2009 at 1:30 pm)

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