For this type of joint the best choice is a half blind dovetail.
Cabinet drawer joints.
Although not as strong as a dovetail joint a well made lock rabbet joint will hold up fine unless the drawer takes heavy regular pounding.
Dovetail joints are the most durable.
The front and back pieces are the captive pieces locked into the sides.
Do screw add any strength to a joint.
However they can also be the most difficult to make.
A perfect example is a drawer front where you don t want to see the end of the through dovetail on the face of the drawer.
Just because a cabinet includes dovetail joints doesn t mean it s a great quality drawer.
For the wood joint torture test in wood magazine issue 173 they created and then destroyed more than 100 joints.
Which of the woodworking joints give the most strength.
The grooves will be exposed and we want those to be hidden by the false drawer front.
The grooves used to make up the locking rabbet drawer joint are 1 4 deep.
With 1 2 drawer material you simply subtract 1 2 from the desired drawer width.
Learn how to build a clean strong and beautiful half blind dovetail joint and when to use this type of wood joinery.