Every Woodworker Should Know How To Use These (not the dovetails)

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[pitsnipe]

You could also put a slight chamfer on the bottom of those blocks so they don’t splinter when moved across the floor. Neat idea, makes perfect sense.

[lindac]

I can't begin to tell you how many of these videos I've watched over the last couple of years, but I can say that I've seen numerous people who are remodeling furniture and not a one of them so far seem to realize this is a issue or will be at some point in the near future!!!! When watching your video just now I swear it was like I had a little light bulb click on above my head as I was thinking well that's just smart 🤓!!!! Luckily, I'm still just trying to learn 😅😅, I bought some tools around the beginning of fall and then it's like it turned cold and I haven't gotten to use any of them yet 😅😅, but I will definitely remember this when I do!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[pmdinaz]

I just looked at my heirloom cedar chest (over 70 years old) and it's built very similarly!
Great advice

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

I had a commercially-made chest of drawers and fitted similar blocks, but these were to hold heavy-duty wheels, recessed so that they don't show. This makes it so much easier to move the thing out, when you want to vacuum underneath it.
Thanks for the upload.

[EricHonaker]

Very good points about not letting your trim become part of the structure.

[whomadethatsaltysoup]

Lovely, I made some tall bookcases to house the tomes from my own, long gone student life. I went for solid and rustic, so no skirt, and the scaffold planks are all one piece. However, in the real world, nothing is plumb, square or level, so once I’d lifted the bookcases into position, I had to shim up the front - didn’t fancy being squashed by my past life. Well, if I’d known this nifty little trick, I could have attached feet to the sides with lollipop sticks and something a bit more substantial at the front. Thanks for sharing.

[davidpaddock]

Nice process. Simple, but highly functional.

[awakeonearthone]

Great job man, don't let anyone get you down

[RCake]

What a beautiful piece! I mean both the furniture and the video 😊

[mikeking]

Good tip, and if you wanted to get extra fancy you could install leveling feet into your glue blocks for a tall chest or bookcase. Now I need to find my bag of popsicle sticks [edit]!

[yabman]

Very nice tip! I couldn't help thinking of the actor Owen Wilson as I listened

[jsmxwll]

I'm just a hobbiest, and an idle one at that so take this with a grain of salt. After looking at a fair bit of 19th century furniture, I developed the impression that the trim board is there to hide the legs. I've seen a ton of cases that have some sort of leg on the bottom and are then wrapped in trim so it looks more cohesive. I've pulled a few of those pieces apart to repair them and several of them have definitely had the trim added later. Might be replacement or just something added that couldn't be afforded originally. It's interesting though.

I don't know if it's just me, but without the trimboards, it looks okay on some floors, but not on hardwood floors. Somehow the naked legs looks wrong.

[TadTheTinker]

In some cases the trim is decorative only. Other times the trim piece is for sure intended to carry the weight.

[Wastelandman]

Nice. I'd put some nail in or screw in chair slides on the bottom of your support blocks. This will make sliding the box a lot more easy and will place even less stress on the trim. Especially under load.

[mattelias]

Funny that of all the wooodworkers I watch, you're the only dude who's highlighted this trick, which is spot-on...'This is the Way.' Added benefit of this approach is that it also reduces the number of points upon which the furniture piece must sit on the floor, allowing a better 'rest' on uneven floors (which all of them are). Last, agree that college educations are overrated - source: college education-haver, I'm the most highly-educated idiot I know.

[coreychafin]

Any chance of a video of that chest build? Thanks for your videos, I always learn so much.

[TheSMEAC]

Great effort in pointing to how trim should be used in furniture 👍.

[DonsWoodies]

In the words of a famous general from some European country - "Veerry Nice." Good tip. something I'd never thought of. I'll remember that one.

[vmoutsop]

Great tip. Learn something new everyday.

[Bibliotics]

Thank you for sharing. Just out of curiosity, why not just set it up so that there are leveling legs in the support blocking?

I live in a home were level floors are not always consistent, so I kind of made leveling legs a standard practice in the furniture I make.