I visited a high-end furniture showroom in Portland and their drawer construction method seemed needlessly complex.

Jake Flores · 2026-03-17T10:20:08.166187+00:00

They were using a locked miter joint with a 3mm reveal on every drawer front, which looked nice but added at least two hours of extra machine setup and hand-fitting per piece compared to a standard rabbeted front.

rowan5935mo ago

Sounds like overkill for a drawer. All that extra work for a tiny reveal nobody will notice...

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leo_thomas25mo ago

My last drawer project had so much hand fitting I swear my dovetails grew dovetails. Spent a whole afternoon getting a 2mm gap just right, only for my cat to use it as a nap spot. Sometimes the fancy way just means you get really good at fixing your own mistakes.

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troy_ward5mo ago

That's just job security with extra steps.

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