I spent about 6 hours today building 6 drawers. Fortunately, I designed the TV stand so that they were all the same size, so it was just a matter making the same 3 parts over and over and over again. I had 12 side pieces, 12 front/back pieces, and 6 bottom pieces:
I cut a slot (dado) on the bottom of the side and front/back pieces for the bottom to fit in, and then I cut another dado in the front/back pieces for the side to fit in. (it sounds really simple, but that took about 3-4 hours to do)
Once I had the pieces cut, I needed to put them together. I started with a front/back piece and a side piece. I glued them together, made sure they were square (using a carpenter's square), and then used my nail gun to nail them in place (only 2 nails for now in each joint).
Then came the other side (done the same way). followed by the bottom (which just slid in place).
Last came the other front/back piece, which was again glued and nailed in place.
Before I put more nails into the joint to really secure them, I wanted to make sure it was square. I measured the diagonals, and when they were equal, the drawer was square.
One down and 5 more to go. Honestly, I was starting to get bored by the last one. After watching Norm build a dining room chair on The New Yankee Workshop, I don't know how anyone could build multiple chairs like that without going mad from repetition.
After I finished all of the drawers, I put on the drawer slides and put in the drawers.
It's starting to look like a piece of furniture now! Fortunately, every seems to fit fine. My measurements for the placement of the drawers was spot-on, and there's enough room for the DVD cases to fit like they're supposed to.
I'm going to have to resist the urge to take the TV stand as it is now into my living room to see how the TV looks on it, because I know that if I do, I'll end up leaving it there. So, on to the next part: the doors.
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