Hey folks, I am finally relocating in the house to gain additional  
space. I've got a plan for a desk/work surface, but I was trying to  
figure out how I could make a good solid drawer. I guess I could  
figure some of this out like making a groove in the sides to fit the  
bottom into and if I did this, what router bit would be best suited  
for making that type of groove and I imagine I'd have to find one that  
is the same thickness as the board I want to fit all the sides on too.
Now as far as getting all the sides connected. I guess I could just  
run some screws into the ends and that would work, but is there a  
better way or a way that might not necessarily be better, but might  
make for a stronger drawer? I did a little reading on dovetail joints,  
but I suspect this is way out of my skill level at this point. I  
believe those joints are like fingers that interlock at a 90 degree  
angle and are I imagine either glued or just pressure fitted. In any  
event, any thoughts appreciated.
If anyone is interested, I'm going to take two counter tops and use a  
piece of melamine (however that's spelled) and use that to make the  
corner piece of the l which will keep me from having to rip the edge  
of the counter top partially off or trying to rip a 90 degree angle on  
both halves. That is how it looks like they did the counter tops in  
our kitchen. They cut the two tops at a 90 degree angle and slapped  
them together. Nothing wrong with this but gee I got this nice scrap  
lying here, might as well try to put it to good use. Well actually  
this does bring up one other question. If I wanted to cut the top at a  
90 degree angle, how would I use the miter cross cut tool on my table  
saw? I know that might seem like a silly question, but I haven't used  
the gage yet so not sure exactly how I would use that while pushing  
the wood through.

tnx

Scott Howell
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