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1. 
   MikeHennessy | Nov 15, 2007 04:00am | #1

   Here's what I usually do. After the drawers are joind up and ready for finish, I run them through the table saw, drawer face  down, to remove the required amount from the bottom of the face or, if I feel like using hand tools, I'll simply use a plane instead of the TS.

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA

2. 
   joinerswork | Nov 15, 2007 04:50pm | #2

   John,

   You can offset the drawer sides by the desired amount, so they project below the edge of the drawer front.  I'd run the grooves for the bottom, then joint off the reveal amt from the edge of the front, run any molding on the edge of the front, then assemble.  If hand dovetailing, use a scrap inserted in the groove for the drawer bottom to align the side to the front before scribing.  Alternatively, or if machine dovetailing, cut the dovetails, and groove for bottom, before jointing off the reveal from the front.

   Ray

3. 
   Dave45 | Nov 15, 2007 06:19pm | #3

   I've done this by using some type of thin spacer (a couple of toothpicks, a machinest scale, 2-3 business cards, etc) to raise the drawer front in the opening while I attach it to the drawer box.

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   g_hepplewhite | Nov 15, 2007 06:54pm | #4

   Jpohaja,

   Another option is to make the drawer runner thicker than the drawer blade by the desired gap/reveal. Reference your joinery off of the bottom faces and the runner will sit proud off the blade leaving you with your desired reveal. The advantage is that you can make your drawer bottom flat, the down side is that your joinery needs to be dead nuts to create a consistent reveal. I have a horizontal mortiser so I use floating tenons. With this method I am able maintain the required tolerance.

   Good luck,

   Tom