I’ve built a lot of dovetailed drawers. Clamping and glue up has always been a pain. positioning the clamps, making and positioning cauls and keeping everything square. A few years ago it dawned on me, my joinery is accurate square and very snug. After knocking the assembly together, it stays put. So why clamp at all? I now dry fit the parts, take apart and fit the face to the opening using a bevel up block plane. When the drawer is properly dry fitted, I paint the joints with glue, knock it together, wipe the excess with a wet rag, wrap the corners with wax paper and shove it into the opening, aligning the front with the face frame. No clamps, cauls or hassle, and because the carcass is used as a form, the face of the drawer will be perfectly aligned and require no further fitting. Hope this helps some of you out there.

Hope this helps some of you out there.

Rob