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   Danford_C_ | Jun 30, 2002 06:53am | #1

   Are you referring to a vanity?  Is it a "sunken" vanity or is the entire top on the same plane?  What are the overall dimensions?  Think "small desk".....

   Dano 

   "Form and Function are One" - Frank L. Wright
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   DavidPino | Jul 01, 2002 05:35am | #4

   Many thanks for responding!  I should have said that this is not a vanity at all, but is instead a chest of drawers, with six drawers, three on each side.  The whole thing is one top, and the two sides (or ends) go all the way to the floor, without any legs.  It's cherry, 57 Inches long, 30 high, and 18 deep.  I know all about the construction of the two outer ends, but I don't understand the construction of whatever is in the middle, where the two sets of drawers meet each other.  Is there some sort of inner wall, and if so, how does one make sure that the whole thing will be kept level with the outer walls, etc.?  Thanks!

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   wbwood | Jun 30, 2002 05:19pm | #2

   Roughly, what are the dimensions of the vanity, and what are the approximate dimensions of the top, legs (sides?)? What kind of wood is being used, or has that been decided? Dano's question about the top is a good one. Is it on one level, or is the seating area between the drawers sunken?

   Seems like there would be a number of ways to insure that the top remains straight, but I need more information and particulars...wb

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   DavidPino | Jul 01, 2002 05:28am | #3

   Many thanks for responding!  First, this is not a vanity at all--in fact, I guess I should have called it a chest of drawers, because that is what it is.  This is a cherry chest, with a top and two sides that go all the way to the floor, no legs.  It is 57 inches long, 30 high, and 18 deep.  We have three drawers on the left and three on the right.  I understand the outer ends of the construction process just fine.  What I have never been able to figure out adequately is what kind of construction one uses in the middle, where the two sets of drawers meet.  Is there some sort of inner wall, resembling the two outer ends of the chest, and if so, how is it constructed?  Or are there some vertical boards strategically placed, or what?

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   wbwood | Jul 01, 2002 08:26am | #5

   I would definitely have some form of vertical wall in a chest 57" wide. There are a number of ways that this could be done. Either dadoed or dovetailed into the top and bottom, or going to the floor with a left and right bottom slotted into the wall, it is also dadoed or dovetailed into the back effectively tieing the chest together and providing a place for drawer guides or drawer hardware.

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   quatersawn | Jul 02, 2002 02:30am | #6

   Seems to me the drawers would have to be made smaller than the drawer fronts, approx. the size of your center support or partition. I.E. If you use 3/4" partition in the center, then your drawers will be the inside dimension minus room for slides etc., and the drawer fronts would need to be 3/8" larger, each side, than the drawer box's, to overlap the center partition.The type of slide you use will dictate the amount of differance.

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   DavidPino | Jul 02, 2002 07:03am | #7

   I want to thank you very much for your great ideas about how a vertical wall could be handled in the middle of that chest of drawers!  Sometimes the most obvious things are the best, and would you believe, the greatest favor you've done me is to remind me that simply putting a bottom on that chest would tremendously help toward solving my problem.  Not only have you given some great suggestions, but you have expressed them very clearly.  Problem solved!  Thanks a lot! -- DavidPino