Drawers

[Ed Gibbons]

Any advice on how to make the edge around this drawer would be appreciated.
Thanks, Ed

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[Chip Lindley]

Ed, not sure I understand your need. The table looks very finished to me. I would not change anything!

Or, you want to build one like this photo? The beading appears to be applied to the edges of the drawer front. A half-round router bit, or two passes of a quarter-round bit along the edge, would zip off a moulding strip you could cut with accurately mitered corners and apply to the drawer front.

[Bill Huber]

Ed, not sure I understand your need. The table looks very finished to me. I would not change anything!

Or, you want to build one like this photo? The beading appears to be applied to the edges of the drawer front. A half-round router bit, or two passes of a quarter-round bit along the edge, would zip off a moulding strip you could cut with accurately mitered corners and apply to the drawer front.

I think he was asking if you made a table like this how would you make the trim around the drawer.

[Thomas love]

Bead part of beading bit , then resaw on band or table saw.

[Tony Bilello]

I have made these before. I make them like "J" molding. That are very durable and will not get knocked off like an applique because they are part of the solid wood.

[Frank Drew]

I can't tell from the photo whether the beading is applied to the drawer opening or to the drawer itself (cock beading). If it's the latter, here's a link to a recent thread on the subject:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?153207-Cockbeading-drawers

[glenn bradley]

Cock beading is a strip of beaded stock rabbeted into the drawer face (http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/GCBD.html). Quirk beading (http://homepage.mac.com/galoot_9/gpimages/sidebead.gif) (on the rails and stiles) gives a similar appearance when the drawer is closed and are not as subject to damage.

[Matt Day]

Making the cock beading is the easy part - installing it and joining the sides to the front is the hard part. FWW has an article on it (search the site), Norm did it on NYW, and there are a few tutorials online I found when I did it a couple years ago.

[Chip Lindley]

Here's a sturdy example of cock beading that covers the edges of the drawer front. Corners are mitered to an exact fit:

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