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   TomMGTC | Jan 06, 2004 11:24pm | #1

   I've only done cock beaded drawers once. I dovetailed and fitted the drawers and the rabbetted the drawer front to receive the cock bead. Dovetails were still visible. Worked out great.  

   Tom

   Douglasville, GA

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   Arby | Jan 09, 2004 06:18am | #4

   The old guys assembled the drawer with half blind dovetails in the front. The cock beads on the top and bottom of the drawer front are applied full width; they cover the whole edge.  The bead strips on the sides are let into rabbits that are half of the thickness of the drawer front or less, thereby exposing all or most of the dovetail joint.  The top and bottom strips mitre to the side strips  but since the top and bottom strips are wider than the sides the mitre only goes part way and the remainder is cut flush with the side. 

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   TomMGTC | Jan 09, 2004 04:29pm | #5

   I have seen them done that way. I used peices that were a good grain match for the top and bottom peices joint was fairly invivible.Tom

   Douglasville, GA

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   JohnWW | Jan 07, 2004 03:21am | #2

   Dan,

   I install cock beading flush with the sides and the bottom of the drawer.  If the cock bead stood proud it would be vulnerable to damage especially if it caught on the edge of the case when closing the drawer.  The bead on the top isn't as likely to be damaged so it may not be recessed into the drawer face, in that case it completely covers the top edge of the drawer face to give a finished look.

   If the drawer face is solid wood, and wider than four inches or so, you will start to have problems with the bead being cross grain to the sides.  For this reason I use plywood with shop cut veneer for the front face of drawers that are going to be cock beaded.  I am not sure how cock beading is applied to solid wood drawers with dovetail construction, but your idea of assembling the drawer and then cutting the rabbet seems like the way to go.

   John W.

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   garytarrant | Jan 07, 2004 04:43pm | #3

   if it for drawer fronts, then  half blind dovetails should be used. the cock beads then fit into the blind part of the joint, thus making it look like a through dovetail from the side. the cockbeads can then be let into grooves and mitred etc.