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   jptenberg | Oct 24, 2005 01:48am | #1

   Will--

   I recently built a dresser for a client--it was in maple, and had several drawers, although I did not use the golden mean progression.  I used a linear progression for both the drawers and the dividers, and I was very pleased with the results.

   I believe that the drawers were in increments of 1" going from 10"-5" and the dividers started at 1" thick on the bottom and went to 1/2"at the top. Actually, it wasn't a true linear progression, but it was close--(1", 3/4", 11/16, 5/8, 9/16, 1/2,and the top rail was a full 1" for strength, but the top of the piece overhung to give the illusion of 7/16) I posted a pic of it in the gallery a while ago, but I will post again for you here.

   I think that if you use the golden mean for the drawers, you could probably get away with a linear progression for the dividers, but if that wasn't to your liking, you could take each as a percentage of the drawer width--maybe 10% give or take a couple...

   Maybe you could post a working drawing at some point for better feedback...

   Good luck

   Peter

   jpswoodworking.com

   
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   WillGeorge | Oct 24, 2005 02:19am | #2

   Thank You.. I will ignore her and do sort of like you did..I for one thinks it looks a WHOLE lot better..I can ignore cus' the job has no income!By the way.. NICE work.... More en' Nice!Edit::For the guys or Ladies if so inclined.. The Golden Means link..
   Nothing bad!http://www.intmath.com/BasicAlg/mathOfBeauty.phpEDIT 2::
   A guage you can make to measure a Golden ..
   http://goldennumber.net/images/goldensectiongauge.gifEdited 10/23/2005 7:24 pm by WillGeorge

   Edited 10/23/2005 7:27 pm by WillGeorge

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   creekwood | Oct 24, 2005 02:48am | #3

   Will,  did you take care of the cat?

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   WillGeorge | Oct 24, 2005 02:58am | #4

   NA! I never kill Animals.. Well, them big old black lookin spiders I stomp on.. Grey ones I let pass.. Maybe I like grey spiders from watchin' Charlet Spider wit the grandkids?

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   Pondfish | Oct 24, 2005 02:01pm | #5

   Avoid using Phi for scaling drawer size progression-- better to go with +/' 1" increments from the average size. 

   To determine the average size drawer, add up all the space for the drawers (bottom of the bottom drawer to top of the top drawer, less all the dividers).  Divide this distance by the number of drawers to get your average size drawer.

   For dressers with odd numbers of drawers, your middle drawer is  the average size, then progressively add one inch to drawers below, and subtract one inch from drawers above. 

   For dressers with an even number of drawers, you don't have a middle drawer of average size, so just do the math of adding an inch (progressively) for drawers below the middle divider, and subtracting for those above.

   You can use Phi for determining drawer width/height ratios, but in my experience almost any dresser proportion looks OK.

   Paul

   Recommending the use of "Hide Signatures" option under "My Preferences" since 2005
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   WillGeorge | Oct 24, 2005 05:51pm | #6

   I hear you and I usually use a method I saw in Ernest Joyce Encyclopedia of Furniture Making..BUT.. She wants the Golden.. SO I will do it her way.. I was more concerned about the size of the dividers.. I just thought it looked 'clunky' with them all the same height..

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   Patto | Oct 25, 2005 05:46am | #7

   Will,

   You could include the divider below as aprt of the drawer height when calculating the progression. ie top drawer face is 1 1/4, divider is 3/4 total = 2". Then use whicheever progression makes sense on the sum. Linear would be 2 1/4 + 3/4.

   Dave