Dovetail drawer¶

from woodwright.examples import projects

design = projects.dovetail_drawer(width=500)

front_back  400 x 150 x 20 mm  oak, 2 pieces: front, back
            - 2 x sockets for 3 dovetails
left_right  500 x 150 x 20 mm  oak, 2 pieces: left, right
            - 2 x 3 dovetails, slope 1:7

def dovetail_drawer(
    width: float = 400,
    depth: float = 500,
    height: float = 150,
    stock: Stock = OAK,
) -> Assembly:
    """A drawer box with through dovetails at all four corners (no bottom); outside sizes.

    The front and the back have pins at both ends, the sides tails at both
    ends, so the front can't be pulled off. All boards have their reference
    faces outside and reference edges at the bottom; the back and the right
    side are mirror images of the front and the left side.
    """
    t = stock.thickness
    asm = Assembly("dovetail_drawer", root_location=BOX_FRONT)
    front = asm.add(Board("front", stock, length=width - 2 * t, width=height))
    back = asm.add(Board("back", stock, length=width - 2 * t, width=height, mirror=True))
    left = asm.add(Board("left", stock, length=depth - 2 * t, width=height))
    right = asm.add(Board("right", stock, length=depth - 2 * t, width=height, mirror=True))
    # The sides' right ends are at the front.
    for side, front_end, back_end in [
        (left, front.left_end, back.left_end),
        (right, front.right_end, back.right_end),
    ]:
        asm.join(ThroughDovetail(tails=side.right_end, pins=front_end, tail_count=3))
        asm.join(ThroughDovetail(tails=side.left_end, pins=back_end, tail_count=3))
    return asm