Thing 13, 14 and 15 are drawer liners for the watchmakers workbench. Basically you make a framework of interlocking wood pieces that precisely fits inside the drawer. The framework makes it easy to add dividers and custom storage later on.
The corners are held together with slot and tab fastening. I’m using 8th inch thick stock – so dovetails are out. You don’t want to glue the pieces together since the whole point is being able to take it apart and modify it down the road.
Liners don’t really show dividends right away. Over time though they let you make all sorts of custom tool holders and storage. So I have had about 30 liners I have wanted to make for ages, but they are about the lowest priority project in the shop. So – pretty perfect for the thing a day spring-cleaning of projects.
For larger drawers liners can really clean things up, as you can see in this before and after picture.
I still need to add another half height divider, marked out by that board on the left. On the half height board will sit a small lift out till living inside the pull out drawer. Having things cleaned up in has already noticeably started saving time on projects.
