Just the right size for a child's room, this chest of drawers is extra safe because it has no knobs, hardware or sharp corners to injure youngsters.
The entire project is made of lumber core plywood except for the drawer bottoms and back panel which are 1/8" hardboard. Cut two pieces for the sides 18 X 34¼", this includes ¼" for the top tongue. Make four ¾" wide ¼" deep blind dadoes for the drawer slide frames, see drawing Figs. 3, 4 and 5 and Photo No.2. The blind dadoes should end about 1" from the front edge of the side piece. A ¾" x ¼" groove is also made for the front base stretcher, see Fig. 3. The ¼" x ¼" tongue on the top edge of each side piece is cut on the circular saw.
The top piece has two ¼" x ¼" blind grooves cut ½" from the side edge and stopping 1" from the front edge into which the side pieces are fastened. A blind dado ¾" wide ¼" deep is made on the bottom side of the top piece to accommodate the center drawer partition, see Figs. 1 and 3. A blind rabbet 1/8" deep is cut on the back edge of the top piece to house the back panel. 1/8" rabbet is also cut on the back edge of each side piece for the back panel.
Four drawer slide frames are made of ¾ x 2" stock. The top drawer frame has an additional center runner for the two top drawers with ¼" x 3/8" short tenons. A groove ¾" wide ¼" deep is made in the center runner of the top drawer frame for the center partition piece. The drawer slide frames are assembled with ¼" x 3/8" mortise and tenons joints, see Fig. 4. The short mortises are made on the circular saw with the two 1/8" outside dado cutters, Photo No.3.