stacked jewelry trays

[spartanscroller]

I am confused by the plans for the stacked jewelry trays. First I cut out all the pieces. That went fine. Now how do I measure the dowels? are they supposed to be flush with the hole in the box sides? Why are there two different size holes for the boxes and the bottoms. How do the boxes stack? I know there is something simple hear that I am not seeing. Is there anybody  who can describe how these to together?
thanks
Terry

[spirithorse]

Greetings,
I couldn't find a stacked jewelry tray on Steve's pattern catalog.
Can you provide a link, please?
God Bless! Spirithorse

[justlarry]

Here is the link to Feb 1 post.

http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2020_02_01_archive.html

I found pattern in catalog with search for stack.

Larry

[spirithorse]

Hi, @spartanscroller Terry,
I haven't downloaded or made this pattern but, it just appears to me that
you always want some of the dowel rods to stay attached and you want some of
the holes to be larger so you can remove that tray from the other dowel rods
without sticking.
The pattern should have had a better description of the dowel rods but, I would
just cut the ones that go into a 1" tray less than 1/2" long dowel and the dowel that
goes into the 1/4" thick bottoms, make the dowel rod abt 1/4" but, they are only inserted
into the hole abt 1/8".
I hope you got it figured out and show us your completed project.
God Bless! Spirithorse

[KCSteve]

I haven't made it, but I was looking at it and figuring it out.  The part of the pattern where he shows the dowels sticking out 'about 1/8"' is the bottom of a tray.  The holes in the base and in the lids are just a hair larger than the dowel so the tray can swivel and the lid at the top can swing open.  You drive the dowel into the tray and let it stick out the bottom a bit.  If this tray is the top tray then you cut the dowel flush with the top of the lid.  If it's not the top tray cut it at 1/8" longer than the tray so the lid is held by the dowels coming from above and below.  Or, if you don't want the extra layer of a lid between the trays then cut the dowel to be the same length as the tray + bottom and drive it down to be sticking out the bottom 1/8".  That leaves a 1/8" space for the dowel from the next tray up to set into.