Building Drawers And Cabinets

Inset drawers are more difficult because of the precision required to get perfect lines around the drawer front.

Building drawers and cabinets.

The word drawer followed by dados and dovetails is surly enough to scare off many a diyer. Wider shelves and drawers tend to bind or rack as you slide them in and out. Although i am using a kreg jig to build this drawer the basic principles are the same using any other joinery method. Wide consider installing two narrower rollouts side by side rather than a single wide one.

I like to use plywood to build my drawers because then i don t have to worry about twisted or warped boards causing me issues with alignment. For the sake of showing you how to build a simple cabinet drawer we ll be talking about attaching an overlay drawer front. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well. If the cabinet is more than 30 in.

Nonetheless there s an easier way to build a drawer without using a table saw or router yet results in a beautiful sturdy assembly just the same. Face frames cover plywood edges. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Read this post to understand more about choosing inset or overlay doors.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. This means some extra building work and buying more slides but the smaller rollouts will operate more smoothly and easily. I m building these drawers for my diy dresser. If you re using dimensional lumber you ll just go to first size that is under 1 of your opening.

For this drawer my opening was 7 1 8 wide so i subtracted 1 1 8 and made my drawers 6 tall. How to use a kreg jig. A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.