Building Drawers And Cabinets

Read this post to understand more about choosing inset or overlay doors.

Building drawers and cabinets.

Although i am using a kreg jig to build this drawer the basic principles are the same using any other joinery method. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

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. A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square. I m building these drawers for my diy dresser.

This means some extra building work and buying more slides but the smaller rollouts will operate more smoothly and easily. Attach the drawer slides to the drawer box and the cabinet frame. 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.

If the cabinet is more than 30 in. How to use a kreg jig. Also i make all my drawers using plywood for the box and plywood for the bottom. Face frames cover plywood edges.

If you re using dimensional lumber you ll just go to first size that is under 1 of your opening. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. For the sake of showing you how to build a simple cabinet drawer we ll be talking about attaching an overlay drawer front. 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.