Building Drawers And Cabinets

How to use a kreg jig.

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. Wide consider installing two narrower rollouts side by side rather than a single wide one. Face frames cover plywood edges. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square. 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. Attach the drawer slides to the drawer box and the cabinet frame. If you re using dimensional lumber you ll just go to first size that is under 1 of your opening.

If the cabinet is more than 30 in. For this drawer my opening was 7 1 8 wide so i subtracted 1 1 8 and made my drawers 6 tall. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

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. Wider shelves and drawers tend to bind or rack as you slide them in and out. 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.

Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well. Inset drawers are more difficult because of the precision required to get perfect lines around the drawer front. The word drawer followed by dados and dovetails is surly enough to scare off many a diyer.