Making Simple Plywood Drawers

Build one simple jig to align the dowels on the handles and to position the handles on the drawer fronts.

Making simple plywood drawers.

Learn how to properly measure for drawer. Build super simple drawers discover the secrets to making strong drawers by cutting locking rabbet joints on the tablesaw as taught by wood magazine design editor jeff mertz. Measure in from each side and mark a line at 2 1 8 in 3 1 8 in. Using a miter saw and the cut list above cut the 1 6 1 3 and square dowels to size.

It doesn t matter how deep wide or tall your drawer is. Place the 1 6. With the bit set all you do is run the inside edge of each side no adjustment necessary. Drill the pocket holes.

Best of all this technique allows you to cut all parts of the joint with just a dado blade and a single setup on the tablesaw. Using a kreg jig drill two pocket. Material to the end of the jig. I assemble my drawers using plywood in dadoes on the drawer box sides.

If you don t want to cut dadoes you can also just glue and staple plywood into the bottom of the drawer box however you need to keep in mind that that will add to the drawer box height so you may need to adjust accordingly. In this video i show you how to make cabinet drawers using screws for the queen sized storage i ve been working on. Drill the drawer face holes. Place the 1 3 front and back pieces on the work surface.

Piece of plywood the same width as the drawer fronts and rip it down to 4 3 8 in.