Making Wooden Drawers

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.

Making wooden drawers.

But there are two main options to choose from. Nowadays we take drawers very much for granted. 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. An article on wooden drawers by ian taylor.

Limiting yourself to building cabinets or furniture without drawers is like driving a car without a steering wheel in both cases you won t get too far. Build the drawer box using wood glue and 1 pocket hole screws keeping all the sides square. In the kitchen the bedroom the study and the workshop. Ultimately making wood drawers slide easier is a painfully simple 5 minute task.

Pro tips 1 you can take advantage of paraffin substitutes too. Let s jump into the easy peasy tutorial below. This will vary widely depending upon what type of design and construction you use. They appear everywhere in the house.

Inset drawers fit inside the drawer opening as you can see on my diy daybed with storage drawers. Glue and nail a plywood base cut to size of the drawer box. This is the drawer box base. Our favorite technique is to make the drawer sides front and bottom using 1 2 thick stock and then glue on a 1 4 thick piece of veneer for the front.

The last step in how to make drawers is adding false drawer fronts to the boxes. Making a wooden drawer. This is the traditional and many would argue the strongest way to make a drawer. A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square.

See below for tips and tricks to make this foolproof. They come in different sizes and designs. In wood magazine torture tests this drawer joint proved stronger than even dovetails. How to make drawers for any cabinet or other woodworking project where you need storage.

Discover the secrets to making strong drawers by cutting locking rabbet joints on the tablesaw as taught by wood magazine design editor jeff mertz. Traditional drawers have through dovetails at the back of the box and half blind dovetails at the front.