Comments on: How to Build a Cabinet Drawer the Easiest Way Possible

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:34:35 +0000

In reply to Courtney. If you read the section on "sizing your drawer", the needed clearance for slides, back and top and bottom space is already being taken out. Then you just need to build the drawer.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:44:22 +0000

This is a great basic tutorial…. but shouldn’t you -also- be subtracting the thickness of your material from the front and back pieces so that you maintain 1/2″ clearance? Otherwise, the way it’s written, if you’re using 1/4″ plywood and you cut the front and back pieces to 1″ less than the opening with the goal of maintaining 1/2″ clearance on both sides, but then mounted the side pieces to the outside edge of the front and back pieces you’d actually only have 1/4″ clearance on each side (1/4″ total).

By: Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:54:11 +0000

In reply to David B.. I get the slide length that matches the drawer. (Full or partial extension function won't change the overall length of the slide. It's the inner mechanicals that are different.)

By: David B.

David B. — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:11:26 +0000

Using your dimensions, what drawer slide length would you use if using a full extension slide? I liked your simple to understand instructions- without having to go out and buy needless special tools that one would use just once.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 05:10:24 +0000

oh. Using metal slides isn’t simple. That’s a specially manufactured complex part.
Simple would be just having a plain wood drawer without metal slides like they did in the old days.
Anyway, i can work it out & skip that part. Thanks.