The Easiest Fastest and Most Accurate Way To Install Any Drawer Slides In 2min or Less | Woodworking
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2020
- In this episode I will show you how to quickly install drawer slides. This method is the easiest, fastest and most accurate way that I have found to install drawer slides. You can accurately install a drawer slide in about 2min.
All you need is a crap piece of lumber, tape mesure and a miter saw. You will use these tools to cut your lumber to the height you want your slide to be. You don't need to purchase any jig or additional tools to properly install a drawer slide.
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I'm going to attempt this this week, every other video I watched was super complicated with hundreds of measurements and everything else needing to be taken, thanks for keeping it simple.
Good luck!
How did it go?
Now, how do you attach to drawer?
FINALLY the 1st you tube video that’s PERFECT! No waisting my time with some long video of of BS of stuff I really don’t care about. This is precise to the point. Executed quickly. A Fixed camera not shaking around making me sick, great angle. Just like a professionally shot video. Awesome keep them coming. Thank you
thank you for the wonderful feedback. Be sure to subscribe if you haven't I am starting to put out weekly videos getting right to the point. Cheers.
Cool idea....but... let's assume all of the draws are the same size (height)... Why not then cut the scrap of wood to the height that you need between each slide. That way you can use your scrap of wood and drill the slides in from the bottom, up. No need to constantly cut the wood. Just place the same piece on the slide you just drilled below and set the next slide above it...rinse and repeat.
Things do get trickier when the draws are at different heights, but I guess my interpretation would still apply.... unless every single draw is of a different height.
Thanks for the video. I was actually watching some other stuff on cabinet making and found your video. Nice work.
I like your idea. The drawer slides are at different sizes and heights.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Gonna try this soon. I'll let you know how it goes!
MAD Science Hacks sounds good
Your idea could work too. Just need to measure the right height for each drawer even if their not the same height. Only issue is i think youll be needing an extra piece for the 1st bottom 1.
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If I could click 'LIKE' twice I would, since I have watched this twice now. I have installed drawers many times - WITH THIS method. thank you so much. Just came back for a refresher, as it has been a while.
Thanks glad to help 👍🏻😁
Fantastic, a video on how to mount a drawer slide w/o any damn drawers!!!! Love your enthusiasm, hate the fact you missed the #1 thing I watched the video for...
What did I miss?
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Sorry for the snarky comment. I didn't think anyone would actually read it and I was just venting... : ( You didn't show a drawer. I wanted to see how the slides were actually mounted to the drawer, but no drawer. Thanks for making the video. I know there's hard to make and appreciation is a lot of what you get out of them when you're all done.
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Good technique on how to attach the slides to the cabinet sides. You skipped the part about installing onto the drawers themselves which if not done correctly will cause the drawers to bind.
Yeah you have a very good point
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Duh.....
@@klompen222 Still waiting for your video to show the solution.
He skipped quite a few things. Useless vid.
Yes, this is the hard part. This is the important part!
Very nice presentation. I have to install about 12 drawers next week this is very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Easy and perfect way. Thanks for sharing.
Glad to help
Bruh you the goat. Simple working tips you'd pick up from old heads on job sites. That's what the world needs.
Thanks
You serious?
Really don't know weather to laugh or cry!?!?
It is just a simple trick/tip 🤣
❤ soooo useful, I've been afraid of those forever...you saved me, thank you!! ❤
Glad to help
This is very helpful. Thank you
glad to help
Simple short and sensible video. Thanks for posting.
Glad it was helpful!
The scrap piece of wood must be bang square both at the bottom and the top. So must the subsequent cuts.
Good point
Your the man love that idea I was up all night thinking of how to do it man that’s easy you rock
thanks here to help, let me know if you have any questions along the way!
if using self close slides then i suggest making a jig with a base that is 9 in wide and about 28 in long 3/4 plywood with and 3/4 in rise at the front end of the jig and 5/8 to make flush to faceframe when drawer is closed ,1 in wide partiion to seperate left from right sidethe slide should be cut 3/4 in shy of backof the cabinet (1 in if dadoed ) on 3/4 in plywood 4 in wide by depth of cabinet -3/4 in to 1 in with a 3/4 in scrap piece of plywood to fit the gap and level to the drawer slides will never pull out with this method due to it being braced by face and back of cabinet the slide should be level with the bottom of the plywood its being screwed to and the drawer is alreadey 3/8 to 1/2 in from bottom of face frame partition so the slide runner can be flush to the drawe's bottom and face
Thanks
Thanks for the tips Philip... 💖
Glad to help
nice coment
I was thinking that same method up and found your video, 👍 will be doing soon.
Awesome
I was doing research for a video on draw slide , you did it that's the way to install doesn't matter about the exact height just being exact left and right and using a spacer.
right on :)
How do you get the measurments for the wood to attach the slides to any drawer?
It is based of the drawer height and I just put the slide in the middle of the drawer.
very helpful video, thank you.
Glad to help
Very practical , Thank you Philip
Glad to help
Good idea. I didn't want to use a jig ,re building my closet this weekend :D
Thanks
Why is there not more likes on this video? Thank you for this tip Philip! :)
Glad to help
Thank you. Great video.
Glad to help
Have to agree this is the simplest method no brainer thing to solve. Your drawer installation height.
thanks :)
This is such a brilliant hack.
Thanks
Exactly how I did it when I worked at a cabinet shop, less common on UA-cam.
good to hear and I would agree less common on YT
That’s ANOTHER reason I like to watch UA-cam. Type in what you are looking for and BOOM, it’s there.
Thanks for sharing!
Glad to help
Wonderful Concept, Where is part two of the Video attaching the draws.😄😄😄
thanks, I lost the footage so didn't show it in the video.
Oh my goodness thank you that is the simplest way I have ever seen it done thank you thank you.
Glad to help
Hi from down under. I've been having a bugger of a time trying to measure the kitchen carcass up for the drawers. You make it seem so easy. Thank you. A short video focussing on the first part of fitting drawers. My drawers have a front plate of matching timber. Could you possibly make a video on how to complete the drawer. That is, assembly and fitting each drawer please. Good job!
Glad to help and I will definitely consider making a video to show you how to complete the drawer and fit each drawer.
Am also a joiner from Uganda I would like to connect with people from down under
Awesome
@@HowYouCanMakeIt where do you come from
@@HowYouCanMakeIt where do you come from
THANKS! Really great video... Can you remake with the part about installing onto the drawers themselves? I don't want my drawers to bind.
Great suggestion! I will see what I can do.
Hi
My drawer box is 19”
Should I get 18” or 20” slides
I would get 19
How far back in the cabinet do you install the sliders? Are they supposed to be flush with the front of the cabinet?
That depends on if you are doing inset drawers or overlay. I measure from the front. For the flush inset drawer I used 1/2 plywood, so I offset it .5in from the front. I hope that answers your question.
On the first ones I did the wood dust/swarf from drilling through the runner tended to clog up the ball bearings a bit, so now I use a centre punch to mark the holes, then remove the runner from the jig and drill the holes. Finally, brush away any wood dust and install the runners.
yeah, the dust can be a problem.
This is a good one!
Thanks
Nice video. Short and to the point. It should help me.
Glad you liked it!
WOW! Great tips man! Amazing...
Glad to help
Love it!
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I tend to do this for the first slide then just measure and draw a straight line. Works just fine
Awesome
Doing this will make you go back and forth to your saw station. The convenient way is layout your markings at the edge of the board and clamp it with a 12" T ruler, it will give you the same results! For repietitive installation I use a stick for markings.
That's a great idea!
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Really useful information. How much spacing between the cabinet and the drawer box should I calculate due to slider thickness?
The draw box is 1/2in on each side to account for the thickness of the draw slide so if the width of your draw space is 10in your draw box would need to be 9in wide
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Thanks for the reply. Is it something used as a standard for this kind of drawers?
Yes 1/2 is very common
Nice tip to install drawer slides.. Or you can start from the bottom and install going up.. In that way you only cut one jig for equal height drawers.
Thanks you could but rather than cutting down the jig you would need to build it up
@@HowYouCanMakeIt I mean to place the spacer over the newly installed rail as a guide for the next, though, this works only on drawers with equal height.
Ok I see 😁
Very nice
Thanks
Some more details on how you calculate the length of boards, height of drawers and space between slides would give the viewer specific guidelines on how to apply this method to their project, I like the concept but the devil is in the details. Thanks
Thanks for the feedback
Brilliant!
Thanks, glad to help!
Great idea if your just putting one drawer in for all the cabinets aka kitchen. Thanks
Glad to help
Thank you!
Any time
Nice & easy instruction. It would be of help if you could include how you lined up and fitted the draws to the sliders. Do you have a link to that video please?
Thank you. I don't have one yet.
Good tip
Glad you liked it
So, how do align with the drawer? Are you not doing this backwards?
You are spot on with using the wooden template rather than measuring.
I put the drawer slide in the center of the drawer box and subtracted the distance from the template.
Very awesome work %100 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much 😀
Sir question, from your experience, which guide is better, 2 folds or 3 folds? Planning to build 2ft by 1.5ft drawer. Thanks a lot.
I prefer 3 fold as they are able to fully open and extend
Question. 66" x 35" under desk clear. Rectangle legs on either side. Keyboard 56"W 11.10" D 5" Tall. Weight 40.8 lbs. Need piano to be back towards the back of the desk, then pull box on slides to edge of the desk, slides in box extend out 12" so the piano can be played. Unable to get advice on the best sliders to use, meaning the under the desk part, pretty straight forward, however when it comes to pulling out another set of slides, they need to be able to handle the weight, not wobble up-down left-right. With the width being 56 wide, figuring out weight stress is touch. Could you offer any suggestions? I wonder if there is a way to not use an enclosed box, or other ways to make this project better? Thanks
I am not sure I can help
Genius! Thx.
Glad to help
Your hands-on ability is really strong.
thanks :)
Thanks my good man, thank you very much!
Any time
Thank you.
Glad to help
nice one
Thanks
We recently pay for new kitchen cabinets, and when we open the drawers are off square they do not closed all the way... how to fix it? Thanks
Sounds like they are not set to the correct level in each side.
Hi. I have a clothing organizer than came with sliding drawes but I am having trouble putting the drawers in all the way in back....please help.
I don’t know how much help I can be. Usually you can look up the manufacture online and get some type of installation guide.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Thank you for your response. I was finally able to figure it out. The manufacturer didn't screw the drawer slides in the same direction that's why I was having so much trouble putting them in 😪.
Oh man! Glad you were able to figure it out
This is amazing, thank you. The thumbs up button didn't work 😮
Glad it helped!
cool!
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Like a boss 👊🏽
Haha thanks
Love you bro
Thanks 😁
Awesome technique and works perfectly. Just wondered if those runners can be installed flat/horizontal, to allow a worktop to slide forward slightly off the top of a cabinet? It's something i'm considering for easy access down the back between cupboard and the wall. Sadly I can't put them on the edges and prefer the worktop to slide neatly without wobbling and rubbing the cabinets either side. It would only need to slide forward 200mm. I could make slide rails out of hardboard but these runners look robust. Appreciate your thoughts 🙂
Interesting. Not sure 🤔
@@HowYouCanMakeIt i think it would work but risky to put pressure on when overhanging the edge. I basically have some short cabinets that aren't very deep and thought it be handy to store items behind them rather than cut the worktop to fit. The runners would raise the worktop by 12-13mm, where as hardboard sliding rails would only raise it by 4mm and be cheaper 😃
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Good one!
Some things are so simple once you have seen them done.
Liked. Sub'd.
Awesome, thank you!
Short and sweet
Thanks
WOW JUST INSANE GOOD
Thanks
Genius!
Thanks
Will there be a video on attaching the drawers? Thanks
F D thanks for the suggestion. I currently don’t have one
cool but sheet goods are at 250% now I thought I was a hoarder b4 covid, i have more scraps than anything else but I just got a cabinet built and im putting drawers now. Good tips when prices go back to normal
Truth thanks for the comment
How do you determine the height? How do you find out where to attach the slides to the drawer?
I work out the math in sketchup and then make the jig to the right height
@@HowYouCanMakeIt Thank you.
Glad to help
thank you
Glad to help
Wait i have a question how much inches or the measurement from the top did you use to space the drawer slides so that the drawer wont hit or touch the top of the cabinet ?
I measured the side of the drawer box and placed each slide in the center. I then subtracted that dimension from the over all cabinet inside height.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt thank you
how about the sizes of drawers where to base the following sliding roller or the next height of your next plywood below where to lay the next roller to be screwed?
you can make the drawers any size you want you just have to do some math and do some division to know how to space everything. I used a 3D program called SketchUp.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt, ok , I also know a liitle bit of AutoCad so I can use it, Thank you.
That will work but only if the bottom base is level 🤔👍
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Good tip...Slide you put up look crooked though...😂
optical illusion :)
What about attaching the Drawer the slides
Since they’re already on I’ve had such the hardest time with those ball bearing slides in the past
Yeah I get that
Good tip to start. Could you make a part 2 showing how you line up the piece that attaches to the drawer?
Thanks for the suggestion
Philip Miller I used your idea today. Seems to have turned out well. Thanks again.
Pretty sure he just mounts flush with the bottom & the front of the drawer
Yes please. Part 2.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt yes please. We need part 2 hehe :)!!
That is the easy part. How did you align the rails for the Drawer boxes?
There is a really good comment on the thread that explains it 😁
That’s how to do it.👍🏻😎😁
Thanks 😀
Can put the link to get the same slides as the ones used in the video.
here is a version of what slides I use there ones in the video are just dark gray and not blue amzn.to/2XOnjCg
What do you do if the base of your cabinet is not level? Meaning a piece of wood cut to the height of the base of the drawer slide may need to be different from the left slides to the right slides to be level.
I would level the wood or MDF to the front of the faceframe/drawer opening facing outward
Great video, but where EXACTLY is the drawer slide positioned? Does the slide line up with the EDGE of the cupboard?
You can decide where to position the slide and then make your template. The slide can be either at the bottom, middle or top of the drawer.
Thank you for replying, but am asking where to line it up vertically, with drawers that have screw on drawer fronts. ie. does the carcass part sit flush with the front of the cupboard.
@@HowYouCanMakeIt
it depends on the slide. the usually have to be offset from the front by 3/4" I am working on a new video to show how to install slides
Nice trick, but I've noticed that drawer slides dont even have to be perfectly leveled (with each other) to function; they just need to be semi close to the pull and individually leveled. Just to test, I've purposely didnt make my slides leveled with each other and they function just fine. Thanks too, looks more pro this way for sure.
Great point!
I really didnt know that actually. But come to think of it yeah it should. Although the weight distribution is gonna Mess a bit on closing and opening no?
I'm less then amateur but the easiest way is to make holes when they are disasembled on your table on flat sheet.
Good suggestion
Well that's a no brainer for a frameless cabinet, how about a kitchen cabinet with face frames?
I would just use a thinker board
It all depends on your drawer spacings. If you're drawers are all the same size then all you need to do is cut one size template and use that to space your slides out.
True
Could you rip the same board you used to the correct width, then you don’t have to cut a board every time just turn it 90 after the first drawer. The. It could be reused for another cabinet of the same size. Great video thanks!
Thanks
Ok, Mister SmartyPants...how about when you are retrofitting an old cabinet with new slides?
that might be a bit different 😀
And where do I buy this magic sized wood that just has the right size of the slide position?
Home Depot
How did you determine the necessary height?
You would need to first know the height of your box drawer and then divide it by the overall length.
Great idea! Super simple and super easy! In other words, "stupid proof"....
Glad you liked it!
I have drawers with the bracket in the back that’s broke. I can’t put new ones in, they are way back trying to screw in the bracket with a screw driver. Tried for an hour and gave up. Screw keeps fell out. So need a different way
You might need to move your slide up to a new location and drill new holes
I need to know how to get the drawers back in??
They should just slide in
Great idea! I love it.
Thank you! 😊
Great idea but only if that scrap piece is cut square on both ends
thanks, you can always square it up :)
I do the same thing but start at the bottom. There’s more wiggle room with the top drawer.
thanks for sharing.
BRILLIANT!!!
Thanks
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Or......Attach the draw slides to the pieces of word they're meant to be on before assembly.
good suggestion.
Wait, so how do you get the drawer side mount to exactly match the cabinet side mount. That's the whole trick. That's the hard part.
The math I used to position the slides on the side were calculated by the position of where it sits on the drawer side.