I think you skipped over the positioning of the front panel of the drawers and pulls. In case you build a pull into the front panel for the clean look.
This is a superb instructional video. I'm 75 retired installed hundreds if not thousands of Blum slides in the 1980''s; when they were just introduced in USA. Didn't know I was "Old School" until your remark! Got a kick out of that. Never heard of undermount slides till I saw this video. Dang! how things have changed. Thanks a million for the deep dive,. Your pace of presnetation was perfect. to hold my attention to the very end. Kudos. Well done Sir! These days I'm mkaing drawers with all wood slides; my version of "Old School" 🙂
I make drawers almost every week... but with a full back and Blum slides. Your method of the shorter back, might actually save me some time! great stuff, and definitely a "why didn't I think of that" kind of detail.
I just built a drawer without the shorter back piece -MISTAKE. Made things much harder and instead of being able to glue everything up I'm dependent on the dowels holding well. Guess we'll know in a year or two.
@@3nertiaI assume he means that by assembling them upside down you can keep the top of the drawer level during assembly, whereas if you try assemble them right way up, there a much higher chance of the back slipping down or you forget to lift the back at all. Then you can't slide your base in at all.
Seen countless videos on the topic and even made drawers myself but never got it till now. Thank you! Finally someone explained it in a simple comprehensive way. Subscribed!
I was scared to make cabinets & thought I would mess it up but you made it so easy to understand that I feel crazy for ever being nervous in the first place. 10/10 Video, thank you.
I’m a hobbyist woodworker without a lot of experience making drawers and cabinets, but I do have a basic understanding of them. This is the best next level video I have come across that explains all of this. Thank you, and well done sir.
There's also wood slides. I have my grandfathers old desk and it has just slides made from the same wood. A touch of parafine every decade or two and they work perfect.
My desk at work is like that. There's actually a couple of metal thumb tacks at the front that the drawers rest on. They are the smoothest drawers I've ever used, and that desk is 50+ years old. Not a single squeak with that desk. None of the women at work don't want to use a desk like it because of the years of wear and tear on the work surface. But functionally it is one of the nicest desks, hands down, over anything bought new.
@@simplig1272 the desk I have is at least 70 years old. Probably closer to 100. I'm very doubtfull any ballbearings would last that long, but I may be wrong.
One of the first machines I bought before building my kitchen was the Kreg Foreman. With approx. 800 pocket screws used, this little machine saved me HOURS of work!
Fantastic video. As I was watching the video I was like, how the hell did you space those drawers after you built the cabinet. Then soon after your like now how to install with proper drawer spacing. NICE! You literally covered it all. Though I am an extreme novice and 50+ yrs old, I finally got a shed to actually start woodworking properly. I'm so excited. Thank again for a great very informative training video. You got a new subscriber here.
Any beginning woodworker will be very happy to find this video, including me 😊 many thanks to take your time to make this very understandable 👍🏻 Regards from Belgium 😊
Drawers are hell for those of us who don't do them enough... lol great video man. Glue tip: For all glue-ups, I have an old car waxing sponge with that terrycloth sewn around it. Keep it next to you so you can squeeze it damp dry, wipe off any squeeze glue, leaving your project clean of glue runs and slightly damp. Light pass or two from the sander and your project is perfect.
actually working on making cabinet for my kitchen !! after struggling for a whole night I think I have learn more with you in this video than the 5 years I spend in college !!!!! 10/10
Great information! Thank you for taking the time to simplify drawers. I've always been afraid to tackle them because I never understood them. After watching your video, I realize now that it's much less complicated than I thought. I'm going to tackle a closet organizer this weekend. Nice job!
I am an amateur, amateur woodworker when it comes to drawers and such. I appreciate the straightforward explanations. "Why" is always important. Otherwise, we're just monkeys trying to play catch-up.
This is one the best cabinet making videos I've ever seen! Your presentation skills, humor, timing, and skills are top notch. I wish I had watched this before installing really big drawer slides!
WOW THANKS the ending is what i could not wrap my head around im trying to make a cabinet for my room to clear up the mess and i was looking for a 3-4 cabinet dresser but that really helped
Just found your channel and wanted to let you know that I think it is THE best woodworking site I've found. Your video's are concise, well thought out and presented and always have that little bit of good humour. I like that you don't resort to pretending to be a 'dolt' like Bourbon Moth (which gets old real fast) and that you speak to your viewer understanding that they aren't dolts. Fantastic. Love it. Keep up the great work!
Great overview! For my shop over the years have gone from dado dovetails, hand cut dovetails, jig box joints, and currently, for shop or kitchen; miter joints and where strength needed drill some holes and bang in some dowels.
This was such a great video! I loved solid wood drawer sides that you finish before installing a pre-finished drawer bottom, what a great idea! Also appreciated the simple constructions such as pocket screws that keep the sides looking nice and have the strength in the right direction. It's going to be perfectly strong!
You talked about a few thing that I did not figure on a few of my drawers. That will surely make a difference. Thank. I like your content. Thanks again, very good.
Incredible video!!! So many things that should be common sense, that I realized I hadn’t thought of. I don’t have the tools you have, it now I have some knowledge of how to make what I do have work when I attempt to make some drawers for the laundry room.
Amazing video! Really appreciate all the step by step details. I have learned a lot thanks to you and feel quite comfortable building cabinet drawers! Thank you!
That was awesome. A beginner woodworker who is considering closet space w some drawers ( of which I have no idea how), that was a fantastic video of know how and options. Thank you!!!!
Great explanations! I'd like to put a bid in for yet another drawer joining method that fits your theme of being 'not hard', maybe more so than the options you've presented here. The rabbeted quarter quarter quarter method. All you need is the table saw. No joinery tools/dowels/router stuff. Use 1/2" material for your drawer sides and 1/4" for your bottom. Setup a 1/4" wide dado stack, set 1/4" away from your fence and 1/4" proud of the table saw surface. You can now cut all the board-end rabbets/grooves as well as the grooves for the drawer bottom without ever moving your table saw setup. You just send the material through the saw in different orientations to achieve the different cuts. Flat side down for grooves, board end down for rabbets.
Really great info, appreciated. Planning on a "large drawer" design for my kitchen pantries. They're narrow and deep, so I think slide out "shelves" is perfect. Might use gantry style hanger for the larger uppers, concealed for the lowers. My main concern is the shear strength when fully extended. Canned goods...HEAVY.
I typically use the undermount slides and each time I use a different method for the vertical spacing. Your method is simple and straightforward - which is great because I'm about to start another build requiring four drawers (plan on using a lock miter bit). Thanks for the techniques and explanations.
My first post of 2025!! Happy New Year from Sydney. Many thanks - excellent video. I've made dozens of drawers but not for a while. Great to have a refreshing refresher (see what I did there??? 🙃) as I'm about to make built-ins for my kids. Back when I had time, these would have all been hand-cut dovetails, but this time I think I'll just use my Leigh dovetail jig and whip them up quickly. I'm sure my kids won't mind... Cheers and thanks for going to all the effort you go to for these wonderful vids - Dave 😁
Great video as always getting ready to move and hopefully have somewhere to set up a new shop and I want to build all my own stuff and as a new woodworker this will help me a lot. Thanks for the
Great stuff, thank you for the time and dedication it took to make this video. Based on what I've seen it this, it took multiple different projects to put this together. Some of them stepping into expert level stuff😂
Thank you for sharing this in depth video. Very informative and has great tricks for beginner woodworkers. Will try these out the next time I am building drawers 🙏🏽
All good info and procedures. For the plywood spacers, you can cut one that positions you for the bottom drawer, then another one that you can sit on top of that one to get to the middle drawer and one for the space to the top drawer. That lets you use smaller pieces of plywood scraps which are usually easier to come by than the larger ones.
This 💯 if you make the same cabinet designs over and over. Just make sure to use a sharpie and write "drawer spacing jig" to avoid post-project cleanup sending it to the dumpster 😂
@@9vHeart the only reason I don't do it this way is that if you somehow get "off" on your alignment of the first set of slides then that error will translate up through every other slide.
@@MWAWoodworks Well my vast experience of 10 drawers argues otherwise. lol. Thanks for the tip. Now I just need to figure out how to make my new drawer ~1/16" narrower
For workshop furniture plywood runners and kickers or grooves routed in he sides work very well. They run even better with a strip of slippy tape on each side of the bottom of the drawer. You only have to create pull-out protection by mounting a flip-up bit of wood at the inside back of the drawer and a sticking-out dowel drilled in the side of the cabinet just above the drawer side. You flip the bit of wood down tu put the drawer in, then it is flipped up and rests against the drawer back to stop pull-out. One thing: you no longer have full extension.
I built my kitchen cabinets using 3/4 cabinet grade plywood, the bottoms were also just as thick. I used 200 lb slides because I wanted heavy duty drawers, especially for pantry items like canned goods. They were built in 2005 and still work great, minor slide adjustment on one. We did dado a groove for the plywood and we also rabbited the corners, the face we used solid Cyprus. I have had a lot of compliments. Since we own our construction company - we always tell people overbuild because you never know if you change your mind how something is used.
That video was easy to follow. You make it look so easy. I am new and not so easy for me. My tooling is not expensive but not the cheapy crap either. I find that cheapy is not good for trying to do a good job. I need to make two draws with side mount slides. i hope they come out acceptable and work. Thanks for the video.
I mainly use 1/2 in Baltic for drawers with the 1/4 deep rabbit for drawer construction. All pins or brads are hidden and it works great for side or undermount drawers.
Always loved your videos and commentary! I am in the Literally in the middle of making a vanity just finished the face frame lol perfect timing on this video. As a professional truck driver I approve of this message!
Interesting video, some great insights and ideas. I’ve been using the.25/.25/.25 method for almost 40 years. Never had a drawer break, not the best method, but works for me. I use 1/2 Baltic Birch for mine. I have a dedicated table saw (contractor) with a dado. This saves me so much time.
that method of drawer bottoms is fine but if you use undermount slides you need 1/2", so I just build them all that way to standardize my process since I don't really miss the extra 1/4"
Hi Gary from the UK here grate video very interesting and informative keep them coming. On another note O boy did you make a great video, I always had fun with making draws and draw fronts but now I can say with your video I have it totally dialled in so a big thanks from me great job
UNBELIEVABLY Helpful video!!! You as others have said, a craftsman and a communicator extraordinaire! Thank you for such a helpful video! I loved your tip about making drawers 3/8" narrower if you are using 5/8" thick material, and 5/8" narrower if you are using 1/2" thick material. What if you are using 3/4" material? Would you make the drawers 1/8" narrower? Thanks again for a GREAT video and lesson!
Most undermount slides allow a max of 5/8" thick drawer material. Not to say there isn't a special model out there for 3/4 but I haven't tried to look for them before.
Thank you kind sir. It's 05:34 in Colorado and I am watching your show to inspire me to build my first cabinet. I think I will do a single drawer first. :)
I do most of the things with the hand tools Chizels, manual planer, scrapers, drill, My ideas are limited due to lack of reaources Pray to lord you got every thing And you deserve because you put a lot of effort in your work.
Very good video !!! I have to say I hate pocket screws and will never use them. I prefer Dovetails for drawers cos I'm usually working in hardwoods but use box joints for baltic birtch plywood. The undermount drawer slides are definitely the best as they offer some adjustment if things move over time, particularly if you have heavy tools or kitchen appliances in the drawer. You have done a good job with excellent information for a wide spread of skills and that little bit of comedy really works.
I'm no expert -only built about 10 drawers total. I used the Euroglides. When spacing and setting the drawer slide positions used a fixed spacer the height of the drawer plus my desired gap along with a shorter piece about 1/4" high to accommodate the the irregular shape of the cabinet side of the slide. First setting the bottom slide and then working my way up. Every thing is parallel and square to the carcass. This has worked well for me in my shop cart and the two drawers trays I added to my kitchen cabinets.
I noted your non-Kreg pocket hole jig, and FYI, in that all-aluminium style, you can now get a version with the clamping handle at the front, AND dust collection. The only negative was that it uses a 9mm dril, not 3/8
If you don’t have that much extra wood for making the slide mounting helper board, just use the drawers themselves. Put two 1/2 inch strips in the bottom. Set your drawer on that. Put in two 1” boards and your next drawer. Then two 1” boards and set the slides on top of that to install.
Just commented on your longer ‘complete’ furniture build last night. This is definitely going into my archives. As for dove tail jigs, can you make a full video on it? Bought a jig off marketplace and never have used it yet so I’m sure with a well explained video I can actually use it. Any type of dovetail will be useful, like through or blind or any others. Whatever is the one you prefer or know best. Keep up the great work…
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I think you skipped over the positioning of the front panel of the drawers and pulls. In case you build a pull into the front panel for the clean look.
i did not cover building drawer fronts or installing pulls, no.
How about drawars without sliders? Any vids on that?
Focused, effective, clear, comprehensive, no-nonsense. In addition to craftsmanship, you are gifted at communication.
So many kind words! 🙏 Thank you! 😀
He's right! There's a reason I subscribe to this channel 👍 Thanks!
I must agree. That was a well done video!! Thank you!
I totally disagree with nothing you said, sir.
Was thinking the same thing. Such a great resource for future projects.
This is a superb instructional video. I'm 75 retired installed hundreds if not thousands of Blum slides in the 1980''s; when they were just introduced in USA. Didn't know I was "Old School" until your remark! Got a kick out of that. Never heard of undermount slides till I saw this video. Dang! how things have changed. Thanks a million for the deep dive,. Your pace of presnetation was perfect. to hold my attention to the very end. Kudos. Well done Sir! These days I'm mkaing drawers with all wood slides; my version of "Old School" 🙂
I've been building cabinets for 40 years, and this is the simplest, cleanest, most helpful tutorial I've seen. Thanks!
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@@JerseyTheNew Yeah, my wife says the same thing. "But"
Great video! I was planning on using pocket screws, but wasn't sure how - now I do! Cheers!
Thanks so much!
16:27 was revolutionary for me. A year of UA-cam woodworkers and I had never heard that before. Thanks!
I make drawers almost every week... but with a full back and Blum slides. Your method of the shorter back, might actually save me some time! great stuff, and definitely a "why didn't I think of that" kind of detail.
I think it's a great method. Just remember to assemble the drawers upside down otherwise the short back will bite you. Don't ask how I know.
@@MWAWoodworks no doubt I'll figure that out the hard way too... it's how we learn
I just built a drawer without the shorter back piece -MISTAKE. Made things much harder and instead of being able to glue everything up I'm dependent on the dowels holding well. Guess we'll know in a year or two.
@@MWAWoodworks How does not assembling the drawers upside down mess up the process?
@@3nertiaI assume he means that by assembling them upside down you can keep the top of the drawer level during assembly, whereas if you try assemble them right way up, there a much higher chance of the back slipping down or you forget to lift the back at all. Then you can't slide your base in at all.
This should be the only video for drawer DIY. Covered nearly every point in the most basic terms.
This is definitely one of the better explanations on how to make and size cabinet drawers. Thank you for making this video.
You're very welcome!
Seen countless videos on the topic and even made drawers myself but never got it till now.
Thank you! Finally someone explained it in a simple comprehensive way. Subscribed!
Wow this makes me feel great!
Same here ...
Came here to write those exact same words. An excellent, concise video that tells everything needed. Also subscribed.
Thank You !
Not to fast. Not to slow, and no inflated ego.
Simple, sane & informative.
😂😂 well I'm glad my inflated ego doesn't show through! Thanks for watching, my friend!
So far, this is the best woodworking video I've ever seen. You have solved a lot of problems for me. Thanks.
Wow, thanks! 😀😀
Best explanation of how to size and plan drawers. I am definitely reusing this videos over and over again.
This was very helpful in my dream to build a clothing closet. Wish me luck.
Thanks so much!
Hmm what is a master closet ? Would it the opposite of a slave closet ? 🤣
@@adgieem1 I get it. I also call my code base main. Have a good weekend.
Thank you, that was 20 minutes of everything I wanted to know, with no tom foolery. Great video
I was scared to make cabinets & thought I would mess it up but you made it so easy to understand that I feel crazy for ever being nervous in the first place. 10/10 Video, thank you.
Ha! Just cutting rectangles!
I’m a hobbyist woodworker without a lot of experience making drawers and cabinets, but I do have a basic understanding of them. This is the best next level video I have come across that explains all of this. Thank you, and well done sir.
There's also wood slides. I have my grandfathers old desk and it has just slides made from the same wood. A touch of parafine every decade or two and they work perfect.
My desk at work is like that. There's actually a couple of metal thumb tacks at the front that the drawers rest on. They are the smoothest drawers I've ever used, and that desk is 50+ years old. Not a single squeak with that desk. None of the women at work don't want to use a desk like it because of the years of wear and tear on the work surface. But functionally it is one of the nicest desks, hands down, over anything bought new.
definitely the most simple solution, and the one i'd go with if i'm sure the drawers are not going to be filled with heavy stuff
Thats what i was thinking! Thats how I was taught to do and I love this method way more than buying metal slides
I knew a carpenter who made wooden slides, that had ball bearings in the cabinet part of the slide, so the drawer glided pretty effortlessly out.
@@simplig1272 the desk I have is at least 70 years old. Probably closer to 100. I'm very doubtfull any ballbearings would last that long, but I may be wrong.
One of the first machines I bought before building my kitchen was the Kreg Foreman. With approx. 800 pocket screws used, this little machine saved me HOURS of work!
Fantastic video. As I was watching the video I was like, how the hell did you space those drawers after you built the cabinet. Then soon after your like now how to install with proper drawer spacing. NICE! You literally covered it all. Though I am an extreme novice and 50+ yrs old, I finally got a shed to actually start woodworking properly. I'm so excited. Thank again for a great very informative training video. You got a new subscriber here.
Any beginning woodworker will be very happy to find this video, including me 😊 many thanks to take your time to make this very understandable 👍🏻 Regards from Belgium 😊
Drawers are hell for those of us who don't do them enough... lol great video man.
Glue tip: For all glue-ups, I have an old car waxing sponge with that terrycloth sewn around it. Keep it next to you so you can squeeze it damp dry, wipe off any squeeze glue, leaving your project clean of glue runs and slightly damp. Light pass or two from the sander and your project is perfect.
I'm glad you liked the video, and that's a great tip!
actually working on making cabinet for my kitchen !! after struggling for a whole night I think I have learn more with you in this video than the 5 years I spend in college !!!!! 10/10
Thanks
Thank you so generous! 🙌😀
Thanks!
Man, this is the first tutorial channel that I subscribed to. Thank you!
Wow! A high honor!
Great information! Thank you for taking the time to simplify drawers. I've always been afraid to tackle them because I never understood them. After watching your video, I realize now that it's much less complicated than I thought. I'm going to tackle a closet organizer this weekend. Nice job!
Amazing! Thanks for watching!
I am an amateur, amateur woodworker when it comes to drawers and such. I appreciate the straightforward explanations. "Why" is always important. Otherwise, we're just monkeys trying to play catch-up.
Glad you found it valuable!
Very impressive. You've managed to answer all the questions I've ever had about building drawers, both concisely and simply.
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Incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
This is one the best cabinet making videos I've ever seen! Your presentation skills, humor, timing, and skills are top notch. I wish I had watched this before installing really big drawer slides!
THE BEST UA-cam video of DIY drawers.
Thank you very much. Gonna implement it tomorrow
Excellent content, length, and understanding. Def one of the best videos out there for this subject!!!
WOW THANKS the ending is what i could not wrap my head around im trying to make a cabinet for my room to clear up the mess and i was looking for a 3-4 cabinet dresser but that really helped
Just found your channel and wanted to let you know that I think it is THE best woodworking site I've found. Your video's are concise, well thought out and presented and always have that little bit of good humour. I like that you don't resort to pretending to be a 'dolt' like Bourbon Moth (which gets old real fast) and that you speak to your viewer understanding that they aren't dolts.
Fantastic. Love it. Keep up the great work!
brilliant tips for this newbie! Excellent explanations with light humour 👏👏👏👏
Great overview! For my shop over the years have gone from dado dovetails, hand cut dovetails, jig box joints, and currently, for shop or kitchen; miter joints and where strength needed drill some holes and bang in some dowels.
This was such a great video! I loved solid wood drawer sides that you finish before installing a pre-finished drawer bottom, what a great idea! Also appreciated the simple constructions such as pocket screws that keep the sides looking nice and have the strength in the right direction. It's going to be perfectly strong!
Thanks, absolute beginner here thats whatching this stuff for future proejcts while working simpler stuff currently. Learning a lot.
You talked about a few thing that I did not figure on a few of my drawers. That will surely make a difference. Thank. I like your content. Thanks again, very good.
Glad it was helpful!
Best cabinet video yet that I’ve come across. Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words 🤗
Nicely done! Appreciate you taking the time to show us drawer building.
Incredible video!!! So many things that should be common sense, that I realized I hadn’t thought of.
I don’t have the tools you have, it now I have some knowledge of how to make what I do have work when I attempt to make some drawers for the laundry room.
Great video, I thought you were gonna leave out the first part. The tracks. You covered them well at the end. Great job. Thank you.
Amazing video! Really appreciate all the step by step details. I have learned a lot thanks to you and feel quite comfortable building cabinet drawers! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
That was awesome. A beginner woodworker who is considering closet space w some drawers ( of which I have no idea how), that was a fantastic video of know how and options. Thank you!!!!
I love this channel - awesome content, to the point and without going off on irrelevant tangents
Great job / video explaining drawers. Well done !!
Great explanations! I'd like to put a bid in for yet another drawer joining method that fits your theme of being 'not hard', maybe more so than the options you've presented here. The rabbeted quarter quarter quarter method. All you need is the table saw. No joinery tools/dowels/router stuff. Use 1/2" material for your drawer sides and 1/4" for your bottom. Setup a 1/4" wide dado stack, set 1/4" away from your fence and 1/4" proud of the table saw surface. You can now cut all the board-end rabbets/grooves as well as the grooves for the drawer bottom without ever moving your table saw setup. You just send the material through the saw in different orientations to achieve the different cuts. Flat side down for grooves, board end down for rabbets.
Really great info, appreciated.
Planning on a "large drawer" design for my kitchen pantries. They're narrow and deep, so I think slide out "shelves" is perfect. Might use gantry style hanger for the larger uppers, concealed for the lowers. My main concern is the shear strength when fully extended. Canned goods...HEAVY.
I love this video - was with you all the way. Adding the math for installing door fronts would be super helpful!!
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo très instructive.
Vos conseils m’ont aidé à choisir la solution la plus appropriée à ma situation et mon outillage.
Glad to help!
I typically use the undermount slides and each time I use a different method for the vertical spacing. Your method is simple and straightforward - which is great because I'm about to start another build requiring four drawers (plan on using a lock miter bit). Thanks for the techniques and explanations.
My first post of 2025!! Happy New Year from Sydney. Many thanks - excellent video. I've made dozens of drawers but not for a while. Great to have a refreshing refresher (see what I did there??? 🙃) as I'm about to make built-ins for my kids. Back when I had time, these would have all been hand-cut dovetails, but this time I think I'll just use my Leigh dovetail jig and whip them up quickly. I'm sure my kids won't mind... Cheers and thanks for going to all the effort you go to for these wonderful vids - Dave 😁
Another excellent tutorial. Thanks for keeping it simple & staying on point. Sincerely, satisfied subscriber.
Great video as always getting ready to move and hopefully have somewhere to set up a new shop and I want to build all my own stuff and as a new woodworker this will help me a lot. Thanks for the
You're welcome 🤗
I swear this is the BEST explanation of how to measure and where to put the slide mounts. Thanks!!!
Great stuff, thank you for the time and dedication it took to make this video. Based on what I've seen it this, it took multiple different projects to put this together. Some of them stepping into expert level stuff😂
Love it, I made my first drawers at the start of summer, wish I had this exact resource. super clear and concise.
This is the best ultimate guide of building drawers. Very well explained. I have learn a lot. Thank you very much!
Wow thanks!
Great video, very well explained with the information needed. One of the best videos I've seen. Thanks.
wow so much information, nicely packed.
thank you very much. Im an amateur now building a drawer system for my offroader...so super timely.
Thank you for sharing this in depth video. Very informative and has great tricks for beginner woodworkers. Will try these out the next time I am building drawers 🙏🏽
All good info and procedures. For the plywood spacers, you can cut one that positions you for the bottom drawer, then another one that you can sit on top of that one to get to the middle drawer and one for the space to the top drawer. That lets you use smaller pieces of plywood scraps which are usually easier to come by than the larger ones.
This 💯 if you make the same cabinet designs over and over. Just make sure to use a sharpie and write "drawer spacing jig" to avoid post-project cleanup sending it to the dumpster 😂
I work from the bottom up basing the position on the top of the previous slide.
@@9vHeart the only reason I don't do it this way is that if you somehow get "off" on your alignment of the first set of slides then that error will translate up through every other slide.
@@MWAWoodworks Well my vast experience of 10 drawers argues otherwise. lol. Thanks for the tip. Now I just need to figure out how to make my new drawer ~1/16" narrower
@@9vHeartthis is why I subtract 1 1/16” from the opening width, instead of just 1”.
For workshop furniture plywood runners and kickers or grooves routed in he sides work very well. They run even better with a strip of slippy tape on each side of the bottom of the drawer. You only have to create pull-out protection by mounting a flip-up bit of wood at the inside back of the drawer and a sticking-out dowel drilled in the side of the cabinet just above the drawer side. You flip the bit of wood down tu put the drawer in, then it is flipped up and rests against the drawer back to stop pull-out. One thing: you no longer have full extension.
I ended up using drawer slides from IKEA in the workshop. They are pretty good and very cheap.
That was an absolutely amazing virtual build. Your presentation was so clear… now I have to watch again to really get it all
Wow, so informative, clearly spoken, i could understand everything (i`m a non-native speaker). And not Bullshit music. Well done, thanks
I built my kitchen cabinets using 3/4 cabinet grade plywood, the bottoms were also just as thick. I used 200 lb slides because I wanted heavy duty drawers, especially for pantry items like canned goods. They were built in 2005 and still work great, minor slide adjustment on one. We did dado a groove for the plywood and we also rabbited the corners, the face we used solid Cyprus. I have had a lot of compliments. Since we own our construction company - we always tell people overbuild because you never know if you change your mind how something is used.
No hate here. This is great content with the perfect amount of detail to be able to do this job correctly. Much appreciated!
That video was easy to follow. You make it look so easy. I am new and not so easy for me. My tooling is not expensive but not the cheapy crap either. I find that cheapy is not good for trying to do a good job. I need to make two draws with side mount slides. i hope they come out acceptable and work. Thanks for the video.
I mainly use 1/2 in Baltic for drawers with the 1/4 deep rabbit for drawer construction. All pins or brads are hidden and it works great for side or undermount drawers.
Incredibly efficient presentation. Thanks.
Always loved your videos and commentary! I am in the Literally in the middle of making a vanity just finished the face frame lol perfect timing on this video. As a professional truck driver I approve of this message!
That is awesome!
Interesting video, some great insights and ideas. I’ve been using the.25/.25/.25 method for almost 40 years. Never had a drawer break, not the best method, but works for me. I use 1/2 Baltic Birch for mine.
I have a dedicated table saw (contractor) with a dado. This saves me so much time.
that method of drawer bottoms is fine but if you use undermount slides you need 1/2", so I just build them all that way to standardize my process since I don't really miss the extra 1/4"
This guy is a genius. Getting ready to make cabinets for my van and just learned a ton!
Hi Gary from the UK here grate video very interesting and informative keep them coming.
On another note O boy did you make a great video, I always had fun with making draws and draw fronts but now I can say with your video I have it totally dialled in so a big thanks from me great job
thank you very much!
By far the clearest presentation on this topic, thanks!!
UNBELIEVABLY Helpful video!!! You as others have said, a craftsman and a communicator extraordinaire! Thank you for such a helpful video! I loved your tip about making drawers 3/8" narrower if you are using 5/8" thick material, and 5/8" narrower if you are using 1/2" thick material. What if you are using 3/4" material? Would you make the drawers 1/8" narrower? Thanks again for a GREAT video and lesson!
Most undermount slides allow a max of 5/8" thick drawer material. Not to say there isn't a special model out there for 3/4 but I haven't tried to look for them before.
Best cabinet/drawer video I have ever listened to. Thanks!!!
Simple, practical, effective. What more could you want. Thank you!
Excellent video! Thank you for putting together a clear, concise, informative and entertaining explanation.
Glad you enjoyed it 😄
Thank you kind sir. It's 05:34 in Colorado and I am watching your show to inspire me to build my first cabinet. I think I will do a single drawer first. :)
Love your videos. You don't take yourself seriously, but you take your carft seriously. Lots of good info here! Also, there is a TH in aesthetics. ;)
Best video by far that I’ve seen on making drawers. Thank you for sharing 😊
I do most of the things with the hand tools
Chizels, manual planer, scrapers, drill,
My ideas are limited due to lack of reaources
Pray to lord you got every thing
And you deserve because you put a lot of effort in your work.
The Best Explanation of this I have ever seen. Thanks 👍
Im usually the type to worry about every tiny detail on projects so I really do appreciate you covering all of this info in your videos. Subscribed!
Very good video !!! I have to say I hate pocket screws and will never use them. I prefer Dovetails for drawers cos I'm usually working in hardwoods but use box joints for baltic birtch plywood.
The undermount drawer slides are definitely the best as they offer some adjustment if things move over time, particularly if you have heavy tools or kitchen appliances in the drawer. You have done a good job with excellent information for a wide spread of skills and that little bit of comedy really works.
thank you for the very kind words!
What a great video - really thorough and informative - I'll be saving this one for future reference. Thanks
Finally!!! This solves all the mysteries of how to measure for spacing. You the man! 🤘🏼
OMG finally, I've been searching for this kind of video in a long time. Thank you!
I'm no expert -only built about 10 drawers total. I used the Euroglides. When spacing and setting the drawer slide positions used a fixed spacer the height of the drawer plus my desired gap along with a shorter piece about 1/4" high to accommodate the the irregular shape of the cabinet side of the slide. First setting the bottom slide and then working my way up. Every thing is parallel and square to the carcass. This has worked well for me in my shop cart and the two drawers trays I added to my kitchen cabinets.
That was so comprehensive and well laid out! Huge thanks!
I noted your non-Kreg pocket hole jig, and FYI, in that all-aluminium style, you can now get a version with the clamping handle at the front, AND dust collection. The only negative was that it uses a 9mm dril, not 3/8
If you don’t have that much extra wood for making the slide mounting helper board, just use the drawers themselves. Put two 1/2 inch strips in the bottom. Set your drawer on that. Put in two 1” boards and your next drawer. Then two 1” boards and set the slides on top of that to install.
Lol. This is the first American woodworker that has not at least one USA-flag in his shop!
No, I have a flag in my shop too. 😄
Brilliant explanation and talk through! As a metric friend, I subscribed immediately... :)
Thank you very much, this is the clearest explanation ever, especially for the spacing between the drawers.
Glad it was helpful! 😄
Just commented on your longer ‘complete’ furniture build last night. This is definitely going into my archives. As for dove tail jigs, can you make a full video on it? Bought a jig off marketplace and never have used it yet so I’m sure with a well explained video I can actually use it. Any type of dovetail will be useful, like through or blind or any others. Whatever is the one you prefer or know best. Keep up the great work…