Making Sliding Cabinet Drawers

Next you ll cut the drawer sides to size.

Making sliding cabinet drawers.

How to build a sliding drawer using kreg jig. Read this post to understand more about choosing inset or overlay doors. 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. For the sake of showing you how to build a simple cabinet drawer we ll be talking about attaching an overlay drawer front.

Create handy spaces for scouring pads and extra sponges. Learn how to build kitchen cabinets and install the drawers using drawer slides. Match the diy drawers sides to your drawer slides. Inset drawers are more difficult because of the precision required to get perfect lines around the drawer front.

Make drawer boxes about 1 32 in. I cut down my 3 4 plywood for the cabinet drawers to make strips that were 6 wide. The drawer slide should come with information. If your drawer is a hair too big or small these slides won t glide.

Smaller than you need. It s easy to shim behind a slide with layers of masking tape to make up for a too small drawer. You have to take into account the size of the drawer slides and decide the width accordingly. Decide the dimensions of the drawer box.

I am assuming you are using thick stock. They re fussy to install. Make use of blind corners in your kitchen cabinets with multi tier sliding shelves that expand to create three to six individual pull out shelves. Hinged drop down cabinet fronts.

It s a lot harder to deal with a drawer that s too wide. Also i make all my drawers using plywood for the box and plywood for the bottom. Add hinges and interior mount bins to cabinet fronts under your sink. Building a drawer box using a kreg jig is very straightforward and easy.