I'll walk you through my super easy method for installing drawer slides. At the end I show my process for setting up the drawers and fronts in the drawings as well.
finally someone who explain easaly and properly how to mesure correctly gaps between drawers. thats easy but in the end, there's bit of math to do to make the drawers fit and open correctly. thanks a lot, it helps me so much
The installation method is very well described and the drawing layout at the end is invaluable. I have drawer dimensions from a well regarded cabinet book, but it does not describe how they were derived - your description and video shows how to adapt this installation approach to specific requirements. Thank you.
I wish I knew this when I built my kitchen cabinets. I made a jig to set all the slides. Your method saves someone from having to make a jig like I did.
Hello.. Great video.. Been looking for something like this for a while as have a number drawers to fit. Watching it got me thinking.. And I came up with something that I would like to add. It requires a little bit of maths that is not beyond anybody who can measure a piece of ply half accurately. 1. The height of the cabinet slider spacer is the same as the height of the drawer carcass being fitted, however variable the actual drawer sizes. (*) This can be cut from an off cut from making the carcasses. 2. The size of the drawer spacer can be easily worked out ... C = cabinet aperture height D = total height of drawer carcasses L = Lower gap U = Upper gap X = drawer gap/space N = number of drawer carcasses Thus X = C - (D + L + U)/N-1 You don't have to bother about any other dimensions once the first drawer is installed in the video then this technique used and you have measured the resulting lower gap, ONCE the drawer carcass is fitted. Another way would be to design in a lower gap and use appropriate thick template for first, lower carcass, but that is extra fiddly (*) If doing drawers of different sizes, the cabinet slider spacer MUST be the same as the drawer carcass being fitted or entire technique is a shemozzle. I would appreciate some advice on how to retrofit drawers in a cabinet that is currently just using wooden runners on the frame. Thanks.
First, thanks so much for watching! I think you've put more thought into the drawer spacing method than me for sure! What you're doing with simple math, I usually work out in the drawings just to make sure I'm not missing anything. Regarding the retrofit, adding drawers, or changing slides in existing cabinets is one of my least favorite things to do. Side mount slides are super sensative to having the EXACT same spacing from the front to the back of the drawer. Even 2mm will make the slides stick or jamb. So whenever possible I build a complete insert box so I know the slides work properly before install. If that's not possible, spacers and shims!
I just spent a couple weeks building a dresser and all the drawers are out of wack LOL so here I am looking for ways to keep things square and drawer fronts flush - thanks for your tips!
@5:14. Yup, and there's been a few times when I've installed them halfway...and wished I hadn't. The drawer gets bouncy, or sticks on opening or closing. Very frustrating/"deal with it later".
Good video, but I would have like to know how to space the slides equally. It sounds arbitrary to me or like trial and error. Maybe it doesn't matter? I don't understand.
It all depends on your drawer box and drawer front sizes. You'll need to figure it out in the design process. Go all the way to the end of the video, I cover my design process
No jig, no tools? But those scraps of wood are jigs in all ramifications. Also the clamp, the driver used, etc are. Tools 😀. Thanks all the way, I learned something new and very handy.
Thanks for your response. Appreciate it. As a hobbyist, I have 3 6" drawers that I am putting into a slide in cabinet that is just under 24" tall. The plan is to have the 3 drawers spaced out, starting from the bottom, 1". That's 6"x3 = 18", plus the 3" of spacing (not worried about the top). First drawer slide is 1": from bottom. Would my spacer for the other slides be 6". I am just not getting it. Sorry. Appreciate your response a whole lot. Your video on this method is great, by the way! Probably the best out there. But, NO ONE addresses this question of how big to make this spacer. THANK YOU!"@@ChestnutRidgeWorkshop
It's 5-1/4" tall. That depends on your drawer box size, drawer front size, cabinet size etc. At the end I go though the design side of how to get those pieces sized.
From that point up the spacer depends entirely on your drawer size, how many drawers, and how tall your cabinet is. Unfortunately, that's the part you have to figure out each time.
Well I see I DID NOT need to buy the Festool router and drawer jig setup for about $700. Kidding, but this is faster since either way you still have to figure the size of drawer height to maximize usage of the drawers.
@@ChestnutRidgeWorkshop Now you know woodworkers never admit 100% to themselves that they really wasted money. I have a shop full of Woodpecker tools to attest to that.
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@@jpmorphhilson It depends on the size of each drawer and how you want the fronts to look. See my video on our cabinet design process for lots more info.
