Making Sliding Cabinet Drawers

How to build a sliding drawer using kreg jig.

Making sliding cabinet drawers.

You have to take into account the size of the drawer slides and decide the width accordingly. I also rough cut them to size based upon the measurements that i ll get in steps 2 and 3. For the sake of showing you how to build a simple cabinet drawer we ll be talking about attaching an overlay drawer front. I cut down my 3 4 plywood for the cabinet drawers to make strips that were 6 wide.

Create handy spaces for scouring pads and extra sponges. Corner cabinet shelves. Add hinges and interior mount bins to cabinet fronts under your sink. 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.

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. Inset drawers are more difficult because of the precision required to get perfect lines around the drawer front. Next you ll cut the drawer sides to size. Building a drawer box using a kreg jig is very straightforward and easy.

Hinged drop down cabinet fronts. A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square. Learn how to build kitchen cabinets and install the drawers using drawer slides. The drawer slide should come with information.

Match the diy drawers sides to your drawer slides. Make drawer boxes about 1 32 in. It s easy to shim behind a slide with layers of masking tape to make up for a too small drawer. If your drawer is a hair too big or small these slides won t glide.

Also i make all my drawers using plywood for the box and plywood for the bottom. Read this post to understand more about choosing inset or overlay doors. They re fussy to install. Decide the dimensions of the drawer box.