Wood Drawer Construction

How to make drawers for any cabinet or other woodworking project where you need storage.

Wood drawer construction.

In wood magazine torture tests this drawer joint proved stronger than even dovetails. Plywood for most drawers is 1 4 inch thick but can be 1 2 inch thick on large drawers. Drawer construction high quality cost effective methods of drawer construction and tips on joinery. The sides and back of the drawer should be 1 2 or 5 8 thick.

However not all wood species are available in veneer plywood. It s a handy way to fit drawer fronts in projects where the drawers run on metal slides. You can find these materials in many different types of hardwood so that one or both of the outer veneers can match your drawer boxes and or fronts. These diy drawers are easy to build with pocket hole joinery.

In general the drawer front should be 3 4 thick unless it s a drawer with a false front false front drawers are a simple drawer box with the front screwed to the box. Discover the secrets to making strong drawers by cutting locking rabbet joints on the tablesaw as taught by wood magazine design editor jeff mertz. Using a drill driver drive 1 inch wood screws through the pilot holes in the drawer front and into the backside of the 1 6 drawer face.