Kitchen Cabinet Drawer Construction

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Kitchen cabinet drawer construction.

Put a bead of glue around the bottom edge of the drawer box don t need a ton just a small bead. Any larger and they re too clumsy. How to make the crosscut sled i used in this one. Assure they are level and mounted 1 4 above the bottom of the opening.

Most cabinet drawers have a separate front piece that s attached to the front drawer box panel although on some drawers the drawer front and front panel are the same piece. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. In a small kitchen with little storage space you can make even narrow filler spaces work harder by installing a vertical pegboard rollout. Then place a 1 4 shim along the bottom of the opening and set the drawer on it.

Face frames cover plywood edges. Mount the drawer slides to the sides of the cabinet. Your drawer length will be 1 less than your cabinet depth. This step is very easy you just measure the drawer width and depth which should match your earlier measurements then cut a 1 4 plywood panel to size.

The drawer box is made up of two side panels front and back panels and the bottom. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions the sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible. On the outside edge. Kitchen designer mary jane pappas typically recommends 18 to 30 in wide rollout drawers for cabinets.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. If the drawer front are inset the draw box will need to be recessed the same depth as the thickness of the drawer front. To be clear let s say the cabinet opening is 22 1 2 wide 7 tall and 23 deep. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.

The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Subtract 1 from the width height and depth of the cabinet opening.