Royall Clark
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Hi Royall
Good looking cabinets. I did the same thing with regards to material estimates. The draws take up quiet abit. What interested me initially was the fact that there seemed to be a very efficient use of material in this design. I never thought about all the material required in the draws.
Yours came out much better looking than mine. I tried to use some bits and pieces lying around my basement temp shop.
I see you also used the quality slides. I wish I had sprung for the more expensive ones. I used singles and had to shim them to get the draws to stay on the rollers. Took longer to mount the slides than making the draws. Thanks for the pictures. I will get some of mine and post as well when I am next in the shop.
Thanks for the kind words Rob. The materials are left over Chinese birch from building the kitchen cabinets for what you can see and the rest was left over A/CX I think it is called or was. It's sanded one side.
The slides were actually cheap. I had brought some with me when we moved from Oregon and the rest I bought on the internet here. I bought them from CS Hardware and even with them shipping priority mail they were cheaper than HD or any other place in Hilo.
On another note, I'm going to build the drawers with the bottoms set into groves. I know Tom's method is plenty stout but I need the practice on regular drawer construction.