Literally LOL...Mr. Detail-oriented missed the doorway measurement. Sounds like someting I'd do. Great story so far.
Thanks Vaughn, you are too kind.
Basically the drawers need built. How much material? Let us figure one cabinet of nine 4 1/2" high drawers with 1/2" floors, each side roughly 24" deep, and the front and back, roughly a bit less than 24". One top drawer with the same outside estimate and a 1/2" floor.
ESTIMATE FOR MATERIALS... floors- We need 10 floors per cabinet- 24"x24" x 1/2" . 1/2" Baltic birch comes 60" x 60", we get 4 floors per sheet, since we have 10 drawers and 1 cabinet needs 2 and 1/2 sheets, lazy as I am I figure the total amount for the 1/2". 4 floors per sheet, 40 floors total = 10 sheets B.B. ( for all 4 cabinets) Next,...
Drawer sides Using C-3 birch in 4' x8' sheets ... we have 9- 4 1/2" drawers.
9 times 4 1/2" plus the amount lost to the saw kerf, estimate it at 4 3/4" generously, totals out to 42 3/4" plus the top drawer = about 1 sheet of 4' x 8' per cabinet for the sides and the front and back of all drawers.
Here is how our measurements worked out with the 60" height restriction.
42 3/4" for sides, 10- 1/2" floors ( 47 3/4") 7" space under the cabinet floor,(54 3/4") 3- 3/4" horizontal dividers, and the 1/4" space between everything, about 3" ( 57 3/4" ) then 2 1/4" for the top drawer or what ever is left over.
Needed material for one cabinet, 2 and 1/2 sheets 60"x 60" x 1/2" baltic birch, 1 -4' x8'x 3/4" plywood for the drawer sides, 1- 4' x8'x 3/4" ply for the cabinet sides, top, bottom and spreader.
Drawer guides--- I used 9- KV 8505 full extention 24" 150 lb. rating guides for the larger drawers and 1- 8400 KV full extention 20" 100lb. rating for the small top drawer. We will need a back, I use 1/4" birch good one side
and since the sides will not be seen I will run it flush to the edges and the top and staple it on. And also some solid stock to edge band the cabinet with will be needed.
I don't know if the way I am writing this is clear. I am trying to share how to build drawers that work , not dovetailed, but drawers this client is paying for because they work. If you don't understand it may be my fault. Let me know.
Shaz