Making Simple Plywood Drawers

Measure in from each side and mark a line at 2 1 8 in 3 1 8 in.

Making simple plywood drawers.

With the bit set all you do is run the inside edge of each side no adjustment necessary. How to make drawers in 6 easy steps determine drawer height and rough cut parts match drawer sides to your drawer slides measure drawer opening and cut fronts and backs drill pocket holes and assemble drawer box measure cut and install drawer bottoms add false drawer fronts to drawer box. Place the 1 3 front and back pieces on the work surface. In this video i show you how to make cabinet drawers using screws for the queen sized storage i ve been working on.

Using a kreg jig drill two pocket. Drill the pocket holes. Drill the drawer face holes. If you don t want to cut dadoes you can also just glue and staple plywood into the bottom of the drawer box however you need to keep in mind that that will add to the drawer box height so you may need to adjust accordingly.

Material to the end of the jig. Learn how to properly measure for drawer. By using a drawer lock bit in a router table it s a simple process to quickly create dozens of hardwood drawers plywood isn t advised and end up with strong attractive joints. Fasten a scrap of 3 4 in.

Best of all this technique allows you to cut all parts of the joint with just a dado blade and a single setup on the tablesaw. Using a miter saw and the cut list above cut the 1 6 1 3 and square dowels to size. Piece of plywood the same width as the drawer fronts and rip it down to 4 3 8 in. I assemble my drawers using plywood in dadoes on the drawer box sides.

It doesn t matter how deep wide or tall your drawer is.