I’ll show you three different ways to make drawers for your next woodworking project. I’ll show you the easiest drawers to make followed by a better drawer. Finally I will show you how to make a strong and beautiful drawer. I’ll also show you how to install drawer slides and the false drawer fronts. Finally, I’ll show you a woodworking trick to install a drawer pull in the center every time. This is a great guide for a beginner woodworker to make drawers. Amazon and other affiliate links are used in this description and they help support this channel.
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How to Cut Straight with a Circular Saw: https://youtu.be/KszoEbvCzNs
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0:00 Three Ways To Make Wood Drawers
0:23 How to Make Good Drawers
2:20 How to Make Shop Drawers
3:13 How to Make Pocket Hole Drawers
4:44 How to Make 1/4 1/4 1/4 Drawers
6:30 How to Install Drawer Slides
8:46 How To Install False Drawer Fronts
10:21 How To Install Drawer Pulls In the Middle of the Drawer
This is how you joint boards WITHOUT a jointer: https://youtu.be/UFfj8qGVxZ0
Like how you do drawers best
Great work may you continue in God's favor and bless you and your family.
Ty.good job.
When putting on drawer pulls, I've always just drawn a line from corner to corner to find the center of the front, then divided the width of the screw holes in half. Then, use a small level or eyeball the level of the pull. Is there anything wrong with that?
Watch your videos multiple times to learn, just one question you used the Kreg drawer guide to install the drawers why not use the Kreg guide for installing the pulls. I have used it since i found out it existed and it makes it so easy to correctly install the pulls.+
Such a great skill wonderful video
Love your videos! So informative and easy to follow.
Thanks a ton. This will help me with my project. Your video was really well made, too 🎉
I miss when Matt made these types of videos. Much respect to how his channel has grown and im sure he makes more money now off the tool selling videos…but man, he's one of my favorite woodworkers to watch build and have explain everything. He keeps it simple and gives little tips…really great teacher. Matt, if you read this…can you please do more project videos again? Much respect 731 woodworks, I mean no offense.
Great video, thank you 🙏🏼 I also need to fit drawer fronts and slides. I can’t get the Kreg slide jigs delivered for a week so I’m going to make my own. Thanks again 🙏🏼
I’m going to use method two. I haven’t got a table saw so I’m going to have a go at cutting the slot for the drawer bottom with my track saw 👍🏽
I would have never thought what side the drawer handle would have gone until you mentioned it , great tip ❤
any tips on how to make that "dent" in the wood where the bottom of the drawer slides into?
Thank you! I picked up a few new tips from this video, so it is much appreciated. Will look out some of your other videos. The wood on your drawer fronts was really nice! 🙂
Where did you ‘splain figuring the width of the drawers?
Are the pocket hole on the front and back of the drawer or the sides?
Just in case someone hasn’t said this already…. If you have several drawer fronts to mount:
1. Lay out the hardware holes on the bench, much easier
2. Make a jig from plywood that hooks over the top and side, make it symmetrical so you can use it left and right (if putting in two sets of hardware to left and right sides or like on cabinet doors). Put it in place and use the holes in the drawer front to make holes in the jig. Now you can drill every drawer front or cabinet door without measuring.
3. Shim the front like you did, playing cards make great shims (from Bourbon moth)
4. Using truss head screws fasten the drawer front using the hardware holes
5. Open the drawer and fasten the drawer front from the back.
6. Remove the truss head screws, drill through the drawer slide and install your hardware.
Once you make the jig subsequent drawer fronts are installed in 1-2 minutes each. Much faster than laying out the hardware holes for each one individually. Kudos to Bourbon Moth + my high school shop teacher!
Lots of good drawer tutorials without and "In God We Trust" slogan. Sure it is your shirt not our public space or currency. However, the "we" is meant to refer to all. Speak for yourself when it comes to trust in a magical sky daddy. Onward to better tutorial choices.
I have a pocket hole jig and a circular saw. This video cut a dado in my confidence 😅
Well done, I learned a lot from you.
Huh….good video. I guess i usually(read…never) glue my drawer bottoms in. Praise the lord! 💪
I think you are the only one on youtube that does the cut not vertical, the safe way to do it using a spacer, which is a huge game changer in the execution of this drawer, heck, you could make a video just on that.. so many ask how to do this without doing it vertical..
You always seem to show what I need to see. Thanks -Vince
Looking forward to having a workshop like that one day 🤝
thank you so much for sharing your time and wisdom. Love the third option. I am making my first drawer with dovetails…it may be some time before I have an actual drawer but I'll be using your method for some of the others
Awesome video. studying to make some drawers myself and I like the different options you showed.
K matt ,, that s all good a fine an dandy from scratch ,, what if you have a stand already exist , ya wanna add a drawer to it ,, please help and ideas on this would help.tremendously
Hello fine sir. Thanks for the great video. Question , at 3:21 in video, you say it was at this time that I realized, and didn’t finish your sentence. So what was it that you realized? Only thing I can think of is that you cut your plywood on the wrong length?
Hey Matt how about slowing down a little.
Nice drawer building video but that has to be the hardest method of installing pulls that I have ever seen.
Make a simple wooden jig!!
If you install your drawer bottom flush with or to the bottom of the drawer sides, make sure you have enough clearance underneath to account for some sag. I made some drawers with 1/2" birch ply bottoms, and they sagged in the middle an rubbed the frame/drawer faces underneath. That was with just clothes in them.
I had to shave 1/4" or so off of the drawer face heights and re-postioned all the drawers to allow for the sag. It was a pain. Had bigger gaps than I wanted (about 3/8" instead of the original 1/8"), but that's my fault for how I designed them and didn't account for sag. I originally thought there's no way 1/2" plywood in a 20×20 drawer would sag with just clothes. It sagged within a month or so.
I had built it as an in-closet dresser with the most optimized internal space possible. Drawer cabinets/furniture tend to have a lot of dead space within them. You can design a better system, but don't think your drawer bottoms won't sag.
I know 13/12-24
Really helpful! Building a tack trunk for the barn and want to add some drawers (which is atypical), so had to do some research since no existing plans include them. I think I can manage it now! ❤
Another great video, but you never showed how to install the drawer glide into the cabinet…..Please can you do that? Other wise great great video. I just need to know how to put the glide in the cabinet. Thanks Jon. I'm doing my table saw with your cross cut sled!!!! Thanks again!!! Jon
I missed the attachment of the slides to the sides of the cabinet
why would you put 1/4" bottoms for shop drawers? im gonna go larger i think
Second method is the best , I'm using it 20+ years and never ever had any complaints from my clients.. if you put the wood glue on the joints it will be stronger then wood by itself , and it is the fastest way .. why complicate our life if all methods works but the second one is the fastest and easiest;)
The 4th way involves a sewing machine, elastic or buttons and cloth.