DIY wood drawer slides
DIY wood drawer slides
For centuries, before metal drawer slides were a thing, woodworkers relied on wood guides to prevent drawers from tipping or binding as they were pulled out. Today, wood drawer guides still have their place, preserving a traditional look on deserving projects, and saving you the expense of ball-bearing slides. So go ahead and use one of these DIY wood drawer slides and save some cash along the way.
How to Build Your Own Drawer Slides
Make your own drawer slides for your next cabinetry project with these easy step-by-step plans.
https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-build-your-own-drawer-slides/
Wooden drawer slides
Whenever I build something with drawers, never buy metal drawer slides, but make the drawer slides as an integral part of the drawer, and out of wood. It just wouldn’t be right to use metal drawer slides, and for many of the things I build, metal drawer slides would not even be suitable. Metal drawer slides are often not very strong, expensive, and also make it harder to take the drawer out of the cabinet.
This article summarizes different drawer designs I have, and my experiences with these types of drawers. I’m hoping this will help you decide which styles of drawers to make when you do make some.
https://www.woodgears.ca/drawers/index.html
Wooden Drawer Slides – Make Your Own
My favorite drawer slides have been out of stock and back-ordered for weeks. So instead of using lower quality and finicky drawer slides, I have decided to make my own. Wooden drawer slides have been used in furniture for 100s of years. In fact, many of the antique furniture pieces in my own home use wooden drawer slides that still function well after 80, 90 or even 100 years (And those years involve a lot of kids!)
So I’m making the switch from impossible to get imported drawer slides to making my own.
How to Fit Drawers – Save Money with DIY Wooden Drawer Slides!
Today I am going to set the drawers in a cabinet that I am building. I like the way that the wood drawers run on wooden runners; plus I wanted to save some money by not using metal drawer glides. Using a plywood jig, watch as I show you how to fit drawers with wooden drawer slides and save some cash along the way – enjoy!
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