Im going to build a desk / hutch for my son. Ive always avoided building anything with drawers because I have no idea exactly how theyre made. I know how to make the drawer itself, but have no idea howto figure out what size to make the drawer for the hole its going to be sliding into. I mean Ive made plenty of end tables and different type cabinets with doors and shelves inside, but I dont know how to configure the cabinet when there are going to be drawers instead of shelves inside. How do the drawer slides attach? How do I know how much clearance I need for the drawer? How do you measure ho big the drawer itself need to be to fit exactly onto the slides? Will this work?
- Make a carcus (there will be a face frame)
- Glue a runner inside the carcus which the slide will attach to, so that the slide will be flush with the face frame (not hit the face frame when it tries to slide out)
- Then measure the width between the slides to determine how wide the drawer need to be? Even then, could I slide the 2 pieces of the slides together (before the one piece it screwed to the drawer) and measure the required drawer width?
- This still doesnt account for how tall the drawer needs to be. Is there an easier way? I guess I could stick to a door and shelves.