On Oct 22, 2:36*pm, Swingman wrote:
On 10/22/2011 12:56 PM, Mike wrote:

I'm making my first project with drawers and discovered I am clueless as
to how much clearance is needed between the drawer face (the drawers are
inset) and the frame. I did a mock-up with 1/8 inch, but that seems way
too big and doesn't look good. The wood is quartered white oak. Any
enlightenment as to how much clearance is necessary will be appreciated..

Mike

My preference is no more than 1/16th on inset drawers.

Slides or runners?

If the drawer is sitting on wooden runners, one of the problems with
inset drawers is getting that bottom "gap" to equal the gap around the
two sides and top, and to stay that way.

A neat tip/trick on inset drawers is to plane a very small "rabbet" on
the bottom of the front edge of the drawer front. Make this small rabbet
equal in depth to the distance of your fitted gap around the top and two
sides. This way, your drawer, even though sitting flat on the runners,
will appear to have the same width gap all around.

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