Most drawer slides need 1/2 inch per side, so subtract 1 inch from the width
of the drawer opening. This will be the width of the drawer. The slides are
attached with screws supplied with the slides. When you buy your slides
instructions are supplied as to the needed space for the slides.



"Piranah" wrote in message
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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?
1. Make a carcus (there will be a face frame)
2. 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)
3. 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?
4. 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.