Hey All,

I am working up a design for a two drawer file cabinet -- I am looking
to make the carcass out of walnut for the sides and maple for the top. The
plan is to make the joints stand out -- I plan on using dovetails along the
top two edges. The lower horizontal panel will be maple as well and will
be attached to the walnut sides with a sliding dovetail

I am having problems with the design of the drawers and I am looking for
thoughts or perhaps product references (in this case slides) that would
help. I'd like to make the drawers from walnut faces with maple sides and
use through dovetails (this would leave the maple pins showing) If I were
making a traditional chest I would use hardwood slides in the case sides and
a corresponding dado in the drawer. But in this case I'd like to get full
extension on the drawer and since the drawers will be heavy I think I need
something mechanical.

I really like the blum undermounts but they seem to leave a 3/16" gap on
the sides -- which seems a little big and I am not sure how to make the
drawer front cover the under part of the drawer that would be covered if
using a standard overlapping drawer front.

My other options is to use a 3/4" wide drawer slide and route some 100#
slides into the drawer sides but I am not sure if the remaining 1/4" is deep
enough to get a good screw hold etc

Anyway -- thought I would through this out to the masses to see if there
were any other ideas floating about

Cheers

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:14:22 -0400, "Sam the Cat"
wrote:

Hey All,

I am working up a design for a two drawer file cabinet -- I am looking
to make the carcass out of walnut for the sides and maple for the top. The
plan is to make the joints stand out -- I plan on using dovetails along the
top two edges. The lower horizontal panel will be maple as well and will
be attached to the walnut sides with a sliding dovetail

I am having problems with the design of the drawers and I am looking for
thoughts or perhaps product references (in this case slides) that would
help. I'd like to make the drawers from walnut faces with maple sides and
use through dovetails (this would leave the maple pins showing) If I were
making a traditional chest I would use hardwood slides in the case sides and
a corresponding dado in the drawer. But in this case I'd like to get full
extension on the drawer and since the drawers will be heavy I think I need
something mechanical.


full extension hardwood slides are not that big a deal. keyway or
dovetail slots in the carcase and drawer side and a floating runner.

Sam the Cat wrote:

I am having problems with the design of the drawers and I am
looking for thoughts or perhaps product references (in this case
slides) that would help. I'd like to make the drawers from walnut
faces with maple sides and use through dovetails (this would leave
the maple pins showing) If I were making a traditional chest I would
use hardwood slides in the case sides and a corresponding dado in the
drawer. But in this case I'd like to get full extension on the
drawer and since the drawers will be heavy I think I need something
mechanical.

One way...

1. Make the back of the drawer higher than the opening by 1/4" or so..

2. Use wooden slides on the carcase, female routed into drawer sides.

3. Shape the slide and dado - dado at top back, slide at front bottom -
sort of like a rule joint so that the face frame will stop the drawer
back but the drawer can be removed by lifting the front up.

I've made lots of drawers this way, never had one that didn't work fine.

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Use undermount slides.