Hi all:

This is my first dresser project. Face frame with inset doors
I am building the drawers first.
My boxes are 36" wide x 23" deep, dovetailed construction. I have to add a 3/4"
face to this depth also.
I have not glued them up, so I can shorten them up if nessary.
I am looking at the Blum specs for the slides\0\0\0I would like full extension, like the 430E6000
Any thoughts oh great dust makers

Accuride's nice, too. Good luck. Tom

I am not set any any one brand.

Do you even need hardware? Tom

I could do the wood runner thing, but this is practice for future Kitchn
cabinets.
Not my first project, but proubly the most exacting yet, inset doors and 8
drawers.
I made an Entertainment center with pull out Cd storage. Used borg hardware,
crappy rails .
I will proubly order one set to play with.
The accuride site does have nice guides for installation.

tdevery wrote in message news
I could do the wood runner thing, but this is practice for future Kitchn
cabinets.

Although sequencing your skills development is an excellent idea, IMHO that
is not worth compromising the character of a dresser which, if done well
will be around alot longer than a kitchen.

I figure the half-life of a kitchen is about 15-20 years (half of them are
re-remodeled in that time frame) even if built well. Well-built dressers
should have a half-life of four times that.

Maybe I'm just being a snob, but metal glides in a dresser look so
"wallmart". Please don't do it.

-Steve

tdevery wrote in message

This is my first dresser project. Face frame with inset doors
I am building the drawers first.

My sympathies in advance ... reconsider, and build them after your casework
is complete and you decide upon the slides you are going to use.

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"Swingman" wrote:

tdevery wrote in message

This is my first dresser project. Face frame with inset doors
I am building the drawers first.

My sympathies in advance ... reconsider, and build them after your casework
is complete and you decide upon the slides you are going to use.



I agree with Swingman on this one. Build the dresser and then fit the
drawers to the cabinet. Much easier to tweak a drawer to fit and opening
than to tweak an opening to fit an existing drawer.

david

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David wrote: I agree with Swingman on this one. Build the dresser and
then fit the
drawers to the cabinet. Much easier to tweak a drawer to fit and
opening
than to tweak an opening to fit an existing drawer.


(that's why I wished the OP luck.) Tom

"tom" wrote:
David wrote: I agree with Swingman on this one. Build the dresser and
then fit the
drawers to the cabinet. Much easier to tweak a drawer to fit and
opening
than to tweak an opening to fit an existing drawer.


(that's why I wished the OP luck.) Tom

The reason I built the draws first, is because i had some free maple and time
in the shop.
I did not make the face for the drawers yet.
I know it would be tough to get it to fit the frame.
I just made the boxes

Tim tdev wrote: The reason I built the draws first, is because i had
some free maple and time
in the shop.
I did not make the face for the drawers yet.
I know it would be tough to get it to fit the frame.
I just made the boxes

Well, not insurmountable, I'm
sure. You can make the drawer fronts with the ability to fine tune
their placement, drilling larger holes in the boxes, and using
washer-type-headed fasteners. You can shim to the required clearance
for the slides, too. All this could cause the drawers to be
"slot-specific" though, with each one fitted for it's specific cavity
only. At least that's one way, I think. Tom

I don't know much about woodworking, but I think you're supposed to
build the case first, then the drawers. Each drawer then can be custom
fit to the opening if need be. It would be really hard to build a case
around a set of drawers and get the same fit.

Mike

tdevery wrote in message news
Hi all:

This is my first dresser project. Face frame with inset doors
I am building the drawers first.

If you build it this way this time, you will probably reverse the order if
you ever do it again.

Not a bad Idea to plan the size of the drawers first because with many DT
jigs you are limited to specific increments in drawer height but not a great
idea building them first.


My boxes are 36" wide x 23" deep, dovetailed construction. I have to add a
3/4"
face to this depth also.
I have not glued them up, so I can shorten them up if nessary.
I am looking at the Blum specs for the slides I would like full
extension, like the 430E6000
Any thoughts oh great dust makers

Personally I do not like metal slides on pieces of furniture. I would
suggest simply building hard wood web frames and drawer sides and build to
close tolerances.