Installing Cabinet Drawer Faces

Patrick holcombe shows us a cool little tool that makes the process fast and easy.

Installing cabinet drawer faces. Put washer head screws into the drawer box through the drawer face. The drawer front is attached to the drawer box using different joinery techniques depending on the manufacturer. Right type of slide to use installation process more without drawer slides forget about opening and closing smoothly. Drill two shallow inch diameter holes at each screw head impression.

How to install drawer slides on face frame cabinets. Drawer fronts will most often be seen anywhere you can find cabinets including bathroom kitchen and storage areas. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well. Most cabinetmakers design drawer faces to match your cabinet door s style.

Push the drawers into the cabinet until the drawer slides click into the retention clips. Attaching drawer fronts can be frustrating. At our shop we install the drawer boxes first. Here we are discussing a face frame cabinet.

See the playing card trick above. A drawer slide jig is really helpful to install the drawers quickly and level. That s how you should visualize these little things. We then drill the pull holes into the drawer face.

But also not any drawer slide will suit your particular cabinet type. Hold a drawer face against a drawer then use your fist to pound on the face to leave screw head impressions on drawer front. Some drawer faces are veneer while others.