Project:Resized Wardrobe Drawers
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| ProjectInfoBox Resized Wardrobe Drawers | |
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| Status: | build done, now documenting |
| Release Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Initiator: | Lukas |
| Materials Used: | film faced plywood, melamine, pine plywood, dowel pegs, wood screws, drawer slides |
| Tools Used: | table saw, router table, cordless drill, marking gauge |
| Approx. Cost: | approx. 15 € for wood, 20 € for slides |
Our wardrobe (forgot from which furniture store) had two drawers that were 36 cm deep, but there was room for 54 cm - wasted potential for a 50 % increase of usable space!
Of course, that had to be changed and I tackled this project as soon as we got our first router table running in the CoMakingSpace.
Notes
- originally wanted to replace just the sides, but different style of slides, higher walls & thicker bottom desired
- slides a bit harder to install than expected, had to move them up a few times
- but move nicely & can hold way more than they ever will have to
- warped shelf above (stupid chipboard...) made a re-cut necessary
- fronts seemed to hold very strongly without wood glue at first, but had to be glued on after a few months - just do yourself a favor and glue them on as soon as you're sure everything fits!
Build Photos
- mouseover/click for more information!
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the wasted space before this project - the cheap (weak & short) drawer slides were probably one of the reasons against including full-size drawers -
old drawers taken out to take measurements of the wardrobe -
one of the old drawers taken apart to take measurements of its components -
plans taking shape on a common room table -
parts fresh off the table saw -
test piece for the bottom groove on the new router table -
all pieces with the bottom groove cut out -
first "dry" fit without screws and dowel pegs -
parts labeled with their final place (1/2, right/left) -
a piece of masking tape is a great quick & dirty depth stop -
dowel centers really help with the hole alignment - no measuring needed! -
all "wall" pieces cut, routed and drilled -
an eccentric sander made quick work of sanding the bottom pieces -
scribing the ideal screw line for the butt joints in the back with a marking gauge -
butt joint drilled as marked before -
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first installation attempt was too low - the slides were then raised by one yardstick thickness -
once the first drawer was installed, it became painfully clear that the shelf above had warped... -
...and the "walls" of the top drawer had to be ripped to fit in the smaller-than-measured space. -
done!
