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
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Build Photos
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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
