Project:Resized Wardrobe Drawers
| 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
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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
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!
