Anyone make drawers & slides from scratch?
Gearing up to piece the gutted old RV back together, and as expected, we're WAY past budget. One of the big cabinetry problems we had from the water damage is that the old drawers had gotten repea...
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I've done it. Depends on what you are looking for, euro slides aren't that expensive. Ball bearing slides are better and don't cost that much more. I don't know how many drawers you have. If you have a 1/2 inch router you can get a bit that will cut drawer ends: Drawer bits. These really need a router table tho I suppose you could free hand it. Expect more ruined wood that way. The drawer bit is solid and allows you to use the thicker 3/4 inch wood for the sides and back. You need to rout a slot for the bottom piece in all four sides. That can be luann plywood or that new 1/4 inch hardwood plywood that is showing up in the big box hardware stores now. That is better.
You can turn these out pretty fast once you are set up. Need table saw and router with table. Seal the drawer sides and bottom with a couple of coats of polyurethane varnish. That somewhat water proofs them. I'm sure there are YouTube videos on doing this.
You can turn these out pretty fast once you are set up. Need table saw and router with table. Seal the drawer sides and bottom with a couple of coats of polyurethane varnish. That somewhat water proofs them. I'm sure there are YouTube videos on doing this.
