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 built lots of drawers in wood cabinets without metal slides. Plywood-sided drawers, preferably baltic birch or other quality plywood. Leave approx 1/8" clearance on the sides. I use solid maple for the drawer supports, for easy sliding without wear. Rub some paraffin wax where the drawer's plywood edge rubs on the maple support. The downsides are lack of full (supported) extension, and need for a mechanism to hold them closed in transit.
