Here is one of the prototypes I am working with for my drawers. (wooden drawers, not underwear)! :)
This is constructed entirely of 1/4" plywood. All 4 sides have a groove cut in them to allow the drawer bottom to ride in.
This was my first attempt to assemble it, and it was a bit of a struggle trying to get it together.
I have not glued it together yet, and probably need to make an additional jig to help hold it together while assembling to do so.
At this point, I don't know if it will work, or if I need to go a little heavier.
I think I'll glue it together tomorrow and we'll see what it looks like after the glue dries.
The good news is that currently, this assembly weighs only 3.254 lbs, which is a far cry from the 6.39 lbs of a much smaller drawer.
This one is roughly 24 x 20 instead of the 18 x 18 of the other one. Granted, I don't have a front on this yet, but that doesn't have to be heavy either.
Being able to save 4-5 lbs on every drawer would amount to somewhere between 64 and 80 lbs less weight, as I have 16 of them to build, so I think it's probably worth taking a look at before just building the rest of the drawers.
