Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

I used my hammer and convinced the one side to come off. The side was held on only by the staples. Not a drop of glue in sight.







The other side was exactly the same. All staples and no glue.

Here is another view of the bottom that shows the staples a little better.

In the bottom view of this drawer, both sides of the drawer bottom ride in a slot/groove from front to back.

The front and rear of the drawer bottom, does not ride in a groove, but is stapled to the bottom of the front and rear panel.

The sides are held on with a number of staples, as shown.

If you have never looked closely at a drawer, they really are quite interesting, and very different between manufacturers.

Here is the Oak front face.







Same drawer with the rear view.

This drawer is roughly about 18" x 18" with an Oak face plate.

Tonight will be the anatomy of a drawer. This will be drawn out a little tonight, until I get everything posted.

Here is a drawer that came out of a 2006 travel trailer.

Hanging it on the scale, and we have 6.39 lbs.

PastorCharlie wrote:
Did you deduct for the hook and clamp weight?

The steel hook and the plastic clamp are part of the tare weight. Then I can put the weight into the clamp in order to get an accurate weighing.

Did you deduct for the hook and clamp weight?

And the results are.........

Drum roll..........

3.74 lbs.







If they were all going to be this size, just these pieces would amount to about 60 lbs for drawers without any slide mechanisms.

Since only 4 will be this size, collectively, they will weigh much more than that.

Hopefully, I will be able to use 1/4" for even the large drawer bottoms, even in the largest on the bottom, but I am not holding my breath on that one.

Time will tell.