The first drawer front was attached to the topmost drawer by keeping a 1/8th inch strip below the top edge and the top of the drawer front for a gap. The sheet was stained and then the first (topmost) drawer front was cut to measure.
Two holes were drilled into the front panel of each drawer so that the drawer front could be attached later on.įor the drawer fronts, oak strips were glued to a 4x4 foot sheet of oak plywood from Home Depot. The drawers were painted with black acrylic paint diluted with water.ĭrawer slides were attached to the sides and the drawers were slid into the mating slides in the cabinet. This wooden strip divided the drawer into half. The countertop was completed by attaching a 2x4 was attached to the back of the wooden countertop.Īll the drawers were reinforced with a wooden strip that was attached to the sides and the drawer bottom to prevent the drawer bottom from sagging. Pergo panels were attached to the bottom of the 9 x 2 x 50 inch wooden slab to hold the other two wooden slabs that I would attach later to the top.Īn additional oak strip was attached to the front to tie the two sides together.Ĭaster wheels (from a Harbor Freight dolly) were attached to the bottom 2x4s and cross beams from 2x4s were screwed to the bottom beams. The chest was flipped onto its back and a 12 inch by 2 inch wood joist, that was trimmed to 9 inches, was attached to the top with metal joist hangers. The carcass was then strengthened by gluing and screwing pergo floor panels (from freecyclers again) to the back. The back plywood panel was attached with glue cabinet bolts and screws. These side panels were then bridged with two 2x4's on the bottom, an oak strip at the top front, and a 12 inch wide plywood panel (leftover from my speaker project).
#Diy tool box drawer dividers full#
Full extension drawer slides purchased from an ebay vendor were attached to the side panels. The drawing show how the assembly was done. Had not saved photos for the first part of the assembly of the cabinet for the chest of drawers. Photographs show the assembly process and at the end a set of 10 drawers that are in the process of being stained. The Hardieboard has lines etched into the board which help align the drawers and keep them square. The joints were kept square by using a manufactured drawer box (yes, from another freecycler) that was exactly 90 degrees to assemble the sides.ĭrawer bottoms were glued and screwed onto the drawer sides on top of a Hardieboard panel. The drawer sides were attached with glue and screw using simple butt joints. And then cut to 24 inch and 46.5 inch lengths. The 3/4 inch scrap wood pieces were cut into strips of 2, 3, 4 and 5.5 inch widths. I had leftover pieces of sheet goods from various projects so tried to use as much of that for the drawer sides. I decided to keep each drawer shallow, making it is easy to find stuff without it getting buried in deep drawers.įor the chest I went with four drawers that were 2 inch deep, three that were 3 inches deep, two that were 4 inches deep and one that was about 5.5 inches deep. So the drawers would have to be 4 feet wide and two feet deep. These panels were precut to 4 feet by 2 feet and some of them had small cutouts for switch plates, etc. I had got perforated hardboard panels (pegboard) from another freecyler who had used them on the walls of his garage.
#Diy tool box drawer dividers free#
The size of the drawers were dictated by the free panels I had for drawer bottoms.
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