Making Plywood Drawers

The bottom should slide into the drawer in 1 4 x 1 4 grooves milled in the sides and drawer front.

Making plywood drawers.

The sides can be made from 1 2 plywood or 3 4. 1 2 is a good option if you are doing a lot of drawers and want to save some money on materials. Attach front back to bottom attach the front and back to the bottom with wood glue and 1 1 2 brad nails or narrow crown staples. The diy drawers fronts and backs are sandwiched between the sides so those need to be accounted for also.

A whole lot of making installing and building drawers is making sure things are lined up and square. Learn how to properly measure for drawer. If you re using 1x material that is a full 3 4 then just subtract 1 1 2 but if you are using plywood it gets a little tricky since plywood isn t really 3 4. These diy drawers are easy to build with pocket hole joinery.

I like to use plywood to build my drawers because then i don t have to worry about twisted or warped boards causing me issues with alignment. In this video i show you how to make cabinet drawers using screws for the queen sized storage i ve been working on.