but it's what I have to do without access to stores. I should point out: my wife and I have watched every episode of "The Walking Dead" (well, she watched....I may have slept a little) plus I've seen all the "mad Max" movies. The point is we know how to survive in an apocalypse! So with that in mind I managed to build my cabinets for my assembly table to sit on. I was able to cut up some stuff I had made that was no longer used, and scrounged some pieces out of my stash that completed. This isn't the way I would do it normally...but, hey; these ain't normal times. So the carcass is mostly made up from the 3/4" ply stand my old table sat on, along with some 1/2" ply from a shelf unit that I had to cut up. The drawers are made of 3/4" ply sides (out of my stash) and hardboard bottoms. The hardboard would have been the sacrificial top for the assembly table before you'all changed my mind about needing it. The knobs have been in the shop for a while and came off our old kitchen cabinets from the remodel we did a couple of years ago. If this crisis ever ends I'll buy some wood to make drawer fronts. I should point out: I used Glide Right slides for the drawers. Gunny had mentioned them here a month or so ago, and I had seen another endorsement elsewhere so decided to try them out. Normally I would have ordered KV 8400 series, my go-to slide. Not any more, these glide right slides (from Amazon) are really nice and about 1/2 the cost of the KVs. These are the largest drawers I've ever made, 35' wide and 24" deep. They are amazing stiff, so I'm not worried about loading them down. All this, and people laughed when I watched the "Walking Dead".....well: who's laughing now! (Don't answer that!)

Edited April 17, 20206 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

22 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I watched the "Walking Dead".

..That sounds like making a trip through the grocery store! 

Looks good!  I wouldn't worry about overloading those drawers. The slides will easily handle it.

 

 

I order from gliderite directly. You make out well if you buy 10. But not everyone wants extra stock.

 

That being said I can't seem to keep stock because knowing you have extra means you find places to put them.

 

It's a vicious circle.

Fred I have never seen any one who would admit watching ,walking with the dead.  And you seem kinda normal!!!!

  Good looking drawers also.

Is looks like fine cabinetry to me.

Made from on hand supplies.

Very well made.

Custom made to fit. 

By definition it is "Fine".

Turned out nice. I'm always reviewing what's available in the shop for home projects. I have to really want something to purchase something from suppliers. 

 

I've got 4 walnut end tables I will make with only what's I the shop. Drawers will run on wood runners. Back in the 80's I remember looking at solid cherry end tables. I wanted all wood and they were expensive but hey still had plywood drawers. It took almost 40 years to get what I want. 

 

 

Edited April 17, 20206 yr by BillyJack

42 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Drawers will run on wood runners.

 

I like using that method myself.  I'm always amazed at how well they work if done right and then blown away after adding a wipe of Johnsons Paste Wax on the sliding surfaces.  The wax lasts a very long time too.

There was a topic on anot her forum about wood drawer runners and they were failing. Mine have been in service for 15 years and coated once with Johnsons. Anyway there are 10 replies on how to fix this with different coating. If the wax wasn't enough then how you engineered it the actual problem...I took to wood drawer guides from a guy they called "Australian Wood Art" he's not need on the forums for years but I was impressed by is beautiful furniture...

 

I've used these with success, I love them, they also are great for period pieces, I always hated seeing metal slides on a shaker cabinet or table. I purchase mine at the same hardwood retailer I purchase my lumber from.

Also, wood runners on the sides at the bottom, they last hundreds of years.

For furniture with drawers exposed and not behind doors I use fitted drawers. the trick is use different woods for bottom of drawer glides and rails it glides on. Reduces wear since the same wood rubbing together wears faster.

   Then the other option is a rail in drawer box with dado in the drawer side.

Edited April 17, 20206 yr by Gerald

8 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

..That sounds like making a trip through the grocery store! 

Wal*mart or the Dollar Store.

 

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

I've used these with success, I love them, they also are great for period pieces, I always hated seeing metal slides on a shaker cabinet or table. I purchase mine at the same hardwood retailer I purchase my lumber from.

Also, wood runners on the sides at the bottom, they last hundreds of years.

Those seem to work well, unless they are made from #3 Asian wood.   I've had to repair/replace a number of the  when the wood splintered or warped.  I should not complain so much about Asian furniture -- it made me a decent living.  I have bought some replacements from Rockler.  I probably could have made my own, but that would have take more time.

Edited April 17, 20206 yr by kmealy

8 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Wal*mart or the Dollar Store.

 

I haven't been to either in a long time, but the wife said they are both worse than the grocery store.

Drawers I make....usually just slide on webframes....

56 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Those seem to work well, unless they are made from #3 Asian wood.   I've had to repair/replace a number of the  when the wood splintered or warped.  I should not complain so much about Asian furniture -- it made me a decent living.  I have bought some replacements from Rockler.  I probably could have made my own, but that would have take more time.

Keith, the ones I purchase from my hardwood dealer are Maple, don't know where they are made though.

8 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

And you seem kinda normal!!!!

Just goes to show..... looks can be deceiving!

John

9 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

And you seem kinda normal!!!!

...Define Normal. 

17 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

...Define Normal. 

 

adjective

1.

conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

2.

TECHNICAL

(of a line, ray, or other linear feature) intersecting a given line or surface at right angles.

 

So, for Wal*mart, shopping in your PJ pants is "normal" (I think that's a statement, not a question).

 

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

adjective

1.

conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

I doubt you will find many here that will fit this definition.  Try to put me in a box and I promise a wild ride.  

4 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

I doubt you will find many here that will fit this definition.  Try to put me in a box and I promise a wild ride.  

Is that kinda like putting a round pizza in a square box???? LOLOL