Making Simple Plywood Drawers

Drill the drawer face holes.

Making simple plywood drawers.

Build one simple jig to align the dowels on the handles and to position the handles on the drawer fronts. I assemble my drawers using plywood in dadoes on the drawer box sides. Using a miter saw and the cut list above cut the 1 6 1 3 and square dowels to size. With the bit set all you do is run the inside edge of each side no adjustment necessary.

Drill the pocket holes. Piece of plywood the same width as the drawer fronts and rip it down to 4 3 8 in. It doesn t matter how deep wide or tall your drawer is. Best of all this technique allows you to cut all parts of the joint with just a dado blade and a single setup on the tablesaw.

Measure in from each side and mark a line at 2 1 8 in 3 1 8 in. Build super simple drawers discover the secrets to making strong drawers by cutting locking rabbet joints on the tablesaw as taught by wood magazine design editor jeff mertz. Material to the end of the jig. By using a drawer lock bit in a router table it s a simple process to quickly create dozens of hardwood drawers plywood isn t advised and end up with strong attractive joints.

Using a kreg jig drill two pocket. Fasten a scrap of 3 4 in. If you don t want to cut dadoes you can also just glue and staple plywood into the bottom of the drawer box however you need to keep in mind that that will add to the drawer box height so you may need to adjust accordingly. In this video i show you how to make cabinet drawers using screws for the queen sized storage i ve been working on.

Place the 1 6.