Installing Cabinet Drawer Faces

Attach the drawer slides to the drawer box and the cabinet frame.

Installing cabinet drawer faces.

To attach the drawer face to the box we set the cabinet on a flat surface put the bottom drawer on flush to the bottom of the cabinet. Put washer head screws into the drawer box through the drawer face. That s how you should visualize these little things. Hold a drawer face against a drawer then use your fist to pound on the face to leave screw head impressions on drawer front.

See the playing card trick above. Drawer fronts will most often be seen anywhere you can find cabinets including bathroom kitchen and storage areas. We then drill the pull holes into the drawer face. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well.

Push the drawers into the cabinet until the drawer slides click into the retention clips. Right type of slide to use installation process more without drawer slides forget about opening and closing smoothly. At our shop we install the drawer boxes first. Attaching drawer fronts can be frustrating.

But also not any drawer slide will suit your particular cabinet type. Fastcap drawer front installat. The drawer front is attached to the drawer box using different joinery techniques depending on the manufacturer. Most cabinetmakers design drawer faces to match your cabinet door s style.

Here we are discussing a face frame cabinet. A drawer slide jig is really helpful to install the drawers quickly and level. Patrick holcombe shows us a cool little tool that makes the process fast and easy.