Beginners guide to Drawers. Measure, cut, assemble, mount, finish. No jig method

I'm going to show you everything you need to know to build a super simple, very sturdy, great looking cabinet drawer! There is no special tools and with some patience, anybody can do this and update a kitchen, or add some to a piece of furniture. It's a lot of info to take in, but very straight forward.

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Slide selection
01:11 Determine slide/drawer length
02:42 Determine drawer height
03:44 Determine drawer width
05:00 Building the drawer
08:37 Mounting the slides
15:56 Determine drawer front size
16:24 Mounting pulls
17:09 Mounting drawer fronts

[clarenicholson]

This is by far the most comprehensive and accessible tutorial on drawer making I've seen. Today I followed it step-by-step and almost completed a cabinet of varying depth drawers for my art studio. I can't thank you enough CanaDIYan! Your generosity of time, along with making and teaching skills are great appreciated. People like you make the internet awesome! :) New subscriber here - cheers from Australia!

[jkzamien]

I'm making my first cabinet today. I was kind of stressing out about this part. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for making this video.

[bradshepherd]

I can't believe this video only has 350 likes. Unbelievably useful for a new 'DIY-er'. I'd built a carcass a couple of months ago and tried drawers twice, both times without any luck. Built 6 drawers in about half a day after this video. Thanks a lot!

[ronmulberry]

This was a very well thought out video that really answers a lot of questions for a person like me that is attempting to build and install drawers for the very first time. I have watched a lot of other videos and many of them still left me with questions at the end. You explained everything in simple terms and I appreciate it. Thank you

[luciabreccia]

THANK YOU! I'm gonna be building a kitchen cabinet (first woodworking project ever) and you now gave me the bravery I need to build my drawers. I've seen a few videos on this but none of them explain it as well as you do.

[bradleyprentice]

Thank you for sharing this valuable input. This helped me out a lot . In the middle of building a closet organizer for my mother. This is exactly what I needed to find and needed to know . I am a DIY doer. You have helped me and a lot of other DIY's out there. I will now be able to get this done. It has been a long time since I built cabinet drawers needed a refresher. Keep making diy videos to help all us out here. Thank you I do appreciate.

[jakubdobieshipertrof]

Jesse, I struggled with inset drawers a ton and this is the video that makes it clear for me. Thanks!

[islanderjam]

I never taught I would find someone who would actually give an awesome tutorial explaining all the steps in understandable detail. This helped be in completing my grandson's art supply cabinet. Thanks

[ralphjoiner]

Jesse, I am a newbe to woodworking and I have always shyed away from any project that included drawers. That is until I came upon your video. Your slow methodical explanation on how to make and install drawers has given me renewed confidence that I too can tackle fine woodworking. Thanks!

[jumex-hjqq]

man!!! you are a natural teacher. nice video, straight to the point, no distracting music, you only say what you need to say, , thank you very much

[rayscrafield]

Thanks for a very well done video. It warms my heart to see young folks like you who are working in the trades. Not everybody needs a college education. It may come in handy but it's not imperative .

[jayhowie]

This dude just stepped out of a blink 182 video, then nailed a drawer tutorial. Cheers dude!

[RonMohlTheSmilingMonk]

Great job, simple and clear. Not to go and buy the extra tools I need to make it a "professional" type completion. I have always wanted to do wood work, but life got in the way with working and not really enjoying what I say my dad do; Not that I've retired, sort of, I can start doing the furniture designs I've had in my head for a long time. I once developed a cabinet with a special gravity closing balance for my cassettes. Yea, way back in the day. I will continue learning the tricks from your tips. Thanks CanaDiYan. I'm living in Colombia, these days and enjoying working on furniture for my home. Thanks again, Ron Mohl, Sr.

[willw]

like the way you went thru this. You explain well. I'll be watching more of your videos.

[jaydoe]

This is absolutely the best video about this subject that I have found. After watching many other videos I honestly felt like I was missing something but this video makes everything very clear. Thank you so much for this video.

[miguelp]

Watched several drawer building videos. Yours was by far the best. Thank you. I subscribed as hard as I could.

[jamies]

This is one of the best videos on installing slides and the best that I've seen for inset drawer slides. I appreciate your effort.

[jaellsworth]

Very well done and thank you for the extra bits of teaching that you included. I learned many things watching this!

[randymcqueen]

Excellent video with clear cut instructions! You just made my drawer building a lot easier. keep up the good work.

[edwardrajala]

Great job explaining this topic in an easy to understand way.