How To Install Drawer Slides The Easy Way

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[judisofka]

John, you are my HERO!! I built a beautiful nightstand and was having so much trouble installing the drawer slides. For the life of me, I couldn't get them installed accurately so the soft close drawer slides would actually work. I looked all over You Tube for advise, I bought the Rockler jig and still, they just wouldn't work. Last Saturday afternoon in frustration, I had to walk away and clear my head. Then I came across this video and it clicked, I went back out to my shop, made your jig and voila, my drawers slide into my cabinet like "butter"!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful, simple, amazing and perfect jig. I LOVE IT!! Now, I am no longer intimidated about installing drawers. Bring them on, I have no fear!

[junefletcher]

For those of us without a shop, I expect you could do the same with heavy cardboard. Thanks for the tip!

[NorthernChev]

Of all the "Drawer Slide" videos on YouTube I chose yours because it was only 4 minutes and 14 seconds long. Other people's are upwards of ten and eleven minutes long. Ridiculous. If a person can't be concise and get their point across efficiently when making "How to" videos, then they shouldn't be making "How to" videos. Great job. Subbed.

[stevemcdonald]

I built your guides, the used them as guides, for drilling pilot holes for the screws that I used to attach the slides to the cabinet side and drawer sides, ... worked very well,
thanks so much for the help!

[joewilson]

Man this is the clearest woodworking video in existence. Nice camera! And we'll explained!

[daylarfarshot]

Oh my god you dont know how much of a headache you solved on this 4yr old video. I had built an office desk that I really cant pull out because the top piece fits the room and I had completely forgot to set holes for the drawer slides when it came time to get those done. Thank you so much for this idea.

[sooth]

This is basically what we did at my old job (building custom high-end kitchens & bathrooms). The boxes were cut by CNC, and the drawer slide locations (and hinge plate locations) were marked out by a teeny tiny hole from a bradpoint drill bit (mounted in the machine). For the drawer boxes, with our system they were always centered on 2" from the bottom, and we just used a marking gauge or a combination square to draw a line.

[marks]

John, I had to install 15 pairs of drawer glides in my kitchen. I made your jig and it made the install much easier and faster! Thanks!!

[gdw]

Great video. I installed a drawer recently and it took me a ridiculous amount of time. I’ve got 6 more to go and am glad I watched your videos before doing the rest!

[timcallinan]

Just built this jig and it worked perfectly. Thank you. It can be a very fustrating job installing drawers

[fixitwithzim]

John - this worked great. Used it today to install a bunch of drawer slides at work with a front stretcher rail in the way. Honestly I don't know how I would have installed them without this trick. thanks man

[naticristellavi]

I was fussing with this for over a month and couldn't get the drawer's slides installed. I am going to try your method, looks quite simple and effective. Thank you so much

[hudsonriverlee]

Well I have not, oddly enough, only made drawers for the shop work bench. No metal slides. Just 2x4 ‘s all the way around. Shallow for chisels and marking knives. I am now building a kitchen cabinet with five drawers and one large door equal to height of one bank of drawers. So I will be tuned in to your channel for drawer construction and drawer slide installation. Lee, Norway, Maine

[bobmenzies]

Straightforward and easy to understand. Much appreciated. Cheers!

[jrboucher]

I made and used your jig yesterday to do 9 drawers, worked great, thanks a thousand.

[joedimitrijevich]

I still can't believe how amazing your videos look since you switched cameras! Like super HD! I feel like I'm sitting in your shop in person watching these!

[matthewhanak]

Used this method last night and it was way easier than following the packaged instructions.

[JasonBarre]

Brilliant!! I do declare this will be my one and only way to install drawer slides from now till the end of time.

[ovyarad]

Very nice man, thanks...from Romania (East Europe).