You’re Installing Drawer Slides Wrong

[ThomasCustomWoodworks]

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[sail]

Gotta say, this is a very good way to do install inset drawer slides. Guarantees they will be off the bottom of the cabinet but not waste more than 1/8” of height. Makes them level to cabinet box. I was trying to use the manufacturer’s instructions for how far to set in the cabinet slide part and it was always off. Just use the drawer front material and take a measurement. It was be perfect every time!
I’m a full time finish carpenter and make custom cabinets and drawers from scratch once every year or so and always use a different brand or type of slide. So always gotta remember the best methods. But this method works for all types of slides because it goes back to the basics.

[alanmatthews]

You never explained how I’m installing them wrong

[mthabitX]

Video title: You're breathing wrong

Video: breath in then out

[eziodallolio]

I install my slides the same way and yet according to you I'm doing it wrong. Therefore you have just installed your slides incorrectly.

[snivesz]

Hey, you should drill the vertical slot first, since you already have a fixed depth (due to the drawer face). Your second screw has no adjustment leaving rotation being the only freedom. But if your first screw hole was in the horizontal slot you now have no adjustment either. That’s why you should’ve used the vertical slot first.

[CharlesDomkat]

This is amazing watching from Nigeria ❤❤❤

[CYMotorsport]

ironically it's near impossible to successfully install them wrong. if "wrong"they usually won't function. but you managed to with the screw slot. it's not meant to have play. those slots by nearly every commercial grade manufacturer with significant load will explain those are the slots you use whileinstalling and adjusting then you lock in with your main screws to eliminate play and slop.

the point is, "wrong" is relative. you still could make this interesting in the future. this isn't the best install but actually compare other populae methods like this vs dado cuts if you know how

[DrewBombard]

You said you were going to set it back 1/16” of an inch past the front…. But you didn’t say why? What the purpose of doing that?

Also I was curious about the drawer face. In the beginning it looked as though the eventual drawer face would overlap the edges. But the end result showed the drawer recessing inside the cabinet. I assume the face would also recess in them too?

Anyway… thanks for the tips! Looking forward to trying some out this summer when I can reopen the workshop (aka my cold garage)

[Scorpio]

WoW! You don't even respond to comments...shows exactly how you probably respond to your customers. By the way, your drawers will eventually slide out of position. That's what the round holes are for. Sheesh!

[cyrilnorrie]

Thanks but maybe you should have said, ”Are you installing drawer guides properly?

[AlaaAlaa-erld]

2:38 here if you put the right slide back 3 cm what will happen?

[peterbullock]

I think you'll find you are installing the runners wrong.read the instructions for the space at the front of the runners.

[joshkertcher]

I followed your video it helped a lot! But now how do I get perfect face install just shim it than mount?

[michaelhaywood]

1, 200 thumbs up. About ten critics who want a different title or something equally irrelevant

[dugldoo]

A YouTube presentation titled "You're doing it wrong!" is a turnoff ... arrogant, aggressive, condescending. With another title I would have watched this.

[KFB]

You need to go back to school on installing slides!!

[deankay]

If you’re doing it wrong, the drawers won’t work or look right. So doing it wrong is technically “Click Bait” to get viewers and comments, as I fall into this trap. You can’t properly install side or bottom slides without a jig. The design of the jig, can be as simple or complicated as you make them. What makes me cringe, is the sound of a drill Phillips bit jumping out of the screw head. Using a screw with a square drive with head flange like those sold for pocket screws work better. I guess, in this area you actually installed it wrong! 😮

[ERLong-wwyn]

Great video, awful noise. Why do video creators think we need crappy background music like 4 year olds

[cprice]

Couldn’t stand to listen to you over the “music/noise” over your voice……very distracting