Installing Cabinet Drawer Faces

Push the drawers into the cabinet until the drawer slides click into the retention clips.

Installing cabinet drawer faces.

See the playing card trick above. How to install drawer slides on face frame cabinets. The drawer front is attached to the drawer box using different joinery techniques depending on the manufacturer. Attaching drawer fronts can be frustrating.

We then drill the pull holes into the drawer face. Here we are discussing a face frame cabinet. Right type of slide to use installation process more without drawer slides forget about opening and closing smoothly. Some drawer faces are veneer while others.

Hold a drawer face against a drawer then use your fist to pound on the face to leave screw head impressions on drawer front. Put washer head screws into the drawer box through the drawer face. Fastcap drawer front installat. Attach the drawer face leaving 1 8 gap on all sides using wood glue and finish nails and clamp it well.

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. That s how you should visualize these little things. Drawer fronts will most often be seen anywhere you can find cabinets including bathroom kitchen and storage areas. Drill two shallow inch diameter holes at each screw head impression.

Most cabinetmakers design drawer faces to match your cabinet door s style. Patrick holcombe shows us a cool little tool that makes the process fast and easy. Attach the drawer slides to the drawer box and the cabinet frame.