drawer construction

[Jim Riseborough]

I have a abundance of ash wood, and was going to use it for drawers. Would anyone reccoment against this? I can plane it down to 3/4, or less and then dovetail togeter. Do you think it will be too unstable since its not plywood?

[Cary Falk]

Ash would be fine. I make drawers out of popular, oak, and maple. Unless the drawers are really huge, 1/2" would be fine.

[Joe Scharle]

Ash is a very good drawer material. Lots of antiques have ash as a secondary wood. Must have been plentiful.

[glenn bradley]

I have made drawer boxes out of ash milled to 1/2". No problems after years of use.

[John Morrison60]

Here are some drawers that I recently made with cherry fronts, and ash
sides/backs.
Ash machines well for drawers, looks good, and is strong. great wood.
This project got me a lot of good will from LOML.


John

[Paul Girouard]

Nice work! A little door knob conflict I see.

Under mount slides, what are they rated for weight? Are they working as they should with the loads you have in them?

[John Morrison60]

Paul

They are 100 lb rated Blum Tandems, and work fine.

John

[Frank Drew]

Dovetailed ash sides are nice with contrasting (darker) wood for drawer faces.