Jay Yoder
02-21-2010, 5:25 PM
I just discovered a big OOPS on my shop cabinet drawers. I just discovered that all of the bottoms I had cut are too short by 3/4"! I am planning on using 3/4 extension slides for these drawers. I figure my options are:
1) make drawers narrower and "shim" the case walls the 3/8" on either side or 2) make the drawers the regular widths and wither dado or glue and nail the bottom to frame.
I was thinking hardboard here as it is cheap and I have easy access to it. I was contemplating 3/16 punched hardboard (easy to make dividers if needed). My concern would be how much would these bottoms sag if any? Or am I overanalyzing this situation? I also have some 1/4" hardboard that is not punched for the deeper drawers. Any thoughts?
1) make drawers narrower and "shim" the case walls the 3/8" on either side or 2) make the drawers the regular widths and wither dado or glue and nail the bottom to frame.
I was thinking hardboard here as it is cheap and I have easy access to it. I was contemplating 3/16 punched hardboard (easy to make dividers if needed). My concern would be how much would these bottoms sag if any? Or am I overanalyzing this situation? I also have some 1/4" hardboard that is not punched for the deeper drawers. Any thoughts?