tom coleman
03-04-2010, 5:17 AM
I would like to improve the appearance of my garage shop by giving an oak look to about 25 drawers. Most of these drawers are on metal slides and 8 of them have wooden slides......sides of drawer dadoed.. All of these drawers are fairly small
I thought I should be able to attach 1/4 oak ply faces to all of the drawers with contact cement and then clean them up with a Porter Cable 7310 trim router and an appropriate bit. Looks like the metal slides and dados will make this difficult.
Which way to flop? I could buy a sheet of 1/2 inch oak for $65 and make false fronts which I screw on. Or would 3/4 inch be better?
Can I avoid buying the 1/2" or 3/4" oak ply for false fronts and use the numerous 1/4 inch oak ply cutofs in my shop. Perhaps cut the 1/4 ply to exact drawer width and the attempt to butt the drawer facing to the drawer sides at cement application stage. Later trim top and bottom
of drawer front using PC 7310 and trim bit
This 2x4 wood butcher will appreciate suggestions.
I thought I should be able to attach 1/4 oak ply faces to all of the drawers with contact cement and then clean them up with a Porter Cable 7310 trim router and an appropriate bit. Looks like the metal slides and dados will make this difficult.
Which way to flop? I could buy a sheet of 1/2 inch oak for $65 and make false fronts which I screw on. Or would 3/4 inch be better?
Can I avoid buying the 1/2" or 3/4" oak ply for false fronts and use the numerous 1/4 inch oak ply cutofs in my shop. Perhaps cut the 1/4 ply to exact drawer width and the attempt to butt the drawer facing to the drawer sides at cement application stage. Later trim top and bottom
of drawer front using PC 7310 and trim bit
This 2x4 wood butcher will appreciate suggestions.