Serge Goudreau
07-06-2013, 5:11 PM
Hi all, this my first time posting, and I am in need of some advice. I am not a novice at woodworking but more like beyond beginner.
The wife has commissioned me to build her a corner desk . She wants a filing cabinet on each end. The filling cabinet(s) would have a bottom drawer to accommodate hanging folders for letter size documents and the other drawer(s) 1 or 2 would handle other office supplies( I’m even thinking of one of the cabinets would have two drawers for files in the other cabinet only having one!) I have looked at several options for the hanging folders. The one that appealed to me the most was either the one that mounts on the sides of the drawer that Rockler sells (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=212&site=ROCKLER) .
My question is …how wide should the drawer be in order to accept the hanging folders. The typical letter size hanging folder is 9 3/8 x 11 ¾ and the actual hanger is 12 ¾ wide (with the distance between the center of the groove that hangs is 12 ¼ ).
I just happen to work for a plant the manufactures MDF. I get some material free (5 sheets of year, any size from ¼ to 1 ½ thick…free!) Any advice that maybe provided would be greatly appreciated.
The wife has commissioned me to build her a corner desk . She wants a filing cabinet on each end. The filling cabinet(s) would have a bottom drawer to accommodate hanging folders for letter size documents and the other drawer(s) 1 or 2 would handle other office supplies( I’m even thinking of one of the cabinets would have two drawers for files in the other cabinet only having one!) I have looked at several options for the hanging folders. The one that appealed to me the most was either the one that mounts on the sides of the drawer that Rockler sells (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=212&site=ROCKLER) .
My question is …how wide should the drawer be in order to accept the hanging folders. The typical letter size hanging folder is 9 3/8 x 11 ¾ and the actual hanger is 12 ¾ wide (with the distance between the center of the groove that hangs is 12 ¼ ).
I just happen to work for a plant the manufactures MDF. I get some material free (5 sheets of year, any size from ¼ to 1 ½ thick…free!) Any advice that maybe provided would be greatly appreciated.