David Eisan
05-25-2003, 11:15 AM
Hello there,
I am making a tiny little side table with a drawer.
http://members.rogers.com/moreweb/images/noslides.jpg
I will not be using those icky drawer slide things in the table, I will be going for a nice wood on wood fit. It is not like this drawer will be holding a hundred pounds of cutlery and operated fifty times a day. I need to attach two additional pieces of wood to the inside of each side apron board. One to make the inside of the "drawer box" flush from front to back with the drawer opening between the table legs. I also need to attach a drawer runner to each side to support the drawer bottom.
Now the question,
The filler boards are not that difficult to glue in, but the runners have to be placed exactly and I am worried about having difficulty clamping them in place with out them hydroplaning around, mucking up their placement. For some reason I have an almost bizarre aversion to using screws in furniture, but I am considering screwing in the drawer guides. Am I being to anal? Should I just go ahead and screw in the drawer guides? Should I then plug the screw holes? Or, should I just glue and clamp them in place and hope for the best?
Thanks,
David.
Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
I am making a tiny little side table with a drawer.
http://members.rogers.com/moreweb/images/noslides.jpg
I will not be using those icky drawer slide things in the table, I will be going for a nice wood on wood fit. It is not like this drawer will be holding a hundred pounds of cutlery and operated fifty times a day. I need to attach two additional pieces of wood to the inside of each side apron board. One to make the inside of the "drawer box" flush from front to back with the drawer opening between the table legs. I also need to attach a drawer runner to each side to support the drawer bottom.
Now the question,
The filler boards are not that difficult to glue in, but the runners have to be placed exactly and I am worried about having difficulty clamping them in place with out them hydroplaning around, mucking up their placement. For some reason I have an almost bizarre aversion to using screws in furniture, but I am considering screwing in the drawer guides. Am I being to anal? Should I just go ahead and screw in the drawer guides? Should I then plug the screw holes? Or, should I just glue and clamp them in place and hope for the best?
Thanks,
David.
Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.