Question about Euro Style Cabinets

[James Jayko]

Hi all...I have what is most certainly a dumb question but I cannot seem to find an answer. Probably because I'm not phrasing the question right.

If I'm building a base cabinet, and I drill out all the 32mm on center holes up and down the front and the back, can I just use those holes to install my drawer slides? I assume that, if it worked, you'd end up with perfectly aligned slides left to right without any real hassle. Or is there some reason I do not want to use these pre-drilled holes?

[Martin Wasner]

That's the whole idea behind them. You just have to start the holes in the correct spot, with the correct back spacing and correct boring distance.

[James Jayko]

That's what I thought. Thanks!

I'm surprised I can't find a better tutorial on building euro style cabinets for troglodytes like me.

[Martin Wasner]

I would toss a few more screws in the slides though. Two euro screws hold a lot, but I've never had a slide fall off because of too mint l many screws.

You should also be using those holes for mounting your door hardware to make life simpler.

[Andy Giddings]

James, there are a lot of guides on line, just search for 32mm system construction and you'll see more results than you can handle (44 million). Here's a fairly simple guide http://davelers.com/32mm/Basics/157.html. Depending on the slide manufacturer, you'll likely find a guide on their site. Blum for example has a wide range of configuration tools and drawings available

[James Zhu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhGczlKZLYQ&list=PLGbeXl4WLOiKsIsmh_td7XAUg11NOfhuk

Watch this series of videos about Festool LR32 system. LR32 system is extremely useful, I always use it when need to install the Euro cup hinge for the cabinet door, or the slider for the drawer, perfect alignment and effortless.

[Bob Lang]

It works as long as the setback from the front is correct and the spacing between the front and back rows is correct. Unless you have a line boring machine, I can't think of any good reason to drill the complete rows of holes. It's easy enough to make a jig with only the holes you need for slides and hinges, along with some in between for shelf pegs.

Bob Lang

[Wayne Lomman]

Make sure all your hardware is consistent as manufacturers have trivial but annoying differences. Cheers