Mark Singer
12-26-2003, 9:39 AM
The best sliding drawers I have made utilize "skis" at the bottom edges. This greatly reduces the wood surface contact area and alows for very smooth sliding. You must slightly undersize the drawer to allow for the "L" shapped skis to be applied. The final size should be about 1/16'" smaller than the drawer cabinet. This is where the real advantage is ...you can plane the "skis" to fit exactly when your fitting the drawer.
This technique can be used with any drawer construction : hand cut dovetails as shown, Kreg or routered joinery. They glide even nicer than the new Blum bottom glides. The skis are made on table saw and applied by gluing after the drawer is made.
The drawer faces are cut from a single piece of Bubinga to allow the grain to run continuous through all the drawers.
Mark
This technique can be used with any drawer construction : hand cut dovetails as shown, Kreg or routered joinery. They glide even nicer than the new Blum bottom glides. The skis are made on table saw and applied by gluing after the drawer is made.
The drawer faces are cut from a single piece of Bubinga to allow the grain to run continuous through all the drawers.
Mark