How to make a drawer?

Everyone knows that the woman is the keeper of the home. We spend enough time preparing dishes for relatives and people close to us. Therefore, it should be comfortable, cozy and comfortable. Many housewives are faced with such a problem as a catastrophic lack of place utensils. To solve this problem drawers help. They make work much easier, thanks to its functionality and technology perfection. We want to live in comfort? You are probably interested in their value and know that such a pleasure is not cheap. Do not you dare to get upset! We will tell you how to make a drawer with your own hands at home. This is a very profitable thing in everyday life: quick access to dishes, everything you need at your fingertips, ease of use and many other advantages that we'll talk about a little later.

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Advantages and drawbacks of the drawer

Before you have such furniture, you need to have a good knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages of

The main advantages of the drawer are:

• Without any special efforts you can find the thing we need.
• You do not need to get everything, for example, frying pans and pans, standing in front, in order to get the thing that stands behind, and after - again put everything in its place.
• Huge saving of time and effort in order to get the necessary thing. You spend less energy to overcome the inconvenience - it's all in a lightweight version.
• Cooking food for the family will be much more pleasant.

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Disadvantages of

Many furniture has both pluses and minuses, and the drawer is no exception. The negative sides are relatively insignificant. However, you need to listen to them before you can put the drawer in the closet.

For objectivity, let's list the negative sides of the drawers:

• High cost. When making such furniture it is necessary to use additional fittings, and its cost is much higher than for conventional kitchen cabinets.
• It takes a lot of time to make it. In order for your kitchen to be more comfortable and comfortable to use, you need to work hard, make an effort. The strength of the fastening during operation depends on the quality of the work performed by you.
• If the bottom of the drawer is made, for example, from the chipboard, then the storage area will decrease slightly due to the reduction of the space itself. As a consequence, weight restrictions are possible on the prospective box.

Important! This problem can be remedied very simply. Just need to install a box of more durable materials - from metaboxes.

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Types of drawers

There are all drawers for the kitchen according to the type of structure and position of the guides. Below are listed the main types of structures, from which you can choose the right option to make a drawer yourself.

Roller

The office table is a typical example of furniture with such a guide element. It is able to withstand small and medium loads, is in great demand among users, since it is durable in use.

Important! Ideal for installing small boxes, for example, which are designed for storing cutlery, spices, cereals and other small items.

Telescopic

Modern kitchen boxes are often equipped with telescopic guides, as they can, unlike the roller ones, extend the drawer far enough, without fear that it will fall to its feet. They are able to withstand a sufficiently high load, which is of no small importance for solving such an issue as how to place large-sized items and household appliances.

All guides consist of four basic elements. Two of them are fixed on a box, and two - on the case of kitchen furniture. A distinctive and convenient feature of telescopic furniture guides is their versatility in the process of operation. In their design, there are no right and left elements, unlike other types of guides. Therefore, making drawers for the kitchen with their own hands, having installed a long-lived telescopic mechanism, is quite realistic. It is necessary to try only.

Important! In the ratio of price and quality, the ideal option is precisely the telescopic type of the full extension direction. Here, as they say, the price corresponds to the quality.

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Selection of drawers for the kitchen

So, you are faced with the question of how to assemble the drawer, and its original choice. We will help you in this matter. Boxes for the kitchen are made of the same material as ordinary furniture, so when choosing the color and texture, which will successfully fit into the interior, there will be no problem.

As you know, boxes make different shapes and purposes - for cutlery, dishes, spices and preserves, breadcrumbs, cutting boards and even high-grade kitchen tables. This does not require a lot of space, since the drawer, thanks to its design, can accommodate a large number of necessary cutlery, as opposed to a cabinet with shelves. Such furniture has received the name - full-fledged, since its drawers can easily be put forward, thus, everything will be before your eyes.

We advise you to choose the fully-fledged furniture system, based on several important factors:

• General layout of the kitchen. It directly affects the number and location of cabinets with boxes.

Important! No need to build boxes under 90 ° directly in the corner of the kitchen. In this case, you can do with ordinary shelves, covering the facade, or just install the corner boxes. They take up a lot of space, but they look very interesting.

• The number and size of items for everyday use. The task of drawers in creating comfortable conditions for working in the kitchen.

Important! Try not to overload such furniture to failure, for example, putting dishes on top of each other. This will only break the mechanism, and you will have to buy a new wardrobe. A drawer with its own hands requires careful treatment. Keep in boxes only the necessary items, thereby saving the overall space of this piece of furniture.

• Do not save on the quality of the guides - they are the key to the long life of your drawers. When buying ready-made boxes or accessories, it is necessary to check the thickness of the metal of these guides. The thickness should be approximately 1-1.2 mm. These models will last for a long time.

Important! Another thing to check is the smoothness and silence of the boxes. To do this, push and push them a couple of times, periodically change the speed. During the course of the boxes there should be no creaks, noises and noises. Horizontal and vertical misalignments are simply unacceptable.

• Look carefully at what boxes are made of. Often used for their production of materials such as chipboard or MDF.The least of all - a natural tree, since the cost of such a box will be quite high. Open them to the full length and check if there are chips, cracks or blisters in the material.

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Materials and tools

Assembly of furniture with a sliding mechanism must begin with the selection of materials and accessories.

So, for making a drawer we need:

• chipboard( laminated).
• Fibreboard.
• Drill or screwdriver.
• Drill bit diameter 4 mm. Drill bit diameter 10 mm.
• Self-tapping screws.
• Guides.
• Roulette.
• Building angle.
• Confirm key.
• Ruler and pencil.

Important! We recommend to join all the wooden elements of the box with the help of confirmatory screws. They are easy to use and durably connect parts together.

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How to calculate the dimensions of the box?

Before starting the production, it is necessary to calculate the case of this box. This procedure is quite simple. Here the main thing is attentiveness:

• The detail on which the guide( the depth of the box) needs to be fixed, as a rule, is equal to the length of the guides themselves. They are, in turn, multiples of 50 mm, that is 250, 300 and ending at 600 mm.
• The part that needs to be arranged along the width of the box is calculated as follows. From the width of the opening, subtract 26 mm( standard for the clearance on the guides), subtract 32 mm( the thickness of the chipboard is standard 16 mm).

Important! For example, if the opening where the boxes are located will be 500 mm, then the part will be 442 mm. We count on this principle: 500-26-36 mm.

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Assembly of the drawer

The manufacturing process of the drawer consists of several steps:

• Before making drawers, it is necessary to process the details, that is, to cover the edge. This procedure can be done with an iron and a dry cloth. To the right end we apply an edge, from above - well we warm up an iron. After that, we squeeze the surface a little with a dry cloth and cut the excess with a knife.

Important! To ensure that the screws can not come out and that the hole is exactly in the middle of the part, before marking the drilling, it is necessary to make a marking of all the details. Simply we spend a simple pencil a strip on width ДСП, thereby creating border.

• Now drill the item. A drill with a diameter of 4 mm, make a through hole in the center between the strip and the edge. After - with a 10 mm drill, it is not necessary to drill deeply to hide the hat inside the screw. So we drill 4 holes on each part of the selected material.

Important! Assembly of the box is made by furniture screws 4 to 40 or 4 to 45 mm. Screw the screws only perpendicular to the parts.

• After assembling the case of the box and before fixing the bottom, check the diagonal. If there is none, this can lead to distortions and distortion of the structure in motion, which will lead to the failure of the guiding elements.
• The bottom of the box is hammered with nails and for the fixing of fastening we screw in a few screws.

As you can see, the process of assembling the drawer is quite simple. If you want, it can be made combined by installing conventional shelves and moving elements. Now you know how to make a table with drawers yourself, without spending a lot of energy and energy.

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Recommendations for assembling the drawer

In order to properly assemble the drawer with the withdrawable mechanism, one should adhere to such recommendations:

• Materials such as particleboard or MDF are best bought in specialized furniture stores. There you can place an order for sawing all the elements and covering the places with a self-adhesive film or veneer.
• Buy ball-type guides, that is telescopic. They are made of thick metal, thereby ensuring their reliability and durability during operation.
• Discard the mortar bottom made of fiberboard. It's hard enough to work with, and the material itself is not strong enough. For these purposes it is better to use chipboard or MDF, the thickness of which must converge with the basic elements of the box.
• Note the adjustment of all guides. They must be at the same height and move equally.

Important! To soften one of the guides, use a special silicone grease designed for furniture fittings.

• The guide rails must be mounted at the same level, in proportion to the bottom of the box, not protruding beyond the overall dimensions of the side panels.

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Adjusting and troubleshooting

In the process of using drawers, there may be problems with the furniture design, its assembly and with the guide fittings. Agree, from this no one is immune. But these problems are completely solved. Here is a list of the main reasons for the failure of the guide mechanism:

• The maximum permissible load is exceeded. The breakdown is due to improper use of furniture. For example, a box is designed to store spices and small accessories, and you store in it dimensional items.
• Initially poor quality guides - mechanical damage and deformation.
• Drawer bottom sagging. This problem is caused by the fault of the manufacturer. The fact is that in low-quality models the bottom is made of particle board and keeps on small nails. At the very beginning, this design works well, but over time, the mount weakens and loosens. In this case, we recommend that you walk around the entire box with a construction stapler, and additionally fix all the details.

In this article we have taught you how to make a drawer at home without the help of specialists. Thanks to such cabinet furniture, now you will feel very comfortable and cozy in the kitchen, you will have quick access to everything you need. Do not doubt, you correctly made your choice, stopping at the modern sliding mechanism. For sure, your kitchen already has a pull-out shelf for the kitchen with your own hands. You can say that you created an ideal and ergonomic kitchen with your own hands. Keep it up!