Respect! Willing to share mistakes to let your viewers have a 20/20 view.

I appreciate videos featuring mistakes and their prevention and remediation!

The advice at the end about the spacing of 2 or 3 mm is really helpful as this is my first time I am using these types of drawer slides. Thanks

Pointing out mistakes and how they can be rectified is a big help. Thanks for the video.

@holzhandwerk_ak

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you like it!

I've recently experienced the same problem, I ran the complete drawer thru the table saw and took a small slice (width of blade) off the drawer, set blade high enough for drawer side, worked great.

I’m just about to start. Exellent video. I would have made all three mistakes probably. Better than watching a slick video where no problems are encountered or difficulty emphasised.

Another top notch video. As always full of useful info without any padding. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for posting!

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! Greatly appreciated!

Entlich!! Eine Deutsche Holzarbeiter! Danke für die Tipps!

Thank you for sharing your mistakes. We learn the most from our mistakes.

Great information. And the comments section is on point with also great information. Many thanks.

Really great advice!

Thanks Andreas, those tips are so useful, I'm about to make some drawers for my new Workbench in a couple of weeks time. Another great video as usual 😁

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin. Enjoy your project!

Thanks for this video, especially for the content about this subject .

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome.

I fully appreciate your candor. Wished I had read your post earlier.am a newbie and was at my wits end, trying to fit drawer.

@OffTheGridAdventures

Ай бұрын

Me too!

FINALLY! Someone confirmed what those bendable tabs are on the side of the drawer slides! Why isn't this info more available?

Ty for this

Thanks for the helpful advice. I just finished a project where these tips would be perfect.

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback

Lol! The exact problems this guy is talking about is exactly what is happening to me now. I wish I had watched this video earlier.

having experienced this-- your video and tips are right on and thanks for the reminder

@holzhandwerk_ak

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback

Accuracy is key! Strive for cuts that are LESS than 1/32” off. Otherwise your tolerances can stack up and nothing will be right. I just finished my 1st major wood project, a 6 drawer dresser with built in bookshelf. My drawer slides are within 1/64th inch and diagonal are within 1/16th of being square. I made the drawers 1/16th smaller than the required 1" gap and the slides work perfectly. When I installed the outer slides to the carcass I measured from the bottom rather than from the previous slide, that takes away stacking tolerances. Everything fits perfectly! Only errors were in a few places the birch top veneer has peeled during the cutting operations.

@2fastg35

7 ай бұрын

That’s unacceptable. The ones that I build are within a 1/1000th.

@GrantOakes

7 ай бұрын

@@2fastg35 You're no doubt a pro and have been doing this for awhile. I'm a hobbyist and this was my 1st go at anything like this. When I grow up I wanna be like you!

@2fastg35

7 ай бұрын

@@GrantOakes I don’t blame you. Everyone should strive for greatness. I am Alexander the Great.

@holzhandwerk_ak

7 ай бұрын

More likely, you’re a boastful big-mouth.

Great video. Nice info. Thanks.

@holzhandwerk_ak

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback!

AFter just installing about 16 drawers with glides just likes these, I totally agree with you! I wish I had watched your video before ordering the new drawer boxes because I too found that providing a cabinet that is slighter larger than just 1" than the drawer box is much better. I had to widen the vertical face frames on about 6 of my drawers by planing the vertical styles. ugh!

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback.

I wish I watched this before messing mine …but thank you sir !

Conversely if your drawers are too wide you can easily plane or sand them to fit.

Thanks brother for sharing this error. God bless.

@holzhandwerk_ak

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment

I have built hundreds! of drawers. Absolute key is all measurements in mm ! Cabinet hardware is manufactured in metric sizes. Sorry US folks. The ah ha moment for me was a large set of drawers (36" wide) that was full of heavy dishes. It just wouldn't close perfectly (soft close slides). Slide manufacturer Rep stopped by to assist and measured the opening and checked the drawer was square - yes. Then he said, "Did you measure the opening & build the drawers in mm??" Nope. "Well that's the problem. Imperial to metric doesn't translate exactly, compounded.....You can easily be off 1/16+. Just enough for a headache with heavy drawers." From that moment on, I measure the cabinet opening and build the drawers from mm measurements. Perfect every time. Yes. when in doubt, make the drawer smaller and add shim. To further help, make a quick spread sheet that allows you to change drawer opening & slide parameters and calculates the drawer sizes for you. This really helps with math errors which is easy to do with multiple drawers being constructed at one time.

Thanks!

@holzhandwerk_ak

2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. Glad you like it.

Great video

@holzhandwerk_ak

6 ай бұрын

Thanks

EXCELLENT explanation! Thank you. I just have a quick question that will show how little experience I have with this. I need to replace the slides in my oak desk. The glide instructions say that you need to make sure the glides are level. I live in an old house, so the whole desk itself is not level. If I don't level the desk first, will everything else be messed up?

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

I would say this: make sure the slides are at a correct 90 degree angle to the face of the desk. Even more important: make sure that the slides on both sides of the drawer are at exactly the same height. This will make your drawer run smoothly. Then test them, if the desk is only half-decently level, it will be fine. The friction in the slides will make sure that the slide doesn’t run by itself. If it actually does come out or run closed by itself, use shims to adjust the desk to being (more) level.

yes i made the same mistake and it was my 1st installation .........a replacement

Thanks for your tips.. Want to know if it's required to use specific scre holes on the slides? I've been struggling with my installation, drawers don't fully close have to push for a full close

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Usually, the screws come with the slides. But they are not special - regular small wood screws will do. Having to push towards the end can have several reasons: 1. your cabinet might be narrower at the back than at the front (like mine as explained in the video). 2. your drawer or your cabinet might not be exactly square so that there is more friction going in, 3. (least likely) you’ve used screws with too big heads in the back part of the drawer slide so that the slide scratches the screw heads there.

@TheWt6012

Жыл бұрын

@@holzhandwerk_ak thanks

Great video! I’ve already made all these mistakes. Especially making the drawers slightly too wide. I fixed it by running my track saw along the sides of the drawer to create the space there. Wasn’t pretty either but didn’t have to chisel the cabinet frame. Only works if you glued the drawer box of course. If there is already metal fasteners then that won’t work.

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment - that’s something I hadn‘t thought of. Would probably have been easier in my case, too. Well … I’ll keep it in mind - but hopefully won’t have to use it 😉

@warrenwerks

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done the same 😬 just ran the drawer through a dado stack a few times to let the slide fit.

I have built my drawer 23 inches and my cabinet a hair over 24 inches but they never fit cant figire it out.

Hallo ihr englisch ist wirklich sehr gut danke für ihre Tipps :D

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

Danke und gerne.

👍

Hello Sir I struggle to make the drawer perfectly square.. The 1 or 2 degrees variance causes troubles for the drawer to slide easily Im using plywood with dowel joins instead of screws Once a insert the dowels, the drawer becomes slightly offsquare.. Any advise Appreciated your video

@holzhandwerk_ak

Жыл бұрын

How do you mount the drawer bottoms? Do you screw them on? If yes, you can put a clamp diagonally on the drawer (from one corner to the opposite one) and slightly press the drawer into square position. Then you screw on the bottom which will make sure that the drawer stays in the position the clamp pressed it into.

Drawer Box vs Carcass Drawer Box Member vs Carcass Member

Carcass? Don't you mean frame? Carcass sounds very morbid

@holzhandwerk_ak

6 ай бұрын

I’m not a native speaker of English and learned all my woodworking terms from watching videos by native speaking woodworkers. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the term carcass before and so I looked it up: the term drawer carcass seems to be common in the UK, whereas drawer frame or drawer box seem to be more common in other parts of the English-speaking world.

@SatanenPerkele

6 ай бұрын

@@holzhandwerk_ak I'm not a native English speaker either. Maybe they say "drawer carcass". Cause the word carcass on it's own is literally a diseased & rotten body. But yeah, I've never heard that term before.

@Ohsage1111

Ай бұрын

Calling it a carcass is normal in woodworking. There's lot's of words that have multiple meanings. Like "Dense" can mean stupid or also hard. 👍

get to it, too many toobers talk too much