Good video. Your basic idea is really smart and even if someone doesn't do exactly what you've done, seeing how you've thought about the problem and solved it is just really good to know. Your details are really good. I've made a lot of drawers. I don't think I'd 'want' to use your method.... but it's so efficient and easy that it's probably the best method for a new shop. After a few years the ones that start to wear, just upgrade them. And the ones that haven't? You've just had the use of them for many years and saved a lot of time and delay. I've made drawers using finger jointed Baltic birch, hardwood runners rabbeted into the drawers and the carcass... Better, sure; and the drawers I made 30 and 18 years ago are still like new...but I haven't been able to bring myself to the hours and hours and set ups required to make more. The drawers you have and use are much better than the ones you don't have and can't use. I think I would make sure that if the carcass sides started to wear they can be popped out, replaced or rabbeted so hardwood runners can be inserted. The best coating for the MDF slots and the bottoms of the drawer sliders that I know of would be epoxy with carbon filler. It's black . Don't need fiberglass. You can quickly sand and buff this coating with steel wool this surface until it's smooth like a mirror (if you want). It's tough and slick, but I would always use beeswax or paraffin wax (not sure what they call this stuff in Europe). With this coating I don't think you need worry about anything wearing out. But definitely your edge easing and sanding is important, otherwise the drawer bottoms will start cutting into the carcass. I would double the number the slots in the carcass. so 70mm high drawers... 75mm slots, cut another set at 37.5mm. So you could use two drawers in three slots and space above the drawer. I've found that it's very easy to over fill a drawer. Suppose you decide to have a drawer for power tools? Some of these will be higher than the drawer sides. You could drop down half a height, problem solved. Also, because my method for making drawers was so time consuming I just made as many as possible, I arrived at a standard size (too big to mention here, I also used them as art print drawers). So for my shop I just made tall carcasses with runners so I could use all the drawers. So if I set up to make a bunch of drawers I'd make as many as possible. To coat the Baltic birch I drilled a small hole in the 152 x 152cm sheets, sand the whole sheet with a pole sander and ROS. Then I hung them on a wire hook and coated them with Bona floor coating. Then I cut out all the drawers. Hope this contributes to your brilliant solution.

@HookedonWood

Жыл бұрын

Great comment👍 thanks

@juanmcain

Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me more about the epoxy with carbon fiber? Is it a kit or do you just add carbon fiber with epoxy? Brand name?

@WillN2Go1

Жыл бұрын

@@juanmcain No fiber. Just WestSystems 423 Graphite Powder additive (I miswrote 'carbon filler') This makes a more slippery but epoxy hard surface. Mix it up, paint it on, then when it sets sand it, buff it with steel wool and a coat of wax.

@bnic5776

Жыл бұрын

Respectful comment

@ashokmoghe8035

Жыл бұрын

Interesting ideas. One question though- how does having double the slots i.e. every 37.5 mm in this example help? Won't it need new door fronts for every drawer? TIA.

Very smart, Dennis. I’ve used drawers like this for years, but standardizing the size and space is a game changer. Well done. Scott

This drawer system is brilliant. The ability to have lots of shallow drawers relatively cheaply is a huge organizational win. Thanks so much for the idea! Merry Christmas!

@lanceyohe6026

Жыл бұрын

Drawer system looks like it’s based off of the Ron Paulk Smart Woodshop that he designed and built many years ago.

@EnlightenedSavage

5 ай бұрын

No it is based off Jer Schmidt. But not as good.

I did something similar in my shop but I added UHMW tape on the underside of the drawers to help them slide more easily.

@larsonbennett5903

14 күн бұрын

Where would I get UHMW tape?

@danhalen2889

14 күн бұрын

@@larsonbennett5903 I got it from Amazon

@nailbanger2

3 күн бұрын

Paste wax would also be an option.​@@larsonbennett5903

Those drawers look really sharp and give a really professional look to your shop. Nice job!

I recently made similar type drawers with a flexible system for my work van out of Birch plywood. I clear coated the drawers and cabinets and then gave them both a generous coat of waxed. They work great!

I've been looking for a method like this to make drawers for my shop. This is terrific! Thank you!

As a professional shopfitter, I had access to scrap slatwall. I used this pre-made material to form slotted case sides and avoid the need to cut multiple dados. Even if the slatwall is purchased new, this is an economical way to execute the same design.

@silverbackag9790

4 ай бұрын

As an American, I read that “as a professional shoplifter,…”

Great tips! I didn't even think about having the nook between the drawers and the tabletop for placing a tool that you're using - good idea! Also, I love how neat, tidy, and clean your workshop always is.

I like this modern and effective approach. I also like the design with this dark coloured MDF and the contrasts. Good job!

Greetings from Texas, USA! I just discovered your channel this week and I have enjoyed what I have seen so far. I love your workbench/drawer system! The modularity is fantastic and as you mentioned it is much more economical. I do like the metal drawer slides, but this is a great system when you need to make many drawers (as I do in my current shop). I also really like your Match Fit assembly table. I just got the starter kit, so I'm excited to make one for myself as well. Cheers! - Joe

Now that's some proper engineering! I retired from the custom woodworking industry, and know a good drawer when I see it.😎 Great video, and nice shop. One tip to offer up about runners, to everyone, came from a forty year old dresser(now 70). Way back in the day, I guess we did this. Plastic Laminate on the tops of the carcass runners. Plus add 1/2" tall lam. strips on the carcass sides(above the runner, or right in the dado, like an L) and get a closer fit, no-wiggle tolerance. Can be glued up on the long strips before cutting to length. Based on that old dresser's still slick drawer action, I built a set of four tall dressers for a family friend from mahogany ply, and we know ply on ply doesn't cut it. It was a simple solution to use some scrap lam that color matched. These dressers had conventional sides and runners well spaced vertically. That was over 30 yrs. ago. There's hardly any wear on the laminate, save for a bit of the color worn off, on the leading edge. None but the faintest scuffs (1/2") on the lacquered drawers.

@SquareRootOfMinus1

Жыл бұрын

Hey Slowf… great idea. So let’s see - plastic laminate - do you mean Formica ? Like counter-top material. And the No-wiggle fit - do you mean that you really are going for a tight fit ? As in, you want as little play as possible. So this won’t cause binding ? I was thinking of a different mat’l for drawer bottom : Eg. Engineered hardwood flooring (maybe even laminates), instead of MDF. I could put the slippery side down. But yes - you want it to be quite slippery I imagine. How about slippy tape- the UHMW tape. Or, perhaps I could use metal. Light gauge (28 Ga or so) sheet metal. What think you ? Glad I came back to this vid, and saw your new-ish comment.

@slowfinger2

Жыл бұрын

@@SquareRootOfMinus1 Hi Bobby. Yes Formica. It's a brand name among many, but was the first. Like Ski-Do, and Kleenex. Wiggle -fit kind of means that. Not to tight but I want the drawer fronts to line up and not move from side to side so they aren't lined up on the vertical plane. The thing with wooden runners is the same wood species will wear out. You want a softer piece on the cabinet to run on, and a harder piece for the drawer. Or a least two different species. Your lam. flooring idea sounds good. There's also that slick white teflon plastic (1/2" sheets) that people make jigs and table saw jig-runners out of.

@IlijaPavlic

Жыл бұрын

It would be easier and cost the same to just use a melamine panel for bottoms. An added benefit is that the top surface is protected with a durable plastic coating as well.

Great design. Upgrading my outfeed / router table this winter, so I think this will fit in quite well. Well done!

Just love your content Dennis, so informative, practical and articulate. Happy 2023.

This the route I wanted to go but wasn’t sure how except with hardwood. I’m glad this alternative turned out great and it’s the way I will go. Plus drawer slides are so expensive with as many drawers as I plan to have. Thank you!!!

Absolutely first class and a lovely modern colour scheme.

Simple, efficient and easy. Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing your brilliant ideas. I really enjoy your videos.

Brilliant aesthetics and ergonomy. I always loved simple wooden sliders. They last an eternity plus another one, they work as expected, they stay or glide when needed, they are cheap, can be installed with minimal if no measurements and can be used in a modular system like the one shown here. Excellent content!

Genius design. And I love the very clean and uncluttered design

Absolutely bloomin fantastic! Really nice! 👍

Prachtig ontwerp zeg! Ik ga mijn eigen eerste werkplaats inrichten rond de herfst dit jaar en ben op zoek naar inspiratie. Ik geloof dat ik mijn #1 gevonden heb. De french cleats, het ladensysteem, de kleurstelling en functionaliteit.. helemaal top!

Fantastic build Dennis 👏 The colours look a awesome contrast 😍

Drawer slides are amazing, I will be using this method on my next set- thank you!

This system is perfect for my new old shop. The cost of lumber and plywood is through the roof so the MDF is something I switched to, loved the gray scheme against the yellow pine drawer pulls.

Beautifully simple. Genius design.

The forward thinking is what is admirable here. He committed for the long haul with the first bench of drawers.

Thank you for sharing. Very clean, versatile and easy. Stay warm, safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

That's called precision work! Well done

This is a great idea, you can find cooling stand like this in kitchens or bakeries where you can put a cooking tray or even deeper treys on the same rack.

rewatched this to gain understanding of the spacing. I am going to attempt drawers using this concept. Thanks for this video!!

LOVE THESE DROWERS!! I am designing something similar and you have inspired me to make some changes

Wow, I think that is the cleverest garage storage idea I have seen in a long time.

You hoped, I would like it … I love it! It looks great and has very clever design. Thats the system, which I‘m going to use for my „workshop“. Thanks for sharing this information/video 🙏

Genius!!! I love this design.

I am so pleased I found you as what you are doing is brilliant and I can gain “experience” by watching your productions which as I am 64 is very handy!! Lol Bob England

This brilliant because it is so simple. I am designing my new workbench now and will use this design for drawers.

Really great video! I appreciate the depth you got into as to design choices and talking through them. I have some slightly different design elements on mine, based on need, available materials I wanted to use, etc., but your process definitely helped me. One idea I used that may help you is that I incorporated iron-on white melamine edge tape onto the gliding surfaces of my drawers, as a hardening treatment to make the action more slick. Mine has simple drawer boxes (no lip on a wider bottom), gliding on protruding cleats attached to the uprights, and the top surfaces of the cleats treated with the tape. If you wanted to use this harder/slicker surface treatment, you could route a mortise along the bottom edges of the drawers that is the thickness of the tape, iron it on there, and not have to change anything else. Cheers, and thanks again!

I love this modular idea of building drawers! Very tidy, and I'm liking and subscribing. I'll be building a workbench soon, and I'm sure I'll use some of your drawers :D

I am fascinated to see your video, you have the very nice workshop and the order of you see good impression to your customers.

that drawer system is awesome thank you. such an engineering perspective on woodwork, incredible

Another brilliant design. I do really like that my drawer slides extend fully, for my small bits storage, but if I had watched this before my first workshop drawer I’d likely saved the money on slides and gone this way instead. I like the modularity a lot.

I agree, this is a well worked out drawer system. I have used the more tempered 1/4 masonite instead for bottoms and fronts. If oiled and finished it turns dark brown and can be worked up to a fairly shiny surface if you want to put multiple coats on. No handles just a hole to pull with your finger. Yours is beautifully thought out and executed as usual.

An ingenious idea for a closed indoors environment/workspace only.

Great design. You have really made me think about how I would like my new workbench setup. Looking forward to checking out your website. 👍🏼

Fantastic - Very Creative. I shall employ your design in the refresh of my shop. Thank You for sharing.

Well done. Great function and style. Thanks for sharing!

I love your design aesthetic!

Very nice video! I liked very much how clean and nice stored is everything in there!

Outstanding, I love the idea and execution.

heeeeey! that's a great system! nice built and affordable too! i'm gonna use it in my workshop. thank you 4 sharing!

Brilliant to have every drawer box the same, saves on confusion of many drawer box dimensions, & I can remake a drawer height later if I decide

Excellent ideas and exceptional instruction. Thanks.

Absolute class mate, great content. 100% going to use this, simple, efficient and looks awesome. Keep up the good work!

Outstanding system and video. Great work!

Your drawer system is absolutely brilliant. 👍 My wife & I are elderly so I'm keen to convert our kitchen door/shelf cupboards to drawers, & your system means that it will be affordable. My workshop is tiny, I've got a circular saw track guide, but no router or table saw, so your last suggestion making the slots with pre-cut pieces will be perfect. 👍

@AntiViGames

Жыл бұрын

Look into an MFT, it expands the function of a track saw to the point where you can do most things with it as you would on a table saw and it's perfect for small workshops.

Excellent drawers. I really appreciate your plans & explanation. Thanks for sharing. Debbie

Amazing, beautiful and functional, congrats!❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wow, you have just given me the perfect idea on what I need to do in creating my drawer spaces. I love this and will be implementing this drawer design in my shop. Thank you ! I have also never been to your channel before, but just subscribed as I'm really impressed with the way you think. Great stuff ! Cheers from Utah... ;-) 2 thumbs up !!

I love your work benches! Their designs are both elegant and efficient. I wish I could get the hard MDF here in the states, but every time I look for it it's never from a local source. But the best part of your system is that it can be modified to easily accommodate different bench tops and building materials. Merry Christmas!

I worked at an office furniture manufacturer for years. Their lateral file cabinets were based on multiples of 3" which gives a wide range of drawer options and combinations. You've done the same thing. Excellent work.

Well conceived and impressive build quality

Nicely done and a beautiful looking shop.

Yeah great idea. Think I’ll be incorporating this idea into my work bench

Wow. Just wow. Great explanation and excellent system!

Excellent system. Will be using it as the basis of my own cabinets.

Thank you for your inspiring videos with a lots of ideas!

Great idea on the draws been looking for ideas to build a workbench I like yours the best thanks for sharing

Great educational video all the way from the design to the finished project.

Fantastic system and very nice workbench I will reuse some of your ideas I like a lot the workbench with the T-track grooves that allow you to hold in place anything. Well done

This is perfect. Thank you for sharing this clever and cost effective modular system - new subscriber!

Using the MDF properties to help glide the drawers is brilliant.

Very nice! I want to add drawers to a workbench I just made. I think I’ll try this method!

Merry Christmas to you too Dennis.

Nice job, great ideas. Definitely going to use on my new table. Thanks

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. I want to include something similar into my upcoming workbenches.

Great design! I’m going to incorporate this into my next workbench

Thanks for this brillant idea, I'm looking for it for a long time. Best wishes from south of France 👍

love the idea of this. I'm sure I'll use something from this in my garage soon!

Excellent video and design. Thanks very much for sharing this. AWESOME,

Hi Dennis from New Hampshire. Just discovered your channel and like your bench and drawer system very much. Looking forward to your next video!

Excellent video and design. Think I'll be copying this down the road.

Simply brilliant! Thanks

I have a cabinet that I need to make some drawers and was thinking about what style I should use. Your system seems very economical, functional and very nice looking.

Fantastic idea. One of my goals for 2023 is to upgrade the workbenches and storage solutions in my workshop and this modular drawer concept is going to figure prominently! Wonderful filming and editing too.

@HookedonWood

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd and good luck with your plans!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I love the drawer system, it is genius!

Very cool system. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the video i really enjoyed it and make me thinking how to incorporate this idea into my small hobbyist workshop!

beautiful work thx for posting

loved your video. Thank - you. I hope you tube treats you good so you keep up the great work.

Bon et beau travail. Merci pour la vidéo très intéressante.

Nice clean system you’ve developed!

Totally worth watching, also liked and subscribed, thank you very much !

I'm about to renovate my shop after having "broke it in" as a beginner. I'll be using this system, it's fnastic!!

Really like that idea!

Love it, looks great too!

I run a 3/8 deep by 1/2 rabbited slot down the side of the drawers and put the strips they ride on on the inside of the case. I built a rolling tool box base in 1978 When I needed one at the factory I worked at, And, many more for my shop over the years.

Great design and features. 👌🏻

I do have some concerns about long term wear of the MDF bottom. But I suppose if it became a problem you could trim off the proud MDF edge and glue on a strip of hardwood. Now, that said, this is a classic "wish I had thought of that!". I like this system.

This is a pretty solid little workbench. While once you figure out how it comes together, it is physically Easy to assemble kzread.infoUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh by yourself. But the diagrams explaining the steps are really pretty bad. I could not get the handle pins in all the way despite multiple attempts, so I just used a screw I had on hand for the 2nd handle. I could not get the first pin in further or pull it back out. You are supposed to hammer it in, but I had no leverage and the handle is plastic and I did not want to risk breaking it. I will get a lot of use out of the bench because of the convenient size and height. It does fold up nicely for storage. They even explain how to fold it so you don't get pinched...that is important!