[Shop-talk] premade drawer box

[David Scheidt]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:18 PM, David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Our kitchen cabinets have a drawer missing.  There's a front for it,
> there's nothing blocking the space, and there's no reason not to have
> one.  (paricularly since the opening is 24" wide, and the other
> drawers are all narrow.)  I'd like to buy a box, install it , and
> attach the existing front to it.  Anyone have suggestions on where to
> get such a thing?  None of the local big box places do.
>

So, after a rather long delay, I finally got around to getting a
drawer.  I called a few localish shops, and got either blown off or
told it would be expensive.  I ended up buying from Western Dovetail
(drawer.com).  I got the cheapest option (birch plywood), and nice
slides.  The box is way better than the stuff in our kitchen (stock
big-box cabinets from about 1990, particle board and bad mdf), was
exactly the ordered size, and the slides fit perfectly (I had them
drill and notch for them.  Totally worth it.).  Turnaround as a bit
more than a week, plus shipping time.  About $90 all together, ($40
for the box, 30 for the hardware, 20 shipping).  There hardware prices
are a little high, and if I were doing more than a couple, I go else
where, but for one, it's worth the extra $5 or so.

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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com