Wood Dovetail Drawer Slide

The cabinet member is typically left 1 2 longer than the drawer member and both are included.

Wood dovetail drawer slide. Wood drawer slides are after one too many drawer spills we set about designing a slide that worked like metal but was good looking enough to use on fine furniture. We have built our reputation one customer at a time. Since 1980 eagle woodworking has partnered with cabinetmakers and woodworkers throughout the united states who trust us to create and deliver the finest quality custom dovetail drawers. Traditionally drawers have slid on wooden runners.

Dado the box side and mount on matching wood slides or use wood rail guides at bottom top of box or key rail on bottom of box etc. The design calls for dovetail boxes and traditional wood slides. They aren t as functional as today s metal drawer slides. If you watched last week s tuesdaytipswithfallon here is the link to that video tip this concept is similar in the fact that wood swells in the.

A lot of older antiques are built with beautiful handmade dovetail drawers and function with only the use of wooden drawer slides. In some cases you can simplify installation by using the rear mounting bracket for wood center mount drawer slide 56554 sold separately. Po box 1592 vallejo ca 94590 shop. Drawer boxes are available in many wood species with a large variety of top edge profiles.

Strips of wood tenoned into horizontal rails at the face of a cabinet. She ended up with a telescoping dovetail mechanism that uses an intermediate slider with a dovetail on one face that fits a groove in the drawer side. 1101 nimitz ave suite 209 vallejo ca 94592. In casework where a drawer will not be guided by the cabinet s sides for example when the cabinet has a face frame that protrudes into the drawer opening the runners are fitted with guides to keep the drawers from sliding left or right and.

1101 nimitz ave suite 140 vallejo ca 94592 office. 99 get it as soon as wed oct 7. The slides are 22 long but can be cut to length if needed. I am looking for some info on techniques to construct i e.

Custom made dovetail drawer boxes pre made drawer box blum metabox blum legrabox pantry drawer box cabinet doors and drawer fronts and cabinet hardware. Maple craft usa offers solid wood quality dovetailed drawer boxes. They can be machined to accept most popular undermount drawer hardware.