Note: Your available scrap wood may dictate the size of your drawer, but if not, its width is pretty flexible. Its length, however, should be as close to the length of the slide as you can get it.

Wooden vs. Metal Drawer Slides Drawers are pretty much useless if they won’t open. That’s why they require some kind of slide, also called runners, to move in and out.

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Once they’re all smooth, you can move on. 21. Make sure the lauan fits. Before you continue, slide one end of the lauan into the empty drawer, making sure you don’t let go of the other side.

Smooth sliding drawers are a key ingredient in quality cabinetry and case goods, and choosing a soft-close undermount slide is not only an operational but aesthetically pleasing choice.

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9. Opt for more doors, fewer drawers. So you’re in love with a raised panel door style, and you want a clean-looking wood species like maple.