I am building some large wanut cabinet drawer units. The drawers are large and will hold heavy magazines. The sides, front and back of the drawer will be made out of 5/8″ Baltic plywood. I will use through dovetails for front-to-side joints and dado joints for back-to-side joints. I plan to put a walnut frame-and-panel false front on each drawer. The panel will be a raised panel and will be inset from the frame by about 1/8″on the backside.
I would normally attach a false front to a plywood front by inserting screws through the plywood front, engaging the false front. But in this case, because of the recessed panel and the gap created, I won’t be able to do this for fear of bending either the plywood front or the walnut front. I might place the screws around the edges of the plywood front so that they go directly into the frame of the false front.
Would appreciate anyone’s suggestions on making this attachment.
Edited 6/30/2007 4:01 pm ET by jrogerh
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jr,
Go ahead and use whatever fasteners as normal but hit the frame . Under the bottom is a good spot to place a few and at least near the top corners . Personally I never fasten into a panel .
good luck dusty
Add two or three 1/8" round wood 'blanks glued to the panel's back centered around the screws coming in from the inside.
(I would make the screw holes oversized, to allow for expansion of the panel. Also stagger the holes, so they are not in the same plane, and possibly splitting along the grain of the panel.
Steinmetz.
If you are using a drawer pull, place a shim in the gap and use long enough bolts to reach through both. You can also glue an 1/8" shim anywhere you want a screw, essentially eliminating the gap at that point. It won't take much with a through bolt on the pull.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
I had forgotten about the drawer handles. Seems like using gap fillers is the best way to go. Thanks to everyone.
Confucious says, "So manyfalse fronts, man never knows what he's up against."
Sorry man, just a bit of levity.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
the kitchen cabinets i purchased angle from the drawer to the false front @ ~45 degrees. Seems a reasonable way to do it. I didn't think of the gap that exists for the hardware (cups) i added.
- Brad
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