What a great idea!! Thanks for taking the time to make and upload this video. I am looking for a method to redo some workshop drawers, and this is it!! I've watched several of your videos - great content and very interesting, keep up the good work!!
You should add another runner on top of the TOP drawer instead of the wedges you added to the top to keep the drawer from tipping down when you pull it out. Other than that it's a great idea and video.
Looking at various videos to build drawers but I wonder if pine is the right choice for the runners as it i soft and will wear down over time. Is this the case and would you suggest using a much harder wood for thi purpose?
Yes, a hard wood is better as the runners will be subject to wear although I didn't have any at the time. Now I have quite a bit saved up for projects. Saying that, I have seen very old drawers with softwood runners still in working order. If you have some hard wood such as Oak then I suggest to use that.
@@PhillWyattProjects well it may take a bit of time. I live in an old Victorian house with original built-in pantries and the drawer runners (as well as the bottom of the side panels of the drawers as they sit on the runners) have worn so that the drawers sag. It was all made of pine as best as I can tell and arguably these are over 100 years old. I replaced them and rebuilt the sides. I suspect that metal hardware would have broken down as well. My big concern is that if I build a project for someone, I will get the complaint that the drawers are 'stiff' and difficult to use (we all have become so used to these easy gliding drawers that even finish closing on their own). Thanks for the answer.
Yes I know what you mean. They will be stiff at first although some candle wax really helps to get them running smoothly. The Pine from the past seems to be much higher in density that the pine you can buy these days unfortunately. @@sullyprudhomme
Hello Philll I wonder if the Drawer were just Screwed in would that hold the Drawer so when they were wore out in a hundred years time 😂you could just unscrew them.?
Hi Phil - It looks like you cut a dado in the sides of the drawers. It that correct? If yes what are there purpose? I thought the bottom of the drawer just slides on the runners
Hi, yes the dados were already in the drawer sides as I found the drawers thrown out. I decided to use runners that slide along the bottom of the drawers rather than on the dado trenches as I think they can hold more weight that way.
The answer might be somewhere in the video I haven't watched the whole thing yet but i'm just curious How big do they need to be in relation to the drawer?
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I melt/soak bees wax carefully into the wood grain, with a propane torch set low to not scorch the grain, into the sliding friction parts
Good technique 👍🏻 I now put a tin of furniture wax on the radiator to heat it up before applying. It soaks into the wood better.
What a great idea!! Thanks for taking the time to make and upload this video. I am looking for a method to redo some workshop drawers, and this is it!! I've watched several of your videos - great content and very interesting, keep up the good work!!
Thank you very much Steve much appreciated.
I love this! Thank you
Glad you like it!
You should add another runner on top of the TOP drawer instead of the wedges you added to the top to keep the drawer from tipping down when you pull it out.
Other than that it's a great idea and video.
Great idea!
A brilliant idea
Cheers!
Nice job Phil 👏
Cheers Gary 👍🏻
Thanks very much!
No worries!
And, the way you did it, the drawers won't tip out easily because the upper runner will catch the drawer as well!
Thank you.
Looking at various videos to build drawers but I wonder if pine is the right choice for the runners as it i soft and will wear down over time. Is this the case and would you suggest using a much harder wood for thi purpose?
Yes, a hard wood is better as the runners will be subject to wear although I didn't have any at the time. Now I have quite a bit saved up for projects. Saying that, I have seen very old drawers with softwood runners still in working order. If you have some hard wood such as Oak then I suggest to use that.
@@PhillWyattProjects well it may take a bit of time. I live in an old Victorian house with original built-in pantries and the drawer runners (as well as the bottom of the side panels of the drawers as they sit on the runners) have worn so that the drawers sag. It was all made of pine as best as I can tell and arguably these are over 100 years old. I replaced them and rebuilt the sides. I suspect that metal hardware would have broken down as well. My big concern is that if I build a project for someone, I will get the complaint that the drawers are 'stiff' and difficult to use (we all have become so used to these easy gliding drawers that even finish closing on their own). Thanks for the answer.
Yes I know what you mean. They will be stiff at first although some candle wax really helps to get them running smoothly. The Pine from the past seems to be much higher in density that the pine you can buy these days unfortunately. @@sullyprudhomme
Hello Philll I wonder if the Drawer were just Screwed in would that hold the Drawer so when they were wore out in a hundred years time 😂you could just unscrew them.?
Hi Phil - It looks like you cut a dado in the sides of the drawers. It that correct? If yes what are there purpose? I thought the bottom of the drawer just slides on the runners
Hi, yes the dados were already in the drawer sides as I found the drawers thrown out. I decided to use runners that slide along the bottom of the drawers rather than on the dado trenches as I think they can hold more weight that way.
@@PhillWyattProjects Hi - Thank you
Thx. Wondered about that myself!
How thick your wood mesurement is for screwing the small parts
You dadoed the drawers ?
I found these old drawers and they already had a dado channel which is not needed for this cabinet I am making.
The answer might be somewhere in the video I haven't watched the whole thing yet but i'm just curious How big do they need to be in relation to the drawer?
Hi, I guess it depends how much weight you want to put in. It's a tricky one. I'm not sure really.