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Is plywood good for drawers?
Drawer boxes, even high-quality handmade boxes, typically have plywood bottoms. This is because plywood is flat, strong, and dimensionally stable (it expands and contracts much less than solid wood). It’s also much easier to cut a single piece of plywood to fit a drawer box than to glue up a bunch of hardwood planks.
What material is used for drawer bottoms?
The most common materials for drawer bottoms are 1⁄4″ hardboard or plywood. For small and medium-size drawers, hardboard will stand up to a moderate amount of weight. For a heavier load, you can step up to plywood. Baltic birch plywood is a great choice.
What plywood is good for drawers?
Drawer sides should generally be constructed of half-inch plywood, while the drawer bottom should be made of quarter-inch plywood. Columbia makes it easy to construct quality, durable drawers using our maple drawer sides.
How do I strengthen my drawer bottoms?
Turn the drawer over and squeeze carpenter’s glue on the bottom of the drawer. Center the plywood on the bottom of the drawer. Allow the glue to dry overnight. This simple method offers additional stability to the drawer to keep the bottom from sagging.
What material should I use for drawers?
Poplar is a great all-around choice for drawer box construction. It is stable, durable, and much less expensive than most hardwoods. The color of poplar heartwood ranges from a creamy white to a yellowish tan or brown. It is very easy to work with and has straight, uniform grain.
Can you put a drawer bottom on plywood?
An advantage of putting the drawer bottom in a dado is that the drawer would not slide very well on a plywood bottom. But for these workbench drawers, I still glued the plywood flat on the bottom. I actually used some painted scrap plywood.
What’s the best way to glue drawer bottoms?
I still think under the right circumstances, the bottom glued on flat would be stronger. But at the same time, if I used lesser quality plywood, where the bond between the laminations is not as strong, no matter how strong my glue is, the plywood itself would just de-laminate to pull off the bottom.
How big is a Rockler kitchen cabinet drawer?
Size is 1/2″ thick and have a 1/4″ dado for the drawer bottom located 1/4″ from the bottom edge. Simply cut to length and assemble with your drawer front. Available in 4 foot lengths. Sizes listed are width.
How much weight to pop bottom of drawer?
My main reason is that it’s easier, and that it puts the drawer bottom further down, making more room in the drawer. Looking at the drawers for my tool stand, these are at least 4x the length and width. Which means it should take about 2400 pounds to pop the bottom of the drawer. 2400 pounds is 1.1 metric tons.