How to Make Simple Wooden Drawer Runners for a Chest of Drawers - DIY

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  • @PhillWyattProjects
    @PhillWyattProjects  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @SiTengoTiempo
    @SiTengoTiempo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks very much!

  • @kerrysteele8385
    @kerrysteele8385 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.

  • @TL50-r9f
    @TL50-r9f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

  • @Steve_in_Texas
    @Steve_in_Texas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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!!

  • @ifollowjesus1667
    @ifollowjesus1667 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this! Thank you

  • @awantamta
    @awantamta ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A brilliant idea

  • @garyclifton2180
    @garyclifton2180 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job Phil 👏

  • @NewTestamentDoc
    @NewTestamentDoc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    And, the way you did it, the drawers won't tip out easily because the upper runner will catch the drawer as well!

  • @RonaldJohnson-sh1he
    @RonaldJohnson-sh1he 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

    • @RonaldJohnson-sh1he
      @RonaldJohnson-sh1he 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PhillWyattProjects Hi - Thank you

  • @nicolebarnett8702
    @nicolebarnett8702 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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?

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hi, I guess it depends how much weight you want to put in. It's a tricky one. I'm not sure really.

  • @gaalxystar1873
    @gaalxystar1873 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How thick your wood mesurement is for screwing the small parts

  • @sullyprudhomme
    @sullyprudhomme 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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?

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      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.

    • @sullyprudhomme
      @sullyprudhomme 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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.

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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

    • @michealhand1001
      @michealhand1001 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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.?

  • @ryanremillard5600
    @ryanremillard5600 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You dadoed the drawers ?

    • @PhillWyattProjects
      @PhillWyattProjects  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I found these old drawers and they already had a dado channel which is not needed for this cabinet I am making.