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CABINET DRAWERS

There are 5 total drawers that I needed to build.  Here they are in varying degrees of completion.  I used 1/2 inch 9-ply plywood for the boxes and 1/4 inch medite for the bottoms.
Here they are stacked up next to my router table.  I used pocket screws to attach the front panel.  It's ugly looking but I'll cover it up with the actual drawer front once I make them.
Here they are hanging from a temporary outside spray booth I set up.  I gave them two coats of spray polyurethane.
Here I'm showing how the bottom panel is slipped into dado's I cut into the sides.  You can also see that I attached a steel rod to the bottoms of the wider drawers.  This will give them extra strength and keep the bottoms from sagging over time.  The slide hardware is also visible.
I wanted to show both a front and rear view of the drawers.  I gave the fronts a 1/4 inch bead profile with my cove bit.
Here's a close-up  of how I installed the drawer front to the box and also the drawer pulls. 
The drawers were incredibly easy to make and install.  I did them all over a weekend from start to finish.

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