Does the thought of installing drawers and drawer slides make you break into a cold sweat? Stay tuned – we're going to share tips, techniques and hacks developed over six decades of day-to-day shop life!

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Timestamps
0:00 Safety Disclaimer and Intro
0:51 Traditional Methods (and Why Everything Changed)
2:12 Modular Cabinetry
2:31 Pressed Steel Cabinets
4:36 Drawer Suspension Systems
5:49 Early Manufactured Slides
6:27 Epoxy Slides
7:47 Telescoping Slides
10:03 The Mysterious Tabs
11:00 Concealed Undermounts
13:26 Other Tips/Techniques
14:11 Cabinet Depth Issues
14:58 Gauge Blocks
15:58 Squaring Slides to Cabinet Face
16:33 Setback Gauge
17:25 Centering Suspended Slides
18:21 File Drawer Hardware
18:52 Strategies for Rollouts
20:25 Media Drawer Organizers
21:01 Hacks for Undersized Drawers
22:09 Leave Room for Adjustments


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Music in this video
Intro Music
"Walk Through the Park" by TrackTribe is licensed to YouTube by the YouTube Music Library.


Other Acknowledgments:
We gratefully acknowledge the work and mission of the Internet Archive (archive.org) for making available the following public domain films, clips from which are used in this video:
"The Woodworker". (1940). Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
"Community Growth: Crisis and Challenge". (1959). National Association of Home Builders.
"Last Word in Automatic Dishwashing". (1950). Jam Handy Organization/Mullins Mfg. Corp.


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