Making Drawers With Kreg Jig

In video 2 in this series master carpenter gary striegler shows how to upgrade your cabinets by building new drawers.

Making drawers with kreg jig. How to use a kreg jig now that you know the basics of how to build a simple drawer lets talk about making it super easy to bet it square and installed in no time. These diy drawers are quick to make are very strong and you can even make all the cuts with a circular saw. With a face that can be clamped directly to the inside of a drawer opening to hold the slide in place and then repositioned outside the opening to hold the drawer while the drawers are installed in place. Built in tabs make the jig easy to align to support the slide inside the cabinet and to support the drawers as you attach the slides to them.

Although i am using a kreg jig to build this drawer the basic principles are the same using any other joinery method. Posted on monday december 5 2016. Using the kreg pocket screw jig to build drawer boxes was easy quick and made a very strong drawer box. A kreg jig is an investment though it doesnt have to be a large one.

Theres just no good way to level hold predrill and install them with only two hands. An experiment gone wrong. The drawer slide jig simplifies drawer installation by aligning slides in the cabinet and on the drawer. Click on the links below to learn more about the kreg solutions tools used in this video.

Enter the simplicity of kregs drawer slide jig. The jig is simple to use and it ensures that every drawer fits right and operates smoothly. Learn how easy it is to update your kitchen. Ill show you how to build a drawer in 6 easy steps.

Here is a look at my opinion on how not to make a drawer. You can buy a kreg jig system for about 40 to about 200. Amazon has a huge assortment of kreg jigs screws and related hardware that will get you started making your own drawer boxes and tons of other projects around your house. Ill use a pocket hole jig to easily build these drawers specifically my kreg k4.

While i like and use the kreg jig for a lot of projects i think using it with 12 plywood is a waste of time. With garys great tips and some awesome solutions from kreg you can complete a kitchen makeover yourself. The r3 at around 40 is only 10 more than the cheaper alternatives we reviewed.