How To Install Drawer Slides The Easy Way

[@judisofka401]

John, you are my HERO!! I built a beautiful nightstand and was having so much trouble installing the drawer slides. For the life of me, I couldn't get them installed accurately so the soft close drawer slides would actually work. I looked all over You Tube for advise, I bought the Rockler jig and still, they just wouldn't work. Last Saturday afternoon in frustration, I had to walk away and clear my head. Then I came across this video and it clicked, I went back out to my shop, made your jig and voila, my drawers slide into my cabinet like "butter"!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful, simple, amazing and perfect jig. I LOVE IT!! Now, I am no longer intimidated about installing drawers. Bring them on, I have no fear!

[@junefletcher]

For those of us without a shop, I expect you could do the same with heavy cardboard. Thanks for the tip!

[@stevemcdonald8572]

I built your guides, the used them as guides, for drilling pilot holes for the screws that I used to attach the slides to the cabinet side and drawer sides,... worked very well, thanks so much for the help!

[@joewilson2271]

Man this is the clearest woodworking video in existence. Nice camera! And we'll explained!

[@NorthernChev]

Of all the "Drawer Slide" videos on KZbin I chose yours because it was only 4 minutes and 14 seconds long. Other people's are upwards of ten and eleven minutes long. Ridiculous. If a person can't be concise and get their point across efficiently when making "How to" videos, then they shouldn't be making "How to" videos. Great job. Subbed.

[@theasimbharwani]

NorthernChev I had to click "read more" to read your entire comment. thought that was funny.

[@alice30045]

I concur! And then, it's that God awful music too. I think some of them think someone from MGM will hire them, like they're doing an audition.

[@RickMcQuay]

What, you don't want to watch my 15 part series on drawer slides?

[@MultiBasilbrush]

Pashtu songs

[@abdurrahmanajaji1642]

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[@bobmenzies556]

Straightforward and easy to understand. Much appreciated. Cheers!

[@daylarfarshot523]

Oh my god you dont know how much of a headache you solved on this 4yr old video. I had built an office desk that I really cant pull out because the top piece fits the room and I had completely forgot to set holes for the drawer slides when it came time to get those done. Thank you so much for this idea.

[@marks3478]

John, I had to install 15 pairs of drawer glides in my kitchen. I made your jig and it made the install much easier and faster! Thanks!!

[@gdw7212]

Great video. I installed a drawer recently and it took me a ridiculous amount of time. I’ve got 6 more to go and am glad I watched your videos before doing the rest!

[@fixitwithzim]

John - this worked great. Used it today to install a bunch of drawer slides at work with a front stretcher rail in the way. Honestly I don't know how I would have installed them without this trick. thanks man

[@joedimitrijevich7326]

I still can't believe how amazing your videos look since you switched cameras! Like super HD! I feel like I'm sitting in your shop in person watching these!

[@timcallinan]

Just built this jig and it worked perfectly. Thank you. It can be a very fustrating job installing drawers

[@jrboucher2538]

I made and used your jig yesterday to do 9 drawers, worked great, thanks a thousand.

[@JasonBarre]

Brilliant!! I do declare this will be my one and only way to install drawer slides from now till the end of time.

[@photorealm]

Glad I watched this have 18 drawers to retrofit. Great video Thanks

[@MustafaAldhaheri]

That is really clever!! it is simple, quick, accurate. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@naticristellavi8236]

I was fussing with this for over a month and couldn't get the drawer's slides installed. I am going to try your method, looks quite simple and effective. Thank you so much

[@mikevanwieringen9883]

Easy to make..Very well explained for almost no cost at all...Brilliant !

[@philmorgan4511]

Such a simple awesome idea! This should save me a lot of time when I finally get round to doing this in my kitchen. Thanks!!

[@ilou224]

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[@billcallahan9303]

Great editing job too John. Very informative! I'm always looking for the easy way out. Thanks!

[@sooth15]

This is basically what we did at my old job (building custom high-end kitchens & bathrooms). The boxes were cut by CNC, and the drawer slide locations (and hinge plate locations) were marked out by a teeny tiny hole from a bradpoint drill bit (mounted in the machine). For the drawer boxes, with our system they were always centered on 2" from the bottom, and we just used a marking gauge or a combination square to draw a line.

[@AndrewMiguelez]

Wish I had known about your renovation channel sooner. If you mention it regularly, I'm dumb. If you don't, you should! I'll be watching every video on that channel this weekend.

[@JohnHeisz]

Mentioned it in the last video on this channel, actually.

[@budprine1591]

Great video John. I've been putting off the Drawer Side task but now I'm looking forward to it. Big Thanks.

[@hudsonriverlee]

Well I have not, oddly enough, only made drawers for the shop work bench. No metal slides. Just 2x4 ‘s all the way around. Shallow for chisels and marking knives. I am now building a kitchen cabinet with five drawers and one large door equal to height of one bank of drawers. So I will be tuned in to your channel for drawer construction and drawer slide installation. Lee, Norway,Maine

[@tjmalik1707]

Excellent and easy way to do the job.Its innovative.

[@matthewhanak]

Used this method last night and it was way easier than following the packaged instructions.

[@naticristellavi8236]

I installed the slide on my drawers, thanks to you, thank you. I made a template out of cardboard (I didn't want to waste wood for one time only template) and everything went very well. Thanks again.

[@ovyarad]

Very nice man, thanks...from Romania (East Europe).

[@ecrusch]

I used your other one and found that easy, but this one is even better ! Thank you.

[@BeckyBlanton]

Thank you! I have about 30 drawer slides to install. I was looking at the $30 + jigs on Rockler and Kreg and THIS is so simple, effective and sweet! Wow! Thank you! Also, since you do a lot of these, can you tell me what full extension slides (brand etc.) you recommend? If you have an affiliate link I'm happy to use it too.

[@floydfrk69]

I am working on kitchen soon and will use your jig idea to make things easier. Great video. I will have drawers with ball bearing sliders and also epoxy. Is there a suggestion for rear mount for epoxy mounts all the way in the rear. I think I can substitute with a notched piece of wood and attach to slide and also to rear mounting area of cabinet. I feel so much items to purchase for kitchen redesign for my wife and we love saving money both of us!! We have 10 sets of epoxy slides and they did not come with rear mount pieces. We also have 10 sets of ball bearing slides also.

[@moninum]

Very nice video work, playing with the focus, I love to see the progress there.

[@rmhutchins7]

i Just want to thank you for your jig -- it was exactly what I needed to install my under-desk drawer glides for my laptop computer!

[@johnfisher4910]

Great video and fantastic approach to a frustrating problem. Thanks!

[@ThunderDog]

Definitely adding this to my bag of tricks. Now, if I only had this idea yesterday I could have saved a ton of time, haha. Great job.

[@jimkodysz5404]

Hi John, That's an awesome jig! Sometimes it's the simple things that save time (I'm sure you spent a lot of time thinking this through, but it was simple for us anyway 😉).

[@Johny40Se7en]

Wonderful tip, thank you fella.

[@DesignBuildExecute]

Great idea, John! I use these on a lot of my shop cabinets. I'm doing this on the next one.

[@FtCollinsBob]

Great idea! Work smarter not harder!

[@chrisclassical7]

great idea, i will copy this one, thank you for sharing

[@erikaamac2727]

I am going to try this today!

[@JohnHeisz]

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[@peggyt1243]

Not the link above but the link on the notification email.

[@joyofdevotion]

Hi thanks for the helpful video. I need a custom single flatbed drawer that would be used for keeping tools while working at my workshop. But the problem I am having is I don’t have any side support where I can mount the slides. Only option I have is to mount the slide just underneath of the main cabinet and use the top side of flatbed to mount against the drawer. Weight on the flatbed drawer could be upto 25-30kg. Can the flatbed handle this weight when top-mounted like this? Thanks

[@tmuka]

cool jig, thanks! the new video camera quality is really impressive too at 60fps looks so smooth!

[@doa2758]

Great approach to the problem.

[@nickhardiman2142]

Wish I could give you ten thumbs up for this. Simple and well explained a+

[@garrysmythe]

As always John, a good video with sound advice, thanks for posting from Garry in the UK

[@stephendufrene3728]

I will have to try this on my next project

[@abhilashawadhwa]

Love your workshop!

[@francisbarnett]

Can't beat a simple solution.

[@kaysherwin2511]

Thanks! My drawer has a bottom slide, but it's the same principle. Husband doesn't want to do household repairs, so if I want them done in my lifetime, I have to do them myself - ha. Thanks for the help! :)

[@kachboubou83]

Very genius idea

[@simonflr]

The cabinets I want to put pullouts in have Face Frames, I will have to place spacers on the walls to allow the drawers to clear the opening. Will this jig still work?

[@Retroweld]

Great idea for a jig. Thanks John.

[@moonbaby1962]

Awesome tip!

[@Norbielp]

WOW! Did you get a new camera? I thought you mentioned something a week or so ago about your camera being in for repair?!?!? Anyhow, the image is absolutely crystal clear. Great content as usual! thanks!

[@jefflewis8644]

That is a great idea. I use a similar jig for locating string holes, on the soundboards of my harps.

[@stevesteves8915]

You said the T piece on your jig needed to be square, but you just seemed to place it by eye (or I missed something) - this jig looks to be a good idea - Thanks

[@vochaalloy33]

Nice jig. Great idea

[@FranksDIY]

just cut off the brads with side cutters. Keep the ideas coming love watching

[@petebachman5694]

Nice template. I wish I had taken the time to make one of these when I bought my first home- it was built in the '50s and the cabinet slides were in bad shape. I ended up replacing the slides, but kept the faces because they were oak (painted oak, but nothing a little clean up couldn't fix).

[@onlytrevorchannel]

I love your channel is very useful

[@Raja5556-t8p]

Nice teaching really helpful

[@dragon66leo]

great jig but will it work for other types of rails??

[@SyberPrepper]

I dread messing with drawer slides so much. Thanks for this jig. I will try it next time on drawers.

[@renbooth4147]

Thanks John this is a good idea wish i known about this wen building my work bench i had 12 of them to do. looking forward to seeing your next projects.

[@samscott54]

Nice Job John thx

[@JustinMeyers-Plasticmonument]

Clever. Only need to do one drawer but will reference this once I do my first remodel. Good job.

[@colutuber]

What a simple but great idea... one idea for an upgrade however. If you drill a 1/2 " hole in the center of the jig a the T junction and draw a crosshair, you could use that to centre your jig with the center line on your cabinate.... make sense!.... You could also add a mini spirit level. Thanks for sharing

[@Trully1949]

Where did you get your drawer slides/hardware? I’m having a heck of a time finding heavy duty drawer slides. Thanks!

[@bradywscriber5455]

How do I determine the size of the drawer to fit the opening making the slides work properly?

[@willwyatt7023]

I'd like an easy way to replace existing drawer slides with full extension ones. Any suggestions?

[@ArnoPf]

Smart idea!

[@rolitoavila8176]

Its a nice idea sir

[@AE-uv3cb]

Digging the 2112 t-shirt. Nice.

[@kenl5217]

cool is it like a story stick

[@zenvent]

Hi John, I'm working on my kitchen as well, what slides did you decide to use? Trying to find a good deal, but good quality as well.

[@yvettewallus119]

So smart! Thanks for sharing!

[@CaptainofmyShed]

Why not use the jig to hold up the slide and then mark the holes and screw? More simple jig and one less step? Genuinely asking though, I’m probably missing something!

[@jezzab5621]

Thanks for the clever idea.

[@willemkruger4564]

I enjoy your videos. A FYI. Having installed drawers myself and wondering why at times in spite of everything they sometimes just do not seem to slide as well. Well, I happened on a Technical Installation Sheet from Accuride ( 3832EC 4 important installation Tips). I always assumed that those holes on the drawer slide could alll be used for mounting screws. But not so. Those tabs are called " breathing tabs" and one only wants to use the hole at the ends of the tab. If one uses the other holes the slide is mounted too firmly to the drawer and does not allow for variances in construction. I hope my explanation makes sense. Unfortunately I think manufacturers of drawer slides assume we are all professional cabinet makers and do not always make it easy for the hobbyist.

[@omt578]

excelente job John!

[@mihumus]

Nice! Thanks for sharing John.

[@nathantonning]

Thanks for the tip, John.

[@Thom4123]

This a great idea and like you said it's going to a lot of time. Thank you very much.

[@RoomiesGarage]

as usual..great tips and video..thanks for sharing....cheers

[@baconsoda]

Just talking about workshop projects... are you still intending to build a new workshop, or extend one of the others?

[@JohnHeisz]

The plan is to extend the one I'm in now forward, adding a one car garage and some extra shop space beside it. Probably a year or more down the road, though, since I need to the house finished first.

[@baconsoda]

Dead on, I was just scared that you might forget.

[@paulbull1993]

Very good, thanks

[@Kearnesy]

Legend cheers mate

[@CaseyFitzGerald718]

Really helpful - thanks!

[@DiesInEveryFilm]

Brilliant this is just what I need for fitting some drawers in my kitchen. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

I did not follow how you placed the slide on the drawer. How did you place the slide vertically? If you don't get this right then horizontally adjacent drawer faces won't line up. Also, the slide on one side of the drawer has to line up with the one on the opposite side as well. I looked on your renovation channel but didn't see any other video that covered drawer slide issues. Thanks.

[@JohnHeisz]

The jig is based on the centre of the slide - it's the same as if you made centre lines for the slides on the cabinet and drawers, then marked the screw locations, then drove the screws. Since the actually drawer front is normally separate from the drawer, it gets lined up and installed after the drawers are in.

[@KennethSievers]

Good one!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@spyderlive]

THANK YOU!!

[@Si-Al-Ti]

never noticed that you shoot in 60 fps until now!! looks good lol

[@danielmiskoidea]

Simple and effective. Great idea.

[@lancelam2007]

Great Job！

[@alex7ink]

great video

[@daisy3690]

thank you so much for kindly sharing

[@efrenlp3760]

good job sir..