Ikea Alex Drawer Assembly

How to Assemble the Alex drawer assembly from Ikea in easy to follow, step by step instructions.
Tools required
- Philips Screwdriver
- Hammer or Rubber Mallet

[@cablebill8892]

Awesome tutorial. The other tutorial on this drawer that has 300k views has wrong information in it. Ikea has changed the parts and assembly since that video was made. For instance, in the other video they insert the cam screw before instead of after and that really messed me up. This video helped greatly.

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you!!! I saw that one as well after I uploaded this video. Not sure why you would want to insert the cam first, lol.

[@C1nderfire]

@@NotATechShow well THAT is not embarrassing at all. Damn upside down was the ticket. Ugh. Lol. Ty!!

[@NotATechShow]

Haha no worries. It happens to the best of us! Thanks for watching !

[@leepopaz253]

@@NotATechShow VOLUME SUXXXXXXXXXX

[@NotATechShow]

I know man. I had no idea until the deed was done. I’m obviously no editing genius. But hey, this video did alright for my channel so I am okay with that lol

[@Lemonade_Stand_]

Thanks for this. I just put together the koppang dresser yesterday and i still have 2 of these to put together and these looks significantly easier. Just be warned that if you aren't putting together this on carpet to put a blanket down as the boards scratch really easily. I learned the hard way with my dresser.

[@JustDetta]

This was the best tutorial on how to assemble these drawers I could find. THANK YOU. It was very helpful. I just finished putting my drawers together. ☺️

[@amandahronek4130]

Thank you for a fabulous tutorial!!! You did a wonderful job explaining what to do step by step! I put this together in maybe an hour and a half. I’m a senior woman and had no problems at all. In my opinion, watching the video all the way through before starting to put it together is beneficial. THANK YOU!

[@TimmboSlice92]

Getting two of these drawer units today, wanted to watch a video beforehand to have an idea of what to expect. Thank you for all the great info!

[@isaacpeters9354]

An excellent video, very informative. However when i ran out of cam screws I realised that the equipment had been updated and I had to go back and swap all of the base cams with plastic ones as opposed to the metal ones used for the drawers themselves.

[@itzjustmora]

Two years later and this has helped me so much when I tell you I was so confused at first until I saw this u helped a lot thanks!

[@Retotion]

Great tutorial man, only thing I would have added is specifying which board goes on the top and which on the bottom. The paper guide doesn’t mention it either and I ended up doing it in reverse which prevents all the drawers from fitting. Easy enough to remove and put back together the right way though!

[@merchant100]

That tutorial was so easy to follow and straight to the point thank you!!

[@b4real89]

Omg I love you for making this look so easy! I’ve been putting it off for so long but I can finally assemble something all by myself for a change! 😭

[@phillipe4742]

Technically you didn’t because you watched a video

[@AA-lp7qr]

@@phillipe4742 omg what a jerk!!!!!

[@U9DATE]

@@phillipe4742 That’s like saying you didn’t because you followed the instructions. Which yes, this video is the instructions but in video form.

[@Donkens]

@@phillipe4742 pepega brain

[@Mursal.ahmad2021]

Thank you so much for this video. It was so easy to follow and I was able to build my vanity all by myself with your help :)

[@NotATechShow]

awesome! thank you for watching!

[@emberswild558]

Slightly different newer models but this helped me so much. Thank you for this very easy guide to assembly!

[@vincentmoody8519]

Really appreciate this video , worked really great, my Alex drawers are a newer model I think, because the bottom was different, it had cams but other than that, the step by step was great

[@NotATechShow]

Awesome! Thanks for watching and the feedback! This one was fun to film 😀

[@emilyseear3040]

You absolutely saved me! I ended up watching this rather than reading the paper guidance. Mine had very slight differences but even with that the way you explained it made way more sense. Thank you!

[@NotATechShow]

awesome! thank you for watching! yeah, i think they changed some things on the new models

[@martynov96]

Thanks for saving me from stress and saving a lot of time. God bless you and your family ❤️

[@rebeccaellertson3403]

😊fabulous work! See you again soon. Kudos for your dedication to help put together this project. Clearly communicated!!!

[@aditiilora]

The most helpful video on the internet!

[@saturnsoul8456]

I was missing the last screw step thank you thank you!!

[@ThePerfectionist1]

Mines came with different holes in the bottom for like wheels etc and the little legs are m3 sticky legs not click but this tutorial is top notch thanks a lot man! Ikea should hire you to do tutorials for assembling their Merch!

[@cesar_703]

Dude you’re a legend, I literally had trouble because I was overthinking on how to put on the top drawer after having the top on and you answered my question the moment the video started 🙏🙏

[@DW54x619x]

Thank you so much!!!! This is so helpful! I followed another KZbinr before who said to put the lock screws in first!! Took me so long to figure out why the side pieces weren't fitting. I wish your video came up first lol

[@donoi2k22]

Nobody told me this thing was a 27kg behemoth that needed 10000 screws.

[@fins6191]

Yeah they're criminal for not telling you you need 3 different tools. I'd definitely not have ordered this piece of shit if i knew how fiddly and annoying it was gonna be to assemble

[@ItsMeMattCarter]

This is awesome. When I build my new gaming desk I'm getting two of these and a counter top from lowe's. This is going to be so nice when its done and apparently really easy to assemble!

[@NotATechShow]

Nice! I would love to see it when it's done. I'm on Twitter and Instagram @notatechshow 🙂

[@aamirstar7]

Amazing man. You made my life easy as I was struggling

[@jacklyny1402]

Thank you so much! This video was so helpful I was able to build it all by myself !

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you for watching! I’m always happy to help!

[@mr.charizard9232]

How sturdy is the bottom of the drawers? Can you put a few books in the drawers without the bottom caving in?

[@peachy-patches]

very helpful, thank you! I actually happened to have one of my Alex Drawers defected (Wrong size of wood slab) so I had to call Ikea mid-way through, but I ended up finishing the 2nd drawer with the help of this video.

[@firehouse1395]

I have the same issue with the smallest drawer. The base wood panel for the drawer is a tiny bit too long.

[@kirsten5922]

This tutorial is exceptional. Easy to follow. Thank you!

[@NotATechShow]

thank you!

[@DCSspitfire]

Thank you, it helped me a lot. Your voice sounds nice, you should be a voice over for many vids. Thanks

[@NotATechShow]

Haha thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@shivermetimbers9663]

Good tutorial 👍

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you!!!

[@Stevegeta]

Thanks for this video. I had to wait a while to do mine ande had lost the instructions . this made it super easy to understand. Thanks again

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you for watching! I'm glad i could help

[@JoeB_BSc]

Is it possible please to show the assembly of the lower drawers, thanks for a an easy to listen to commentary style.

[@STRIKEFURY]

Putting my together, appreciate the video. Big help 😁🤙🏽

[@NotATechShow]

no problem! thanks for watching!

[@mayziechase9849]

i flipped the top pieces so the drawers are going to be upide down and i can’t take out the flat things that aren’t screws because the most they unscrew is flat so i can’t grab it to take it out

[@NotATechShow]

Oh no! I have had a couple people mention this to me. If you can turn those flat screws a little, you should be able to pull the top\bottom pieces back off and put them on the correct way

[@owenpope817]

Thank you so much I just got the Alex drawer and you made the assembly so easy

[@NotATechShow]

You are very welcome! Thank you for watching

[@breannahzuniga2135]

Helped me so much!! Thank you!!

[@lennonryan4130]

Best tutorial of these! Thank you!!! ❤

[@500om]

That was so helpful and easy, I followed step-by-step and it's complete now. Thank you very much like and subscribe to your channel ✌️

[@Kelly-lo6cz]

Are your drawers loud when opening and closing? I expected them to be easier to close and open and less loud. Or is this the nature of the piece?

[@NotATechShow]

They aren’t too bad. You could spray a little WD40 or grease on the slides and it might make it a lot better and smooth

[@Kelly-lo6cz]

@@NotATechShow yep, good idea. I just did. It helped a bit. I'll just have to get use to the louder sliding noise. Thanks!

[@christianalexander3989]

My alex drawers are arriving today! Cant wait to build them ill let you know how it goes. 😊

[@NotATechShow]

thats awesome! good luck! feel free to drop a comment if you need help

[@LaserHighway]

I got these second hand with no screws keeping the drawer on the rails. Could you provide the screw specifications so I can buy some? Cheers

[@lodano413]

Hello thanks for the video. I want to put a laptop in the first drawer and connect it to a monitor via usb-c. There isn't any hole in the back of the drawer in order to do so, is it ?

[@Terry_berry]

You are an absolute god.

[@NotATechShow]

Thanks, lol.

[@suristout7652]

Thanks you so much for this, but why am I all out of wooden dows and still have to do 3 more drawers? Do you think I’ll be fine not using them?

[@exotic4451]

same issue and if you haven’t already figured it out no you won’t be fine

[@interlocs]

Because for the 3 big drawers you don’t use the wooden ones

[@GLANCEVLOGS]

Hello nice work . Thanks for sharing . My husband installed l for me . Guys I have this drawers for my make up and home office . It’s really nice and good cabinet size girls i highly recommend this to you , trust me . I will post mine in my Community so you can see the pictures . I love love it .

[@NotATechShow]

Thanks for watching!

[@mohammedarshadramzan5364]

God bless you showing videos

[@Andrea-hc4mm]

This video helped so much, thank you.

[@NotATechShow]

you are very welcome! im glad i could help!

[@surar17]

Hi I bought a gaming desk but it's little bit small Do i need to return it and take one bigger or buy alex and take for big space and drawers ? What do you think?

[@faithyoung5628]

my bottom two drawers dont fit together in the cabinet like at all what do i do

[@nightwalkYEG]

I put the funking drawer screws on the outside.

[@NotATechShow]

Oh no! I almost did the same thing when i was recording this. Hope you got it sorted :)

[@nightwalkYEG]

@@NotATechShow i just built two sets for my desk. Im fixing that tomorrow lol

[@bouchest]

Amazing video!!! This helped me tremendously!!!!!!

[@lilyjaques5190]

What was the point of screwing the drawers from the inside? I have this in my dorm and the tracks are now detached from the drawers. Is this because I didn't do it from the inside?

[@NotATechShow]

yeah probably. the head of the screw might have been hitting on the slide track

[@PattymacMakes]

Thanks for this! I put the 9 drawer version together, and got my top and bottom mixed up. But I did sort it out. I wondered about the screws in the drawers and why that was important. So thanks for showing that!

[@NotATechShow]

You are very welcome! I’m happy to help any time with ikea furniture. Don’t be a stranger :)

[@smoutchie]

I also got my top and bottom mixed up ! :)

[@OH_IO]

I put the screw for drawers on the outside versus inside the drawer. Now I cant get the drawers out? ugh

[@kathleenreynolds6492]

What a great tutorial! Thank you.

[@shotgunacemunda4987]

Thank you. Without this vlog I would be going nuts for sure

[@stephaniemariescheuer1902]

This is a great video until he comes to mixing up the base and top of the unit. He’s doing the TOP first before the base. Also, BE AWARE that the drawers are DIFFERENT in assembly from the smaller drawers to the larger drawers. The two top small drawers require the dowels and NOT the larger, bottom drawers. Good luck!

[@fearurdemise8835]

I believe I did the same thing wrong. I used the base of the drawer and put it on top and now I can’t drill the drawer and a table top together since it doesn’t have the holes. Do you know if there’s something I can add so my table top won’t slide off the top of my drawer?

[@idropsfishyfortnitechamp828]

You can do top first or bottom it Doesn’t make a difference also you can have the bottom on the top and Vice versa :)

[@AubreeValentine]

@@fearurdemise8835 you can use those little anti slip grips to keep it on top

[@mrs.robinson-lotus]

😂 we mixed up the top and the base. Otherwise good

[@brianbachmeier34]

Great video! Super helpful.

[@muhammadirsyad6617]

Can i put desk board on to of this drawer? And if i can, how?

[@Maryamrockify]

3:47 the top of my Alex drawers doesn't line up with the holes. What can I do

[@Maryamrockify]

Yeah I assembled it in the wrong spot

[@NotATechShow]

Glad you got it figured out. I have found that this problem happens a lot in my comments

[@eqlectic]

They changed up the design

[@saradawud4195]

This helped so much. Thank you ❤️

[@saf_fifi2743]

About these drawers, can you fit a4 books in there ?

[@MsOrganic1]

Super helpful video!

[@andie3287]

any tips on get the cam locks out? i mess up my build

[@NurseTiffany]

Help I put the wrong size cam in for the 3:08 part of the video how do I take it off 😢

[@fhesseti7976]

Messed up and installed the back part of the drawer backwards but can't take out the white screws...

[@NotATechShow]

oh no! those push pins are really strong. you might be able to use some needle nose pliers and a flat screwdriver to pry them out.

[@fhesseti7976]

@@NotATechShow Damaged the drawers but Ikea are sending me spare parts.

[@fhesseti7976]

@@NotATechShow Great tutorial though, wouldn't have been able to follow Ikea's instructions by myself. Thank you!

[@manicamanico1579]

I ve been following but my drawer holes are kind of different from yours, maybe depends on the country

[@NotATechShow]

that could be. Also, they may have changed up the design in the last year too.

[@hyzuka]

Could you help me out bc i only hav 2 wooden peg for my little draw now my second little draw dosent have one

[@NotATechShow]

Ikea is usually pretty good about spare parts if you need them

[@hyzuka]

@@NotATechShow ok thanks

[@belle1523]

One of my locks doesn’t go through. Would that be a problem?

[@NotATechShow]

like one of the cam locks?

[@belle1523]

@@NotATechShow yes

[@belle1523]

@@NotATechShow to secure the very top of the drawer. It’s for the middle one

[@stephanie1860]

How do you attach the casters?

[@Krackerjax00]

What is the height of the box itself without those little plastic feet?

[@NotATechShow]

Without the feet, it is 27 1/4” tall

[@vibinm3964]

Excellent video 👌🏻

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you!

[@alessvinceslao4435]

i don't know if ur going to see this but what are the black pieces on the bottom called because i lost them and i need new ones

[@NotATechShow]

Not sure what they are called from ikea but you might be able to find replacements from ikea customer service.

[@kyojin_9526]

I’m going to dislike for two reasons: 1: you used the wrong tight screws to tight the top and bottom 2: you didn’t tell us about which side is the top and which is bottom, i found out the hard way when I was putting the drawers in place

[@sharonkarmel]

That helped a lot !!! Thanks!

[@NotATechShow]

No problem! Thank you for watching :)

[@liorannlevi3099]

Thanks for this video 🙏🏻

[@NotATechShow]

You are very welcome!

[@michigantoga]

You're a lifesaver

[@jessicag0622]

I owe u my life!

[@NotATechShow]

A simple subscribe will do just fine. No need to owe your life ;)

[@outfitter108]

yessir this was so helpful

[@Sway010]

Thanks

[@manicamanico1579]

Best tutorial

[@svdgoon]

this would be great if there were any in stock

[@NotATechShow]

Right? It took me a couple trips to ikea to get one.

[@tomjun8945]

Great video

[@NotATechShow]

Thank you!

[@kszm-cc5xw]

And when he first puts the cams in the ones mine call for are plastic not the metal ones

[@Mocha-Pocha]

Yes

[@ashleyjohnsonrealestateent7365]

You're a life saver

[@nimrandhawa6963]

Thanks easy to folllow !

[@blackswordsmanguts]

Amazing easy-to-follow video!

[@minjikim2161]

Thanks for this!

[@NotATechShow]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@jovanyflores2366]

Hopefully you’ll see this comment and reply before my wife kills me, I’m installing a very similar desk if not the same and I put the wrong drawer in the wrong slot, I’m trying to take it out but it’s locked in when I try to pull it out, how can I fix that? Thanks in advanced

[@NotATechShow]

Not sure how you pulled that off, lol. anyway, you might need to disassemble the drawer a little to get the drawer out. There is also a screw that goes on the inside if the drawer that needs to be removed in order to separate the drawer from the slide. without seeing what you did, its tough to help. send me a pic if you want to my twitter or instagram @notatechshow

[@jovanyflores2366]

@@NotATechShow I just replied on Twitter, couldn’t figure out how to send a message so I did a Tweet lol

[@NotATechShow]

@@jovanyflores2366 no worries, I saw it and replied back, Those drawers are upside down for sure. they should be able to pull out if you haven't screwed them in. It might be tight but you could loosen the sides by loosening the cam locks

[@NotATechShow]

@@jovanyflores2366 I'm glad I could help! Don't hesitate to reach out anytime! My channel is small so its easy to read and reply to most of my comments, haha

[@thox_akihiko]

Thank you

[@m0j0w0rking]

Brilliant!

[@stevenr1128]

If you’re going to put the table top on this, make sure you screw on the table top BEFORE putting in the drawers

[@Mafioso1731]

Why?

[@imadibnelghazy]

Thank u

[@NotATechShow]

You're welcome :)

[@melinaaltamirano5208]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@NotATechShow]

You are so welcome!

[@lDangerl]

Thanks man.

[@NotATechShow]

thanks for watching!

[@luizsantos103]

Nice!

[@10badness]

Thanks!

[@NotATechShow]

You are very welcome benjamin! And thank you for watching and supporting! Have a wonderful day

[@YoooRico]

Those drawer slides are a pain to get out

[@NotATechShow]

I agree!

[@luisclarisa6688]

Hope I can do it I’ll leave a comment after

[@NotATechShow]

You can do it!

[@tanyamason2286]

All this time! The screw goes on the inside omg that’s why they never closed properly haha

[@idropsfishyfortnitechamp828]

You’re hot lmao

[@verosepulveda199]

What kind/size screws are they? Mines didn’t come with them….hmmm

[@julianroundy9541]

Did anyone else have 1 left over wooden pin after you've assembled it?

[@NotATechShow]

Yeah, I did with this one too. It happens a lot with Ikea stuff.