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Plywood pull out drawers for a kitchen.

Nice job on the drawers Scott, but could I offer a suggestion? I assume the screws are going straight into the ends of the drawer sides...if so, continual use in the kitchen ('specially with them loaded with heavy pots n'pans) will eventually cause them to fail, in which case you'll probably have to do it all again!:ROFLMAO:

My suggestion can be retro fitted to the drawers (wouldn't take very long either) and it's to fit a cross grain dowel in the sides so that each screw bites into something a bit more substantial. SWIMBO's eight legged Alan Peters cabinet:

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...is constructed in exactly the same way. The sides are veneered mdf and the top is solid elm. The only things joining them together are four 65mm screws each side biting into a bit of 25mm dowel. You may wonder what the small ebony rectangles are?

I had to cover the screw heads somehow, so why not make a feature of it?...proper Alan Peters approach.

Only an idea for your consideration - Rob

Edit - you'd need to use much longer screws
 
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I have made these before and they held up well. Told her that if the bottom starts to go wonkey I will attach some brackets or glue in some dowels from the side to the bottom. This was a on site build with little time. What with the surprise list of thing to do.
But yes, I agree with you.
 
The second retro counter sink removal has been a pain in the arse. Had to cut the drain tail piece as the trap union is not moving. And they tiled around to top, the othe tile work was done before the install.
 
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