I have a project that includes inset doors and drawers fronts. I was planning on making them out of 3/4 since they will be larger than usual to ac”commodate for blankets. I noticed on the blum spec sheet they only had 1/2″ & 5/8″. Is safe to assume that all I need to do is subtract a 1/4″ from the side walls to accommodate for the larger material? Just want to make sure before I buy a bunch of expensive blum slides and build all the boxes, only for it to not work. Thanks for any feedback.
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The width of the opening minus the glides gives you the OD of the drawer box. If you have half-inch glides and a 20-inch opening you'll build a 19-inch drawer box measured at the outside edges. I think having the hardware in hand before building the drawers is best.
I like to mock up with a solid plywood panel before I build the boxes. Cut a 3/4 ply panel to the full size of the drawer and screw the inside tracks on. You can test for width and also make sure they land the way you expect.
I got to this because I once had to take 1/4" off the back of a drawer after it was built.