Hall Table Project – How Do I Attach Drawer Supports?
I am in the planning stages of building a Shaker style hall table with a single drawer. I am looking for how-to information on the techniques used to join the drawer runners, spacers, and kickers to the frame since these parts won’t be attached to the side aprons. Please let me know of any articles, videos, links you can share. Thanks for your help.
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Sadly I cannot help with specific videos but, unless you are planning some weird and wonderful system, you will need to create a box into which the drawer will fit.
This box then needs to be attached to the table.
Within the box, the mechanics would be the same as most any other piece of cabinetry, the only question then becomes the method of attachment.
I add runners from front to back to which I attached metal drawer slides. I was not picky so just used pocket screws to attach the runners at either end, which gave me some wiggle room for adjustment to get square. If I was better I would consider short stopped sliding dovetails cut into the front and back to fit the runners in. I also used the runners as additional points for attaching the top (figure 8s).
I put two wooden runners between the front and back aprons with mortice and tenon joinery.
I would put two cross braces mortised into the aprons the same width as the apron.
Install runners and kickers.
You really need the kickers for the drawer to work right.
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