Building File Cabinet Drawers

Have any questions about the free furniture plans to build a file cabinet.

Building file cabinet drawers.

I built my drawer 14 wide by 10 deep. Heavy duty drawer slides such as kv 8505 are ideal for converting drawers into durable file cabinets. Choose the rail type. Okay it s drawer building time.

Shop for file cabinets in office furniture. Buy products such as 2 3 4 and 5 drawer lateral and vertical filling cabinets with multiple finishes and colors. Leave a comment below. Pre drill a hole in each end of the strip and attach the strips with the 1 pan head screws each through a spacer into the larger drawer boxes.

Originally posted 2012 09 04 08 00 25. A filing cabinet is a type of storage furniture meant for storing and categorizing important paper documents. How to build a drawer. If building a new drawer you can follow my simple drawer tutorial but adjust the size to accommodate the files.

I hear from a lot of folks that building and installing drawers can be intimidating but as long as you take your time and make sure you re checking for square you shouldn t have too much of an issue. You re basically just building a box. When planning your cabinet make sure to leave 1 clearance above the top of the file drawer so the hanging file tabs will clear the faceframe or drawer above the files. Another critical step to build your own file cabinet is selecting the type of hanging rails.

Typical filing cabinets have two to four drawers each and contain multiple file folders within that can be pulled out via a small handle on the exterior of the cabinet.