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I thought I was pretty much done edifice piece of furniture for my line solid too and hence the other solar daytime I went to seat away some of my twin boys' laundry. I built them their modern dresser/bookshelf combo a duet years agone too it's all the same going strong! (one of my favorite builds to appointment btw). But, I had totally forgotten that nosotros placed a crappy footling particle board 3-drawer unit of measurement inward the cupboard for a footling extra storage. It was an cheap hand-me-down too equally you lot tin imagine, after nine years of abuse from ii real active footling boys, that footling piece of junk was on it's finally legs. 

I sketched upward a uncomplicated pattern for a novel dresser which would offering to a greater extent than storage, but all the same fit within the same tight infinite within the closet. I'm all the same on a round-over boot after edifice my stair tread armchair a few weeks ago, hence I decided I needed to move inward some dowel legs too circular finger holes. 

Check out the create video to encounter how the whole matter came together too proceed scrolling for the total edifice plans. 


Materials List:

  • (1) 3/4" x 48" x 96" plywood
  • (1) 3/4" x 24" x 48" plywood
  • (1) 1/4" x 48" x 96" plywood
  • (1) 1-3/8" x 36" circular dowel
  • (2) 3/4" x 36" circular dowel
  • (4) 16" side mountain drawer slides



Cut List:

  • (2) 3/4" plywood @ 18" x 29-5/8"
  • (2) 3/4" plywood @ 18" x 27-3/4"
  • (2) 3/4" plywood @ 7-1/4" x 26" (APPROX.)
  • (8) 3/4" plywood @ 5-7/8" x 14"
  • (8) 3/4" plywood @ 5-7/8" x 25" (APPROX.)
  • (1) 1/4" plywood @ 27" x 30-3/8" (APPROX.)
  • (4) 1/4" plywood @ 15" x 24-1/2" (APPROX.) 




1. Cut Plywood to Size

Begin yesteryear cutting all the parts on the materials list, except the pieces marked "APPROX." Those dimensions volition live based on the exact assembled dimensions of your dresser frame. 

You tin utilisation a circular saw or fifty-fifty a rails saw to pause downward the plywood sheets into private components, but for a projection amongst multiple repeated cuts similar this one, I recommend using a tabular array saw. 


I used the DEWALT 15-Amp 10" Compact Job Site Table Saw for this create too it worked similar a champ! The motor was to a greater extent than than powerful plenty to piece through the plywood too the Site-Pro Modular Guarding System made getting accurate cuts actually simple. 

2. Assemble Dresser Frame

Attach the 18" x 27-3/4" frame overstep too bottom panels to sides using gum too 1-/4" screws through 3/4" bag holes. Use a measuring record to banking concern check reverse corners to ensure the box is square. 



I've got a tip for gluing forest panels together when you're inward a hurry. Apply your regular Carpenter's Glue to the adjoining faces, too hence add together a few drops of DAP RapidFuse quick setting adhesive. The RapidFuse sets completely inward xxx minutes, belongings the boards together acre the Carpenter's Glue fully dries. I've flora it allows me to take the clamps a duet hours early.


3. Round-Over the Edges (optional)

 Round outside edges of the box using a router too a 1/2" circular over bit.


4. Attach Back Panel

Using a circular saw or tabular array saw, cutting a dorsum panel from 1/4" plywood to fit over the dorsum side of the frame. If you lot desire the panel to live less visible from the side, utilisation a router too 3/8" rabbeting chip to cutting 1/4" deep rabbet roughly the within perimeter of the frame. Align the dorsum panel within the rabbet. Secure inward identify using 1-1/4" brads.


5. Create Leg Assemblies

Cut four, 4" legs from 1-3/8" dowel. Find the middle of the ends. Draw a vertical line downward the side of each leg. I tried using a speed foursquare too fifty-fifty my Kreg Multi-Mark but was all the same struggling to larn my lines perfectly perpendicular to the overstep edge. I finally came upward amongst the thought to utilisation my novel Bosch Self-Leveling Cross Line Laser amongst VisaMax Green Beam. 


I exactly laid upward my Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation pointed at the middle of the goal of each dowel. The intense greenish beam is 4 times brighter than criterion cherry lasers, hence it was tardily to see, fifty-fifty during the day. 


I too hence used a pencil to score where the cross-hairs hit, ensuring my lines were perfectly xc degrees from each other. 

On ii of the legs, mensurate 2-1/4" from the overstep edge. On the other two, mensurate 2-1/4" from the bottom edge. On each mark, drill a 3/4" x 3/4" hole. 


Cut ii 28" lengths of 3/4" dowel. Apply forest gum to the holes too insert dowels. Clamp together too allow to dry. 

6. Attach Legs to Frame

Pre-drill through the plywood bottom of the frame too into the legs from the within of the box. Secure inward identify using gum too 2-1/2" screws.


7. Build Drawer Boxes

Draw boxes are a footling finicky too take to live built to fit the exact measurements of the frame opening. Measure the exact width of the opening too create 4 drawer boxes to fit. There are several unlike techniques for edifice drawer boxes, depending on the tools you lot accept too your science level.

Instead of reinventing the bicycle too telling you lot how I create drawer boxes, I recommend you lot banking concern check out this peachy tutorial from my friend Jen at Build-Basic.  


8. Installing Drawers

Install 4 assembled drawer boxes within the box opening using 16" side-mount drawer slides.


9. Attach Drawer Faces

Measure the width of the frame opening. Subtract 1/4" from the measuring (1/8" from either side). Cut 4 drawer faces from the remaining plywood. 


10. Drilling Finger Holes

Measure 2" from the overstep border of of each drawer human face upward too discovery the middle from the sides. Use a forstner drill chip to bore a hole through the human face upward equally good equally the front end of the drawer box. 


The within of holes was a footling stone oil after drilling, but that was easily fixed amongst a footling honey from my Dremel. I used my cordless Dremel 8200 serial variable speed rotary tool amongst a sanding drum attachment. The sanding drum I used is business office of an 18-piece tool accessory set, hence I had multiple sizes too grits to move with.



I don't know if you've looked into it, but Dremel has a MASSIVE collection of handy footling tools that brand all those challenging footling jobs you lot come upward across much easier. A few of my favorites are the 4300 serial corded rotary tool (which comes amongst a super cool mounted low-cal too xl unlike accessories), the Dremel Flex-Shaft attachment for rotary tools, EZ Lock Sanding too Polishing Mini Kit, and the EZ Lock cut-off laid for metallic too plastic. 


Even though Dremel is known for their rotary tools, they also brand the 6 Amp Cordless SawMax, which is a powerful yet compact, handheld ability saw. It's peachy for making accurate cuts, upward to 3/4" deep, through almost whatsoever sort of material.


11. Finish

Fill whatsoever holes, voids or defects amongst wood filler. I honey using DAP PlasticWood all role forest filler since it is water-soluble, tardily to spread too dries quickly. It also contains latex, which makes it fissure too shrink resistant. 

When I know I'm non going to stain my project, I prefer to utilisation pre-colored forest filler. It tends to agree much amend than the criterion "stainable" base. I discovered the PlasticWood color "natural" matched the pino plywood I used perfectly. 



Sand all surfaces upward to a 220-grit too wipe off remaining dust. Apply whatever pigment or goal you'd like. 


And here's the terminal look! 




Rounding the edges of the plywood is totally optional, but I'm glad I spent the extra time. There is something hence satisfying almost a rounded over hole. It exactly makes you lot desire to affect it.


Hands down, my favorite business office of the whole dresser is the circular dowel base. It was hence uncomplicated to seat together! I'll definitely live using this pattern on time to come builds.



Even though they are popular, I don't similar using total extension drawer slides for dressers. In my experience, they tin Pb to tip-over opportunity if you lot push clit out to a greater extent than than 1 drawer at a time. I went amongst 16" side mounted Euro-style slides too I was able to push clit out the overstep ii drawers without the dresser base of operations moving at all.


I used to abhor the grain pattern of pino plywood but lately it's been growing on me. Although I all the same honey rich forest colors, I'm starting to similar lighter toned forest equally well.




What practice you lot think? Are you lot ready to create your ain uncomplicated plywood dresser? Feel costless to pivot the epitome below to relieve the thought for later! 

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