A lot of progress today. With the drawer cabinets fully assembled and glue dried, it’s time to install the drawer slides. At first I was manually measuring each center line. I quickly realized how long that would take, and that method had potential to be inconsistent. I decided to use a mini story pole to address both concerns.
An awl was used to create pilots for the 7/16″ drill bit needed for the drawer slide mounting screws. I also used a scrap 3/4″ piece of pine to register the drawer slide to the front of the cabinet.
Finally, with all the drawer slides installed, I then cut all the drawer blanks.
The drawers are made of pine that I reclaimed from some shipping crates. There was a lot of scrap, as this type of wood is of poor quality. Not sure if free is worth the amount of work required.