Diy Drawer Slide Mounting Jig

Place the drawer knob or pull on the front of the plywood jig as if it were the drawer.

Diy drawer slide mounting jig.

Unfortunately they seem to be discontinued. Mark the height of the drawer slides inside the opening. Use scraps after a cabinet job to make an easy free and effective drawer slide jig. Place the plywood jig flat with the poplar sticks on the bottom.

The drilling guide locates all required holes for mounting the slides to your drawers. Powerful rare earth magnets on the slide jig hold the drawer slide as you drive the screws. Free plans in both imperial metric dimensions. I was on a tight time constraint so i wanted to buy and use the kreg magnetic drawer slide mounting tools.

The drilling guide allows accurate installation of drawer members while the pistol style slide jig allows fast installation of cabinet members. Position the drawer slide jigs. What kreg didn t explain in the owners manual that i discovered and thought i would share with everyone in the hope it will help someone else. No need for fancy rocker jigs or store bought contraptions.

Here s a very simple fast cheap and easy jig you can make to help locate and hold drawer slides in posi. To use a drawer slide jig for side mount bottom mount or undermount drawers first place the jig inside the cabinet and clamp it to the cabinet side. The only one i could find was on ebay for 150. I recently had a project that required many drawer slides.

Rest the lip of each jig along the front edge of the opening to ensure its top edge runs level from front to back. Place the jigs along the inside wall and then clamp in place.