Various methods for doing this were described in the recent thread: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=29282
This week I replaced two bottom cupboards in our kitchen with four drawers. I built the drawers out of 12mm Baltic birch and the false fronts were made out of ¾ inch poplar. Pocket hold joints were used throughout.
The late Danny Proulx describes an easy and almost foolproof method for attaching door fronts and I took pictures of the steps.
(1) The cupboards with doors removed and dividers and drawer sliders installed.
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(2) The 4 drawers painted and installed without their false fronts.
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(3) The four false fronts have been painted and a hole has been drilled into each in the ultimate position of the knob. A temporary ledge is clamped below the two bottom drawers.
Conversion of cupboardes to drawers -3 -small.JPG
(4) With one false front resting on the ledge, a large flat head screw is driven through the pre drilled hole into the drawer behind.
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(5) Making sure that the door is level, drive the screw the rest of the way in.
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... (to be continued in a second post becuase of the 5 picture limit)
