How to make a chest of drawers with your own hands?

There are ancient types of furniture that remain relevant and in our crazy time. Many do not understand how useful objects are chests of drawers . Some of them have several large boxes. They are easy to hide bedding or clothes. But pharmacy chests are equipped with a large number of small boxes. They are better used for storing jewelry, cosmetics, sewing or knitting accessories, medicines. If you have a low chest of drawers, then a flat lid allows you to use it as a table. It is best to arrange such an important thing near the mirror in the bedroom . Why not build a chest of drawers from wood chipboard or wood with your own hands! Consider a small instruction that will, perhaps, encourage some of our masters to realize this magnificent idea.

Making a chest by your own hands

  1. The list of electric tools is small - hand saw, jigsaw, drill, screwdriver, grinder.
  2. In addition, conventional tools, accessories and fasteners, such as a hammer, a screwdriver, a set of drill bits for wood, various screws (3x16 and 5x30), confirmats (5x60), knobs, roller guides will be useful.
  3. We decided to work with laminated chipboard.
  4. We cut out large details with a circular saw, and with various curvilinear figures, an electric jigsaw is easy to handle.
  5. Torn ends are easy to close decorative PVC edge, it can be glued easily, using a conventional iron as a heater.
  6. A reliable fastener for the assembly of the chest by hand from the CPD is a confirmation. We drill a hole under it, having preliminarily marked the workpieces.
  7. We connect the walls, twisting the key with confirmation keys. We try not to allow gaps, so it is better to make markings carefully.
  8. In the question of how to make a chest of drawers with your own hands, accuracy is important. Try not to hurry with the marking, and make the fit as carefully as possible.
  9. In the chest of drawers there are many similar parts. The boxes are parallel, they should be as flat and equal as possible.
  10. The back wall of the dresser and the bottom of the drawers can be cut from the fiberboard.
  11. We fix the roller guides to the walls of the product.
  12. We set the lid, for reliability we will use ready-made furniture corners.
  13. We attach to the bottom thrusts.
  14. In our model of furniture there are several open shelves. Radii cut must be manually jig saw, making a preliminary template.
  15. We install the pens and the chest of drawers is ready.