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Here’s the best technique I’ve ever seen, but it’s designed to work only on inset faces (within a face frame). If yours are overlay, you might be able to substitute no-stick painters’ tape for the shims shown here, it’s worth a try.
http://www.taunton.com/fw/features/techniques/34drawerface.htm
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I'll try this again!!
I'm installing drawer fronts on a drawer tower without any hardware. I've tried numerous ways of holdling the fronts on spaced and aligned until I can open the drawer and attach them, but it is always a struggle. I know there are alot of tricks out there, let me hear yours. Thanks in advance.
Jim
*jim-one way to attach the fronts:drive your screws that attach the front to the drawer box and let the points of the screws protrude from the drawer box about 3/16". close the drawer. Then allign the drawer fron where you want it and give it a couple of good smacks with your fist. if your lucky, the front will stick to the box while you open the drawer to drive the screws. If not, you have just given yourself alignment holes which can be used to drive the screws when the drawer is open. Hope this helps, as I am having trouble explaining the procedure in words.Eric
*Jim,There we go........My answer stands.I like the hot glue idea. Never used it, but I might. There just is no easy way. You can make a small pencil line mark on the side stile to reference where you want the drawer front to be.It's just one of those things that you can't do easy. Sorry. If you know where your hardware is going to be you can pop a small nail there to hold the drawer front in place, or you can apply pressure to the drawer front while you pull the drawer out from the under side.I'm open to an easy way out.......but sometimes what we do is just not that simple.You figure out an easy way and let me know.Ed. Williams
*Good idea, Eric. To help Jim just a bit more, I'll suggest after following your advice, he then drill the screw holes in the drawer box OVERSIZE and install the front using screws with built-in washers. This is an old cabinetmaker's trick that will allow Jim to "float" the drawer front around a bit to obtain the exact alignment he wants before tightening the screws.Regards, Steve
*Here's the best technique I've ever seen, but it's designed to work only on inset faces (within a face frame). If yours are overlay, you might be able to substitute no-stick painters' tape for the shims shown here, it's worth a try.http://www.taunton.com/fw/features/techniques/34drawerface.htm