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Vent: My drawer box glue-up method was a mess for years
I was building a set of kitchen drawers for a client in Portland, using my usual method of glue and brad nails. The boxes always felt a bit off, never perfectly square. Last month, I watched a video from a guy named Mike Pekovich where he just used glue and a few clamps, no nails at all. Tried it on a test box with some 1/2" Baltic birch. The joint was way tighter and the square was dead on. How do you guys clamp your drawer boxes without them slipping?
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ryantorres1mo ago
Glue and brad nails" was my whole life too, man. I spent more time hammering in those little bent nails and cussing than actually building. My boxes looked like a parallelogram collection. Trying Pekovich's clamp-only method felt like cheating, but then the square actually stayed square. Now I just use some corner blocks and a strap clamp, and it's almost boring how well it works.
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adamk951mo ago
Honestly, it's just a drawer box. If it holds socks and slides in and out, the client will never know if it's a perfect square. My old nail gun boxes have held up for a decade.
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