Two drawers down. 84 to go.
Mistakes were made. I cut the second drawer 1/8″ narrower rather than 1/16″ narrower. Simply wasn’t paying attention. Always cut your drawer a little undersized on the width. This is one of those rare cases in woodworking where you can add a little more width. Only found out I cut it too narrow when it came to installation. Had to use the old metal washers as shims trick to stand the drawer runner off a little. Now its perfect. And I love those soft close hinges from the big box orange store.
That stick tucked away in the corner of the cabinet, next to the red handled center punch and yellow tape measure, is probably the most valuable tool I own when it comes to installing drawer slides. 5/32″ (4mm) thick and 7/8″ (22mm) wide and about yay-ish long . Perfect alignment front-to-back, and side-to-side, and perfect spacing between drawers, drawer slides and drawer fronts, every time. That spacing stick has been in my workshop for well over 24 years. If it was a child, it would be graduating this year and looking for an internship.
P.S. Yes, I know the drawers are upside down. The cabinet is upside down. It makes it easier to install the drawers because a) I don’t have to crawl around on my hands and knees, and b) I’m not fighting gravity when it comes to accurate spacing.
P.P.S. I promise not to post one picture a day of each drawer being installed.