Drawer boxes and cabinet doors

Choose the slides; the box width, length and the bottom’s position come from the maker’s published numbers, so the box fits the slide first time:

The tool picks the longest slide that fits the depth (inset fronts take their thickness off it). With several drawers, graduated fronts grow by a quarter each step down; each box gets its share of the opening less the slide’s vertical clearance. Joinery sets the front and back lengths: butt joints sit between the sides; rabbets or dados reach halfway into them; through dovetails and box joints run the full width. Vertical clearances other than Blum’s are rules of thumb — check the slide’s instructions.

Two doors split the coverage less one gap. The tool places Euro hinges by Blum’s planning guideline (up to 900 mm tall: 2, 1600 mm: 3, 2000 mm: 4, 2400 mm: 5 — heavy or wide doors need more), each cup 35 mm across and 13 mm deep, centred 17.5 mm + C from the door edge (C, the boring distance, is usually 3–6 mm), with the screw or dowel holes 45 mm apart and 9.5 mm towards the edge. The arm follows the mounting: straight for full overlay, a 9.5 mm crank for half overlay, an 18 mm crank for inset; the exact overlay depends on C and the mounting plate, so read it off the hinge maker’s chart. Plates sit on the System 32 line, 37 mm from the front edge.

Shaker doors: stiles run the full height; rails are door width − 2 stiles + 2 tongues; the panel is the frame opening + 2 tongues − the gap you leave each side. Solid-wood panels move across the grain — see the wood movement tool before you choose the gap.

The Drawings tab has the front elevation, a side section showing the slide and the bottom recess (or the hinge boring detail), the box plan or shaker parts, and an isometric (⛶ Full screen or f; Escape leaves). Cut list, Shopping and Steps follow; Print view prints everything.