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   Ozlander | Sep 09, 2009 04:33am | #1

   Screws from the inside. They are almost invisible as nobody looks at the back of the front.

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   bmyyou | Sep 09, 2009 04:54am | #4

   But from what I saw at the store, the screws would be attached through the wooden drawer box into the flat mdf panel - will that hold securely?

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   Ozlander | Sep 09, 2009 07:27pm | #6

   Apparently, if you make the holes in the drawer box a little large and use washer-head screws, then you can adjust the drawer front to fit the opening.

   Just make double sure the screws are not to long.

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   dedhed6b | Sep 09, 2009 04:34am | #2

   The last built in i did was my own master bath I inserted the drawers, held the drawer front in place and shot it with a 23 g micro pinner, opened up gently, clamped in place and drilled pilot holes and screwed with 1 1/4 truss head screws, the kind used for plaster repair.

   "Shawdow boxing the appoclipse and wandering the land"
   Wier/Barlow

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   webby | Sep 09, 2009 04:36am | #3

   this gets good reveiws at Rockler.

   http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=205

   How thick is your panel and frame assy, you didn't say. You might try to screw into the frame through counterbored holes on the inside of the drawer.

   Webby 

    

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   bmyyou | Sep 09, 2009 05:01am | #5

   Sorry - I'm not clear on to use that for attaching the frame; could you please explain?
   thanks

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   webby | Sep 09, 2009 09:37pm | #7

   Yes that is it, Oz has answered the question. It is a way to attach the drawer front, and align it.Webby 

    

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   McDesign | Sep 09, 2009 09:54pm | #8

   After you've aligned it, drill the handle-mounting screws through both layers and use them to lock up the position.

   Forrest

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   GaryW | Sep 10, 2009 01:53am | #10

   We've been using drawer front adjusters, like the Rockler ones, for about 14 or 15 years.  Just make sure the frames are wide enough to put the adjuster fully within the width of the stile, and use a carbide Forstner type bit. Gary W

   gwwoodworking.com

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   PeterJ | Sep 10, 2009 01:21am | #9

   Since you're building them, easiest is to make the stiles wide enough to screw from inside drawer box into them...not panel. Lots of factory cabs have "reduced height" rails but keep stile same as door.

    The 1/4" hole and big washer head screw is the way to go.  If your panel isn't flush with back of drawer and you're mounting hardware, pad the back flush so you don't bend or break center panel cinching hardware screws.

   There is another way, I've done it once, and will try to avoid in the future...way to fussy. If you go this route, best way I found was to put double sided tape in between box and front and get most alignment done before installing the Kolbe Korner...not much adjustment.

   http://www.fastcap.com/kolbekorners-poly.aspx

    

   Everything will be okay in the end.  If it's not okay, it's not the end.