How to Make Adjustable Roll-Out Drawers for a Pantry

A pantry must be organized to properly house food and goods needed for a cook to make multiple regular meals, day after day. The shelves and cabinets inside the pantry should have easy access and ultimate convenience. Roll-out drawers are convenient; they're easily opened and closed without much effort, allowing you to access things that would otherwise be hidden at the back of the pantry -- but the spacing on drawers in a pantry is not always optimal for a busy chef or for roll-out drawers. So create adjustable drawer slots and roll-outs to make a more useful pantry for your daily cooking regimen.

24 pine boards, 12-by-1-by-1-inch
12 pine boards, 10-by-6-by-1-inch
10-by-10-by-1/4-inch plywood
10-inch rolled drawer track kit
Table saw
1/4-inch-thick blade
Tape measure
Pencil
2-inch screws
Cordless drill

Instructions

- 1
  Set the fence of a table saw so it's 1/2 inch away from the 1/4-inch-thick blade. Set the blade depth to 1/4 inch using the set screw on the table saw.
- 2
  Cut a 1/4-inch groove into the middle of one side of a 12-by-1-by-1-inch pine board. Then do the same for 23 more pine boards.
- 3
  Measure the cabinet space set aside for roll-out drawers. Mark the inside walls of the space every 1½ inches with a pencil.
- 4
  Attach a 12-inch pine board to every other pencil mark on one inside wall, starting from the top line. Use 2-inch screws through the bottom half of the board into the cabinet wall. Place the boards so the grooves are facing up. Repeat this process for the opposite wall starting with the first pencil mark.
- 5
  Place the roll-out drawers into the pine boards with the spacing you need.
- 6
  Cut a 1/4-inch deep groove into twelve 10-by-6-by-1-inch pine boards. Make the groove 1/4-inch from one 10-inch edge on one side of each board only.
- 7
  Attach two of the 10-by-6-by-1-inch pine boards to each end of another 10-by-6-by-1-inch pine board, aligning the 1/4-inch grooves, using 2-inch screws and a cordless drill. The two boards must be perpendicular to the base board and parallel to each other.
- 8
  Insert a 10-by-10-by-1/4-inch plywood into the grooves of the three boards, making the bottom of the drawer.
- 9
  Attach a 10-by-6-by-1-inch pine board to the open end of the drawer, using 2-inch screws and a cordless drill.
- 10
  Attach a 10-inch rolled drawer track to two opposite sides of the drawer. The track fits over the 1-inch edge of the top of the drawer sides. The wheeled track is screwed into the wood using 1/4-inch screws included in the kit.
- 11
  Build two more drawers using the same process. Insert the three drawers in the cabinet.

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