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Chest of drawers 800 × 900 × 450: cut list and cutting plan

Four drawers that get lower towards the top (250, 210, 190, 170 mm fronts), ball-bearing side-mount slides, 80 mm plinth. 18 mm board, 3 mm HDF back and drawer bottoms. All sizes in millimetres.

Cut list

Not cut from the board: Back panel, HDF 3 mm: 796 × 816 mm · Drawer slides (ball-bearing, side-mount, 13 mm per side): 4 sets, nominal length 400 mm · Drawer bottoms, HDF 3 mm: 4 × (738 × 400 mm, check per section) · 4 pairs of ball-bearing slides, 400 mm · 4 handles or knobs · about 40 screws 4 × 16 for the slides · about 16 confirmat screws 7 × 50 for the carcass

How the sizes are worked out

• Sides 900 high; top, bottom and plinth = 800 − 36 = 764.
• Each drawer front covers its opening with a 3 mm gap: width 800 − 3 = 797, heights 247, 207, 187, 167.
• Box sides = slide length (400) × front height − 60; the boxes sit lower than the fronts.
• Box front and back = 764 − 2 × 13 mm slide clearance − 2 × 18 board = 702.
• Drawer bottoms in 3 mm HDF, 738 × 400, are nailed under the boxes.

Cutting plan on 2440 × 1220 sheets

Laid out by the CutRun calculator with a 3 mm saw kerf and 10 mm trimmed off the factory edges.

58 % of the board ends up in the furniture. The last sheet has a large piece left over — plan extra shelves, a drawer or a second small cabinet into the same order.

Other sizes on 2440 × 1220 sheets

Same construction, worked out by the calculator for other common sizes (width × height × depth, mm):

1200 × 900 × 450 is the largest size in this table that still needs only 2 sheets (78 % used).

Assembly order

1. Band the edges: the drawer fronts all round, the carcass and the box tops on the front edge.
2. Build the carcass with the back nailed on — a square carcass makes the drawers run smoothly.
3. Screw the slides to the sides, measuring every height from the bottom, not from the previous slide.
4. Build the boxes, nail on the bottoms and check the diagonals; fit them on the slides.
5. Screw the fronts on from inside, starting at the bottom, with 3 mm spacers between them.

Questions

How many sheets do I need for a chest of drawers?

A 800 × 900 × 450 mm version in 18 mm board needs 2 sheets of 2440 × 1220 mm: 3.48 m² of board and about 20.1 m of edge banding. The 3 mm HDF back is cut from a separate thin sheet.

How wide are the drawer boxes in an 800 mm chest?

With side-mount ball-bearing slides (13 mm per side) and 18 mm board the outer box width is 764 − 26 = 738 mm; the front and back pieces between the box sides are 702 mm.

Why are the drawers different heights?

Lower drawers hold heavier, bulkier things; graduated fronts (250 → 170 mm) also look balanced. You can set any heights in the cabinet builder.

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Worked out from a typical construction — check every size against your board and hardware before you cut. Cut list and sheet layout made with CutRun.