How to assemble a bedside table with drawers

When purchasing cabinet furniture for home and summer cottages in the store, many are guided by the principle of simplicity. I chose something more or less suitable in size, paid, received it with home delivery. It remains only to collect. It is good that assembly instructions are always present in the kit. However, for many, this is becoming a problem. Without experience and appropriate understanding, a simple assembly turns into torture.

To simplify the task for such masters, We will analyze the assembly process using the example of a bedside table with drawers. Knowing how to assemble a bedside table with drawers, you will cope with other items. After all, the rest of the furniture is assembled similarly.

Tools and materials needed for assembly

Before proceeding with the assembly of furniture, in order to avoid surprises, you should check the complete set of purchased materials and fasteners in the box. The name and quantity are indicated in the attached instructions. As a rule, the following details are included.

  • Boards of wood plywood, cut to the required dimensions. Walls, cover, base of the product, as well as the front, side and back of the drawers. The bottom of the drawers and the back wall of the nightstand are often made of thinner material.
  • Feet or castors for the base.
  • Fasteners details among themselves: wooden dowels, special screws for wood, self-tapping screws and small nails.
  • Hardware (handles and guide rails).

Tool that will be required

To assemble the cabinet, take care of such tools.

  • Cross screwdriver for screws. If the manufacturer for mounting suggested using a special Euroscrew, then the kit should be hex wrench.
  • Hammer.
  • Screwdriver.

Assembly order of bedside tables

If you do everything carefully and in order, there will be very little time until the moment you see the result. And the process itself is quite simple.

Putting the foundation together

Select the plate marked in the instructions as the base. Distinctive features: it is smaller than the cover and on the lower plane there are holes for fixing the legs.

Then with a screwdriver or a screwdriver fasten the legs with screws (wheels) on the plane of the base.

In the opposite plane insert wooden tongue into the finished holess and hammer it all the way.

Walls and cover

Wall preparation before assembly

Before proceeding with the final assembly, guide rails should be attached to the walls of the bedside table. Screwdriver (screwdriver) in the holes pre-marked by the manufacturer we screw the screws, fixing them with rails. Three on each side.

Main frame

The remaining dowels are hammered into the lid. We take the slabs intended for the walls and carefully push the prepared holes in the lower ends onto the dowels in the base. We fix the lid from above in the same way.

Important! To fix and stiffen the structure, plywood intended for the rear wall is punched with nails along the perimeter of the assembled product.

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The assembly procedure for the sliding parts is the same, except for the bottom.

In all parts of the box there is a slot in plywood along the entire length of the board with a depth of about 5 mm. It should insert the bottom and only after that proceed to the final fixing of the frame.
From the outside, we fix the counterpart of the guide rail.

Done! It remains only to fasten the handles with screws and insert the boxes in their place.

Useful Tips

  • To make the tongues and screws easier to twist into plywood, lubricate the working part with household soap.
  • Be sure to wear gloves., so you will protect your hands from splinters, the formation of corns and accidental pinching of the skin.
  • Provide a free workspace and separate boxes for different types of fasteners.

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