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Thomas Chippendale was one of the most famous furniture makers of the 18th century. He both created fine furniture as well as documenting the contemporaneous British interior so today he is considered to be the ‘Shakespeare of English furniture’. Many Chippendale pieces have survived and can be seen in places such as Osterley House in London (https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/houses-buildings/places-to-see-thomas-chippendales-work) When the works of a maker such as Chippendale endure for centuries then surely that is an indication that the practices of these makers should be followed if we wish to make long-lasting furniture....

We distinguish between a drawerpack and an internal drawerpack. An internal drawerpack is one intended to sit behind doors so a few design considerations need to be factored in: the drawerpack needs to sit back from the front of the cabinet to avoid fouling the door hinge arms the drawerpack needs to have packing pieces so that the drawers don’t hit on the open doors Internal drawerpack there is a gap between drawer faces....

This video shows how TIP-ON units and latches are fitted to Blum Movento drawer runners.

The routed cutout handle goes all the way through the drawer front. Handleless drawers in tall wardrobe Notes: The internal corners of cutout handles will be radiused as the shape is milled out using a round cutter. Usually the cutter is around 18mm diameter so the internal corner radius will be around 9mm. Routed handle only work with ply or MDF cores as the core will be exposed so it needs to be a material that can be finished with varnish/paint....

A drawer should be as large as possible really. Going by drawer runner manufacturer information the limits are: width up to 1000mm depth up to 750mm height unspecified but probably keep height to less than width The maximum runner length available (without getting into very specialist hardware) is 750mm but you could have the drawer box deeper, up to around 900mm Drawerbox measurements (internal drawerpack shown) Regarding minimums the guidlines are:...