Drawer Calculator

Inputs

Job / project name

Inside sizes of the box (in-to-in, mm)

Width (W)

Depth (D)

Height (H)

Measure inside to inside, leaving the facia out. All sizes in mm.

Number of drawers

Layout

Drawer side height (mm) Auto from opening height

Shutter in front

Fillers per side — left Auto from hinge

Fillers per side — right

Drawer facia (visible front on the drawer)

Include the box itself (cut the carcass) Adds 2 sides, top, bottom and back for the box around the drawers.

Material

Ply (laminate on site)

Prelaminated

Material names

Board (carcass / drawer box)

Shutter / drawer facia

Back / bottom ply

Inner laminate

Outer laminate

Switching Ply / Prelaminated resets these names.

Board thickness (mm)

Drawer bottom (backply) method Back/bottom ply is 8 mm.

Advanced

Channel thickness (mm) Default 27 mm, same as the designer.

Drawer depth clearance from back (mm) Drawer depth = inside depth − this. Default 100 mm, same as the designer.

Saw kerf

Kerf (mm)

Handles (1 per drawer face / door) Drawer locks (1 per drawer)

Cutlist & hardware

Hardware

Laminate & boards

How fillers work. A drawer behind a hinged shutter needs packers (fillers) so the drawer clears the hinge and the open door. Defaults: full overlay 2 per side, half overlay 2 per side, 165 degree 1 per side, no shutter 0. Change them if your hinges need different.