Movento is just a slightly upgraded Blumotion I'm pretty sure. Those use the orange from clips on the box to lock into the runners, right?cgeorg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:30 amI was going to use the BLUM Tandem Plus BLUMOTION. Doing as much finishing pre-assembly as possible definitely seems the way to go, and due to limited clamps and 9 drawers I was just going to pockethole the front and back into the sides, since those will be hidden. I know it's a bit amateur but seems the best for my limited setup. I suppose I can still add a bead of glue, with the pocket screws providing the clamping force.MarkKO wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:00 am I would absolutely finish the boxes. If the Blum runners you're using are the ones I'm thinking of (Movento) you'll want to minimise any movement in the timber at all, and ply is notorious for moving every which way.
We use Osmo Polyx high solid oil on all our veneer and timber. It isn't cheap, but it's a great product and you can get good results while being quite sparing especially using a roller.
I would personally finish the drawer box components before putting them together, it'll make getting good coverage easier. The process we use is machine, pre fit as required, oil, then assemble. You just need to mask whatever surfaces you glue if you're using any.
Interestingly, finishing drawer boxes isn't something that comes up much as mostly we build ours out of whiteboard and just face them. We only use two drawer systems, Movento and Legrabox. Legrabox are significantly more expensive, I think coming in around 100 AUD per drawer not including the face as far as I know.
Ugh I guess for the fronts I'll probably still need to clamp, and I think only 2 of them are wide enough. Looks like the collection will grow.
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If you're going to pocket hole the screws you don't have to glue, but it won't hurt with ply simply because of the movement it'll likely have.
You could always screw the faces on if your boxes have a sub front. If you drill carefully and use a nice screw like a brass pan head it can look good. Then you can also put a couple of beads of glue behind the face to hold it once you've set the faces properly. If you wanted to use pretty screws you could look into getting some threaded inserts to fit into the fronts instead of screwing directly into the front too.