How to Get Evenly Spaced Drawers and Mid Panels

Getting evenly spaced cavities for drawers can be such a headache!! You either end up with two matching and one different or perhaps ALL of your spaces uneven. In this video, I share a simple solution to ensure your next project (or current) has evenly spaced cavities for your shelves or drawers.
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0:00 Intro
1:17 Tools Used
3:10 Standing up the panels
4:56 Accounting for space across width
6:40 Jigs to make the process faster
7:40 Marking
9:00 Transfer lines
9:51 Conclusion

[@ztoefy4026]

I'm so glad you're using metric...all the other vids I searched on youtube use imperial which is confusing as hell for me :) thanks

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

I'm confused by imperial as well! Glad you found it helpful!

[@PBols]

Fastcap FTW. Great info

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Yep!

[@avikehie9127]

just what i needed...thanks a lot Ben

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Awesome, Avi! Glad it helped!

[@haroldaubry8344]

Great tip! And, thanks for your service!

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

You're welcome x2!!!

[@atekjac]

Learned a lot from your practical tips for easy measuring and marking. Also, will now switch to metric for less mental work.
Thanks!

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Thanks! Metric makes everything easier!

[@lilgordie]

Great video, Ben. I'm building a king size bedframe, similarly styled, and this is such a sensible woodworker's way of doing things.

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Nice!! Good luck with the build! Appreciate the comment!

[@stevejohnson2426]

Good stuff Ben, simple and effective. Thanks,

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Thanks for watching Steve! Glad you found it helpful!

[@davorinmalesevic7132]

Liked and subscribed!

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Awesome!

[@pmelchman]

Great video Ben, keep up the good work.

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Thanks Patrick!

[@AngieWilliamsDesigns]

This was really helpful.

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@danielkolchev2025]

Very helpful thanks.

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@tchesstc]

Good vid..Thanks..

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Appreciate you watching!

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Nice! Subscribed....😎

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Welcome to the channel!

[@Matthew-oh5ms]

Make it look easy will ya? I struggled with this very thing while laying out a shaker pantry door. Took me forever to get the spacing correct. Your technique would have saved me so much grief. Well done on the vid. Thank you!

[@BenMarshallDesigns]

Oh it was a struggle for sure! Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!