kiktchen drawer inserts

I usually use the plastic jobs from Wal Mart. Forks, Spoons, Knives… doesn’t really matter to me the order. If your wife is particular I would ask her what she wants… I know the first time I assume something, my wife is going to ask me to change it LOL.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

Sawdust2

One thing I’ve done is to lay out all of the utensils my wife has. A LOT of them are sizes that typical drawer inserts just don’t address… gives you a different perspective

-- Sam

Warning: engineer’s perspective follows:

How about this: Next time you empty your dishwasher, sort all of the utensils by type and put the highest count items near the front. In my house it would be something like this:

20 small spoons
15 small forks
10 big spoons
5 big forks
2 knives

So, in my house, when someone opens the silverware drawer, chances are good they’re after a small spoon or small fork. I’d plan my insert layout to have those items stored closest to the front.

If I had a bandsaw or scroll saw I’d love to make one of these…

-Darin

I’ve made them like a thin drawer that fits inside the drawer with dado’s from one end to the other opposing end and make dividers that slide in and then dado’s in the dividers so every thing is adjustable. just don’t make the dividers to thin or the slots to frequent.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Darin, I tried that. Ithought it was very efficient and practical.

My wife is an artist. They did not look right. She wanted stuff set up differently.
I think we have reached an accord on five of the six drawers.

Jim, the slats are 1/4” to 3/8” thick. I figured that is too thin to put more than 1 dado in per piece because it would weaken to too much.

I was able to rescue most of the slats by heating the joints with a hot gun.

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.