Drawer Assembly

This little tool worked out great and fit inside the drawer easily. However, as I was talking to Tracey about this special device it hit me that she might want to use a different drawer pull at a later date. That would mean she would need something like this to tighten the screws again. Then I had the idea of using a different type of screw so it would make changing this much easier.
 

I bought some button head cap screws to use in place of the Philips head ones that came with pulls. This will make it a breeze to change them with a hex wrench.
 

With the larger head of the button head, there's no need for a washer either so this worked out great. I'll provide a hex wrench with each spice rack just in case someone wants to swap the drawer pulls out.
 

Normally I don't talk about shipping or boxing something up that I'll be sending, but this time it's a little different. Now I've sent my daughter many things in the mail before but nothing as large and as time consuming as this project. With that being said, I wanted to make sure the contents arrived safely and undamaged during the journey from California to Pennsylvania so I bought some shipping supplies to package it with.

The cardboard below measures 36" X 48" and comes in a five pack, which should be more then enough. However, I always over-engineer my shipping container because somehow (and it doesn't matter what delivery company I use) finds a way to tear-up or beat-up the shipping box.
 

I also bought some packing material to protect my project with. The top roll is Poly Foam and is about 1/16" thick X 12" wide and will placed against the wood surface because it's very soft. The bottom roll is Bubble Wrap, which is about 1/2" thick X 12" wide and will be used over the first layer to make sure everything is protected as well I as I can.
 

Next I used two layers of bubble-wrap over the soft layer and again more packaging tape. I made the box with about 2" of room all around it to give me the best chance of protecting my project. And I used three layers of cardboard on all six sides.
 

I ended up using all of the cardboard except for about half a sheet, and then I used a lot of packaging tape to make sure everything stayed together well. Total weight was 23 pounds and I used USPS as my shipping company. Why? Because I've had much better luck with these guys than UPS or FedX. However, it wasn't cheep to send because of it was oversize, heavy and the distance it needed to travel.