Riptide drawer sides 3.5 x 17.5 are drawer side blanks designed for building dovetail drawer boxes in production or shop settings. The blanks are part of the Riptide drawer construction systems line, so they align with workflows built around dedicated drawer components. Each piece has a 3.5 inch height and 17.5 inch length, which sets a consistent profile when planning drawer box sizes. The .625 inch thickness gives a defined side wall dimension that can be used to size grooves, clearances, and related joinery. These drawer side blanks are made of rubberwood, providing a uniform material across every piece in the pallet quantity. A UV finished surface is applied to the rubberwood, giving the blanks a finished appearance straight from stock and reducing the amount of finishing steps needed during drawer box production.
These drawer side blanks are set up for dovetail-style drawer construction, so they are suited to workflows that cut dovetail joints into pre-sized components. The .625 inch thickness gives a clear reference when setting dovetail machine or jig settings for pin and tail geometry. With a fixed 3.5 inch height, layouts for bottom panel grooves and drawer slide clearances can be patterned across multiple boxes without adjusting side height. The 17.5 inch length provides a known starting dimension, so cutting or machining sequences can be organized around that side length. Because the rubberwood surfaces are UV finished, these sides enter assembly already coated, which integrates into build sequences that aim to minimize separate finishing stages.
These Riptide drawer side blanks belong to the drawer construction systems category, so they function as dedicated components in cabinet or furniture production that uses standardized drawer parts. The dovetail designation ties them to drawer boxes that rely on dovetail joinery at the corners, making the blanks a natural fit where dovetail machinery is already part of the shop lineup. At 3.5 inches high, they help define shallow or utility-style drawers that often sit in upper cabinets, desk units, or accessory bays where lower sides are preferred. The 17.5 inch length works as a fixed side dimension, supporting layouts where drawer depths are organized around repeat side lengths across multiple cabinet runs. Using rubberwood as the material keeps the side blanks consistent from piece to piece, which matters when routing, machining dovetails, and aligning edges during assembly.
The .625 inch thick construction defines the side wall dimension for these Riptide drawer sides, allowing tooling and joinery setups to be tuned once around this thickness and then repeated through the pallet quantity. That consistent thickness affects how grooves for bottoms are cut, how dovetail sockets are formed, and how the finished drawer relates to cabinet openings. The UV finished rubberwood surface means each side arrives already coated, which can streamline production by reducing the number of separate steps between machining and final assembly. In a run of 1239 pieces per pallet, that prefinished surface becomes a significant time factor as every drawer side reaches a similar appearance and surface condition without additional coating passes. Because the drawer sides are identified by the DRWE_D_3.5X17.5 part number, they can be slotted into ordering systems and project documentation wherever that specific 3.5 inch by 17.5 inch dovetail drawer side is called out.
These drawer sides are described as dovetail drawer side blanks, so they are intended for drawer box construction that uses dovetail joinery at the corners.
The drawer side blanks have a 3.5 inch height, 17.5 inch length, and .625 inch thickness, which sets the side wall size and helps define drawer box proportions.
The drawer side blanks are made of rubberwood, giving a consistent wood species for machining, dovetailing, and visual matching across a pallet quantity.
The UV finished rubberwood surface provides a prefinished drawer side, which can reduce separate finishing stages and move drawer boxes toward a ready-to-use look faster.
These drawer side blanks are sold in pallet quantities only, which suits higher-volume production environments planning multiple drawer boxes from one run.
The part number DRWE_D_3.5X17.5 identifies these Riptide drawer side blanks as dovetail-oriented pieces with a 3.5 inch height and 17.5 inch length for ordering and planning.
These Riptide drawer side blanks combine a 3.5 inch height, 17.5 inch length, and .625 inch thickness in rubberwood with a UV finished surface, giving a defined profile for dovetail drawer box projects. When pallet quantities align with your production volume and dovetail construction is already part of your process, these drawer sides offer a standardized component that can be planned into drawer construction systems and repeat shop workflows.
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