POWERTEC Drawer Front Installation Clamps, Cabinet Face Frame Clamp (71181)

We remodeled our kitchen ourselves and I bought these to install the drawer faces. They worked so good, I am so happy with it. I doubt I'll ever use them again but for how easy they made the install go, I can't find anything to complain about and would buy them again if I needed to. Excellent product!

I wasn't sure if this was going to be adequate but I put my first drawer front on it worked perfectly. I have not tried the Rockler version but Powertec was much cheaper. It is sturdy and my first drawer is ready to be screwed in and then attach the handle. Because you can close the drawer, you can see exactly how well it fits, something I couldn't do with my clamps - initially I saw how off my drawer front was but I adjusted it with these drawer clamps - so easy!!! No regrets with this purchase! I recommend it.

I needed some clamps when I redid my kitchen cabinets. This made fitting drawer fronts much easier. Nice little clamps.

These were $20 less than Rockler. Hard to know how they compare in terms of engineering and durability. These feel a little flimsy, but got the job done. Definitely recommend if not mounting drawer fronts often.

The clamps work pretty much exactly as expected. They are easy to attach to the drawer box, and the front clamps allowed me to hold the drawer face on while I got it aligned just right. My left-hand clamp wasn't quite as square as the right-hand one, but it didn't really affect the install process. I didn't find the left-and-right adjustment screws super useful, but if I was dealing with more accurately assembled boxes & faces, I could see how they could save a lot of time on repeated alignments. I did have an occasional drawer face get misaligned, but it turned out I was pushing too hard on the face and causing it to shift the drawer slides out of alignment. Once I removed my spacer shims and screwed on the face, it bounced back. So a recommendation here is to make sure you always loosen the front clamps before making even small adjustments.

These made the pile of drawer faces I needed to attach about as simple as it could have been. If you're ever installing drawer faces just get them and save yourself a lot of trouble. The back clamp is very strong and holds tight, the side fine adjustment clamps hold your overhang really well from face to face and allow for small adjustments where needed, and the front clamps hold the face tight if needed (once its all fully aligned) but can be light enough to hold the face secure while still making small adjustments. The only issue I had was that the side (fine adjustment) clamps stick out far enough that they were bumping the face to their side and if it was hitting only one side then the soft-close drawer slides were pulling the drawer in at a slight angle so the horizontal alignment was slightly thrown off. Just something to be aware of and pull the drawer back out a slight bit so the soft-close system isn't pulling the drawer in.

Recently replaced five drawer in my kitchen and was very concerned about my ability to place the fronts on these drawers accurately. These clamps worked perfectly. I was able to place the fronts on the drawers and secure them with the clamps. I could then use my level to make sure they were position correctly. A nice feature is for those drawers that might be installed in a downward row. The clamps have a screw that you adjust to ensure the centering of the front on each drawer. You maintain the position of that screw as you move from one drawer to the next. It ensures that each drawer front is centered in the same position. Makes this job SO much easier.

I had a kitchen re-face project with many drawer fronts of different sizes. This allowed me to accurately line up the faces and was big time saver. I recommend.

Bit fiddly to set up and don’t really hold the face, I gave up and did it without them

Worked the same as some of the more expensive name brands. Holds the "false" front of the drawer tightly enough to stay in place but with enough adjustment (while holding) to position the front perfectly. If you give yourself enough clearance between the drawer side and the underside of the opening, you can then close the drawer almost completely to help with alignment (you need 5 mm or more clearance).

Funktioniert, Leider kann man sie nur gut einsetzen wenn es sich um Einzelschränke handelt. Wenn rechts oder links daneben eine zweite Reihe Schubläden ist, dann sind die Bügel so breit, dass man die andere Reihe Schubläden entfernen muss. Dies ist eigentlich nicht schlimm. Sollen aber die Fronten, der Schubläden daneben mit den gerade zu montierenden Fronten in einer Flucht sein, so kann man dies nicht gewährleisten, da diese ja dann ausgebaut sind. Sonst aber gutes Produkt.

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This is the extra hand you were looking for that can hold the face of the drawer while you set up your spacing. Especially convenient if you have to install the drawer fronts before the handles.