Maximum over travel for drawer slides
Hi Gang.
I’m planning to build a tool cabinet for under my soon the be completed workbench. The cabinet will be inset several inches from the top of the workbench, and I want to drawers to slide out as much as possible. So far I can find drawer slides with 1″ of over travel, which will work, but….. Anyone know of drawer slides with more over travel? It’s a heavy bench so I’m not at all worried about the weight from a fully extended drawer. Thanks.
Richard
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That's all I've ever seen (Accuride).
However, you can cheat by making the drawer shorter than the slide -- i.e. if you have 24" slides, make the drawer length 21", etc.
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"It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."
John Wooden 1910-
Yeah, I've used the shorter drawer trick before, but I'm greedy and want the most storage space possible. Thanks.
Richard
Then you get to decide if you want all of the drawer space to be easily accessible, or use the full length of the slide for your drawer. :)********************************************************
"It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."
John Wooden 1910-
LOL, that is what I was thinking.
BUT!!! there is another option if you are hell bent. You can gang two slides togather to get as much as you need. You just need to make sure that the first set of slides can handle the stress.Pardon my spelling,
Mike
Make sure that your next project is beyond your skill and requires tools you don't have. You won't regret it.
Now that's an idea I never would have thought of !!!!********************************************************
"It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts."
John Wooden 1910-
For a good reason I'm sure. LOL
I can't remember where I saw it but I have seen a comercially made version of this idea. They spot welded the two togather, not unlike the KV 8505's.Pardon my spelling,
Mike
Make sure that your next project is beyond your skill and requires tools you don't have. You won't regret it.
You didn't say what length you need, but you can easily take a longer full-extension slide if it fits under the bench. Blum makes a 30" Tandem slide, so if you mount it with a 24" drawer (it has to have the full-length bottom in order to catch in the rear) you get effectively 6" or more of over travel.
DR
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