I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and probably
pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember where.
Cheers, Shawn
"Rima Neas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
>Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
>relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
>
> The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
> seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and
> probably pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember
> where.
>
Dandy Drawers are not that big.
But they are ultimate simplicity and cheap.
http://www.dandydrawers.com/
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Rima Neas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the
> workshop/garage. Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each.
> Where can I find some relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
Try a scrapyard - one dealing with electronic stuff.
The draw in my workbench is supported by a pair of heavy duty, double
extension, ball bearing slides that came out of a scrap 19" rack cabinet.
The draw is 38x24x11", with a couple of lift out trays, and constructed of
1" timber. Full of tools and crap it must weigh "a ton" and has been
sliding in and for over 20 years with no problems.
Stuart
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For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk
On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:38:52 -0800, "Rima Neas" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
>Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
>relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
>
>The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
>seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and probably
>pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember where.
>
>Cheers, Shawn
>
This place has pretty inexpensive slides of various types:
http://www.cshardware.com/
Haven't ordered from them myself, but saved the link because of the
low prices on slides.
Paul F.
"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Cheap" is a relative term with slides.
>
....
> These are the ones I almost always use for "heavy duty"..
>
> http://wwhardware.com/catalog.cfm/GroupID/Cabinet%20Drawer%20Slides/CatID/Drawer%20Slides%2C%20Full%20Extension%20Ball%20Bearing/SubCatID/Economy%20Full%20Extension
>
>
Excellent, thanks. These are even better priced than the ones at
CSHardware... should have waited a bit before ordering, oh well, next time.
Cheers, Shawn
"Rima Neas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
>Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
>relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
>
> The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
> seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and
> probably pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember
> where.
>
> Cheers, Shawn
>
Define relatively cheap, $5 or $15 or $40 each pair.
"Cheap" is a relative term with slides.
Did you mean these:
http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=115-793&search=Hardware%20Drawer%20Slides%20-%20Roller%20Box%20Drawer
or
http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=938-223&search=Hardware%20Drawer%20Slides%20-%20Roller%20Box%20Drawer
or
http://www.woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=142-772&search=Hardware%20Drawer%20Slides%20-%20Ball%20Bearing%20Box%20Drawer
There are literally hundreds of drawer slides and the pricing starts at
$2.00 a pair and goes up from there.
These are the ones I almost always use for "heavy duty"..
http://wwhardware.com/catalog.cfm/GroupID/Cabinet%20Drawer%20Slides/CatID/Drawer%20Slides%2C%20Full%20Extension%20Ball%20Bearing/SubCatID/Economy%20Full%20Extension
Rima Neas wrote:
> I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
> Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
> relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
>
> The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
> seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and probably
> pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember where.
>
> Cheers, Shawn
>
>
"Rima Neas" wrote
> I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
> Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
> relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
>
> The carts will be 36" long, but I can use shorter drawers. I remember
> seeing very simple slides advertised a while ago, nothing fancy and
> probably pretty high friction, but fairly sturdy... just can't remember
> where.
While I purchase some high dollar drawer slides for custom kitchens, I
routinely use ones identical to these on all *my* shop/utility drawers, but
in brown:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1507&filter=brown%20drawer%20slides
There used to be a place here in Houston where they were less than $3 a
pair, but even at Rockler's prices they are simple, economical and perform
well, even with a drawer full of wrenches used on a daily basis
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Rima Neas wrote:
> I am building a few carts to organize my stuff around the workshop/garage.
> Ideas is to also have a couple of drawers on each. Where can I find some
> relatively cheap heavy duty slides?
How do you define "cheap" and "heavy duty"? I built one shop cabinet
using 100lb (static) Blum 3/4 extension slides, these were around
$7CAD/pr. I built another using 100lb full extension slides, at around
2.5X the price.
So far, both have held up well.
Chris
Many thanks for the info...
$12-15 is "relatively cheap" for #100 full extension ball-bearing
slides--CSHardware.com seems an excellent source, I will try them. But it
is also nice to know that Rockler's epoxy slides hold up. Oh, and those
DandyDrawers fit the bill for a good number of things. Thanks.
Cheers, Shawn