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[email protected] (Ben Jackson)

01/12/2004 3:54 AM

Springy vertical drawer slide?

I was thinking about a cabinet that would have vertically oriented
drawers. They'd stay flush with the top of the cabinet until you
pushed them down and let them pop up (sort of like a stereo cabinet
door). They'd be spring loaded or counterweighted so that they'd
open up about halfway. When you were done you'd push down on them
until they snapped back in place.

Is there any existing hardware like this?

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Ben Jackson
<[email protected]>
http://www.ben.com/


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"Upscale"

in reply to [email protected] (Ben Jackson) on 01/12/2004 3:54 AM

01/12/2004 4:04 AM

"Ben Jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:dfbrd.125083$5K2.32349@attbi_s03...
> I was thinking about a cabinet that would have vertically oriented
> drawers. They'd stay flush with the top of the cabinet until you
> pushed them down and let them pop up (sort of like a stereo cabinet
> door). They'd be spring loaded or counterweighted so that they'd
> open up about halfway. When you were done you'd push down on them
> until they snapped back in place.

In case you need it, I've uploaded to alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking, a
vertical drawer plan I designed for my own entertainment centre.

For push to release hardware, you might consider stuff similar to what Lee
Valley Tools offers. Here's a few suggestions.

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=40598&category=3,41399,41403

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=40120&category=3,41399,41401

bB

[email protected] (Ben Jackson)

in reply to [email protected] (Ben Jackson) on 01/12/2004 3:54 AM

01/12/2004 8:28 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Upscale <[email protected]> wrote:
>For push to release hardware, you might consider stuff similar to what Lee
>Valley Tools offers. Here's a few suggestions.
>
>http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=40598&category=3,41399,41403

Yes, that's the kind of magnetic latch I was thinking of. That could
be underneath the entire drawer. The other part would be slides for the
drawer that could be counterweighted or spring-loaded. Like a window
uses, for example. Oh! Or like a cash drawer. But more powerful. The
drawer would sit about halfway open.

--
Ben Jackson
<[email protected]>
http://www.ben.com/

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"Charles Spitzer"

in reply to [email protected] (Ben Jackson) on 01/12/2004 3:54 AM

01/12/2004 1:30 PM


"Ben Jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:LPprd.130068$5K2.31804@attbi_s03...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Upscale <[email protected]> wrote:
>>For push to release hardware, you might consider stuff similar to what Lee
>>Valley Tools offers. Here's a few suggestions.
>>
>>http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=40598&category=3,41399,41403
>
> Yes, that's the kind of magnetic latch I was thinking of. That could
> be underneath the entire drawer. The other part would be slides for the
> drawer that could be counterweighted or spring-loaded. Like a window
> uses, for example. Oh! Or like a cash drawer. But more powerful. The
> drawer would sit about halfway open.
>
> --
> Ben Jackson
> <[email protected]>
> http://www.ben.com/

a really big toaster?


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