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   oldusty | May 12, 2008 06:03am | #1

     stu ,

           I always put the cabinet member back about an 1/8" and the drawer box member fits flush to the back of the drawer face .

              try it            dusty

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   saschafer | May 14, 2008 07:18pm | #2

   I believe the gap is intentional, so that the drawers slide bottoms out before the overlay drawer front hits the cabinet sides. (And the instructions for inset drawer fronts are consistent with this.) But 1/8" does seem overly generous.

   I use mostly Blum hardware--you see the same kind of thing there, although the gaps are usually a little smaller, maybe 2mm (5/64") or so.

   -Steve

    

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   oldusty | May 14, 2008 10:20pm | #3

     Hi Steve ,

               It is a space about the same size as bumper pads , Euro and some face frame work get bumper pads on all doors and drawers , that way the gap is even all around the faces .

              dusty

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   sapwood | May 15, 2008 08:42am | #4

   Twenty five or so years ago I too noticed that instruction on Accuride slides. I thought "I don't want my drawer fronts to sit out there..." So I ignored the direction. It wasn't the first nor the last time I did such a thing.

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   non trad stu | May 15, 2008 05:41pm | #5

   Glad to hear that I'm not going totally barmy!  Makes one wonder if they are getting feedback and if so why they won't change.

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   sapwood | May 15, 2008 07:51pm | #6

   Actually, I don't think they have anything to change other than perhaps to add an explanation as to why in their instructions. As has been pointed out, there are some good reasons for stopping the drawer travel short of faceframe contact. My work is usually out of the norm so I'm accustomed to modifying any manufacturers instructions and their hardware when necessary to fit my particular application.

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   ring | May 16, 2008 07:33am | #7

   I don't use use Accuride slides, so I'm not 100% sure about them, but there's a similar situation with the Blum slides. Despite their very detailed specs, you need to think about the application and decide for yourself -For inset drawers it is usually desirable to have the drawer faces a bit BEHIND the plane of the cabinet. For overlay drawers, it is often desirable to have the slide stop when the drawer faces are slightly PROUD of the cabinet. This means that for the same slides you need to adjust the positioning somewhat depending on the application. In fact, until the soft-closing mechanisms became popular it was the norm to attach little plastic bumpers to the rear of the drawer faces in order to soften the blow. Those bumpers needed about 1/8" and therefore offset the slide position a bit. David Ring

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   Bolts | May 16, 2008 09:37am | #8

   One of the other guys mentioned the 2mm buffers to even everything up Blum make little shock absorbers mainly for cabinet doors called Blummotion they might not help but may be of interest.

   Regards from OZ

   You can make it fool proof but not idiot proof