I am building a chest that looks sort of like the Gerstner piece shown here.
The drawers slide on 1/2 x 5/16 maple strips that screw to the sides, and the drawer sides are plowed with a 17/32 groove to ride on the wood strips. You can see grooves in the drawer sides in the pic above.
I have two choices as regards stopping the drawers when closed, one of which is to have the front lip of the drawer front, 1/4 thick, butt to the front end face of the maple slide sticks. The other is to glue a stop into the back of the box for the drawer side end to bump.
What would you do?
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one of which is to have the front lip of the drawer front, 1/4 thick, butt to the front end face of the maple slide sticks.
It's what I normally do
Gene,
I would fit stops at the rear, in line with the drawer sides. I also like to glue on felt pads.This way the roughest handling cannot damage the drawer as may happen if you fitted stops which bear on the drawer front.
I am interested in the chest: what are you to use it for, and would you be able to provide pictures which show details of the corner fittings and the side handles? See here to know why I am curious http://www.collectablefurniture.co.nz.
I'd put the stops at the rear.
1. I'd really hate to see someone slam the drawer and have it tear through that 1/4" of drawer face.
2. It's a cinch if it ever needs to be adjusted.
3. You can easily incorporate a soft closing mechanism of any kind.
David Ring
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Use slightly projecting screws on the back of the drawer as stops, they can easily be adjusted to get the drawer to flush up. Have them strike rubber or leather pads glued to the back of the case if you want to have a bit of padding where the screw head touches the wood.
John White
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