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I’m trying to find a replacement for this item. I’m suspecting it’s from the kitchen remodel approx 1940s. I’m attaching 2 photos. The first from the top. Made of metal with a metal roller in the middle. The 4 corners are bent over acting like prongs. A hole was cut into the wood on the bottom of the frame where the drawer is put into the cabinet. This is around the sink area and there was water leakage. These glides(?) got wet and subsequently rusted. At least most of them rusted. I would like to replace them (the drawer is VERY difficult to move in/out without them). Can anyone provide me a name of a source? If no source, what can I replace them with that won’t require redoing the original drawer.
Appreciate any help.
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I can't see enough detail in either picture to understand how they work. Can you get any closer and still be in focus?
How many of these things were used for each drawer?
If you haven't already discarded the rusty ones, trying to rehabilitate them might be worthwhile. There are ways to deal with surface rust. Rusted wheels and axles are a little dicier.
Sorry, UD. I can't get any closer w/out losing focus. Hmmm, more detail.
Picture a flat small square of thin metal. Crease each corner (those become the prongs that end up being pounded into the bottom of the drawer hole in the cabinet). Cut the center of the square of metal. Now within the cutout center is a cylinder of metal attached to the inside with a pin(?) on each long side so that the cylinder can spin freely...if it's not rusted.
Back to the drawer hole in the cabinet. A small square is cut into the wood for each of these glides. Each rail(? - left and right side of the drawer hole) has about 4 or 5 of these holes all in a straight line. Only the 2 large drawer holes have this arrangement, I checked the other drawers. The glide is pounded/pressed into the wood, positioned above the square hole so that the metal cylinder can rotate freely. When the drawer is pulled out or pushed in, the sides of the drawer bottom rest on the metal cylinders and allow the drawer to glide closed or open.
Does this help? Sorry, I don't know all the technical terms for cabinets, drawers and such. I'm just happy I didn't use the word thingy <g>.Perfect beef stew, perfect meatloaf and perfect wine jelly.How difficult can perfecting creme brulee be?
UD, should I attach a photo that's not been downsized?Perfect beef stew, perfect meatloaf and perfect wine jelly.How difficult can perfecting creme brulee be?
Couldn't hurt. Can you crop pictures? If you can delete the irrelevant bits, then a full size picture might still come out to a reasonable size.
A picture of one in place might be helpful, too.
Edited 8/28/2004 2:39 am ET by Uncle Dunc
You could probably replace them with simple fixed nylon glides sold in a dozen sizes in any hardware store.
John W.
These disc rollers from Lee Valley- Veritas look like they might be a replacement PlantLust. Slainte. View Image View Image
Thanks to UD's proding, I was forced to explore Irfanview a little more closely. Here's my doctored photo:Perfect beef stew, perfect meatloaf and perfect wine jelly.How difficult can perfecting creme brulee be?
I have never seen slides of this type, so it would probably be some sort of miracle if you could find replacement parts.
Richard's suggestion (Lee Valley rollers) is the best alternative, I think. I have used them, and they are not great, but they do work. If yours is an inset drawer, you may have to cut some of the drawer away (either the front and/or the sides) to allow enough clearance for the rollers.
A second more time consuming, less desirable alternative would be a bottom mounted slide from Accuride (#1029). Depending on the drawer's construction, they can sometimes be used for old drawers. To work, there must be an adequate space between the bottom of the drawer side and the underside of the drawer bottom itself.
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Edited 8/28/2004 11:44 am ET by nikkiwood
I refinished our old kitchen cabinets and used accuride bottom mount slides for the drawers. It took some fiddling to get them right because the cabinets weren't square anymore, or never were. I had to add a back rail in some cases. I didn't have to cut any of the drawers down, but had to cut a relief in a couple of the rails on the face frame.
The work paid off thought - I had to buy a 90 degree makita cordless drill to drill and screw the slides in! They work great. I got loads of hubby points for this one! And, being a male, I need all the hubby points I can get!
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