Hello,
I am in the process of building a kitchen island and I want to install 2 way drawers. I have found a set of 2 way drawer slides by Accuride that I though would do the job. But the plans also call for an inset flush drawer face. And therein lies my problem: If I make the drawer face flush I will not be able to slide it through since the edge of the drawer face will hit the slides.
Is there a way to construct a 2 way sliding drawer and still have a flush drawer face? Or should I consider waxed wood slides instead of metal? I would have to cut away the drawer face at the slides but at least I closed be looking at wood rather than metal.
Finally any ideas on how to create a drawer stop when closed would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Dean
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Here's one way to do what you want...
The drawer is simply a box. It fits inside a box-shaped hole in the cabinet. The drawer's sliding surfaces are the tops and bottoms of the drawer's sides. The drawer stop is formed by strong magnets. There's magnets fastened to the drawer box, and mating magnets fastened to the cabinet. When the drawer magnets are close to the cabinet magnets, there is a detent, but you can open the drawer either way. Use those little rare-earth magnets available from all the woodworking catalogs. You can bury the drawer magnets on the bottom edges of the sides, so they're not visible when the drawer gets opened.
Make your own slides similar to how wooden table extenders are made. Rout a sliding dovetail (Female) in the sides of the drawers and the gables at the same height. Make a double-sided dovetail (bow-tie shaped) to fit between the two. This limits the extension to a little less than full extension. You cannot install or remove the drawer without taking a drawer face off (atleast I haven't figured out how.
I hope that makes sense.
Chris @ flairwoodworks
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wedged,
Wooden drawer bearers, under the drawer sides. If the case doesn't have a partition either side to guide the drawer, make the bearers "L" shaped in section. I've seen various wheeled supports that are installed inside the case opening to lessen friction, but am not a kitchen cabinet maker so can't point you to them.
You can use "bullet" type friction catches, or make your own, a la Krenov, at one or both the drawer fronts to provide for a positive stop.
Ray
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