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Default How tight should drawers fit?

"Mark Wells" wrote in message

I see. Swingman actually suggested that, but I missed it on his site.


Very last thing on the referenced page.

I really like the idea of a dovetail runner because it keeps the drawer
from tipping forward and it doesn't seem that difficult to fit because
all you have to do is cut a dovetail in the back of the drawer and then
make sure the runner is straight.


Very easy to do. The drawer bottom rests on the top of the dovetail drawer
slide, which provides minimum slop side-to-side, or up and down, and the
drawer will not tip until it's fully extended.

Actually, on the last above, you may find that they work so well that you
need to put what cabinet makers call a 'button' at the top of the back of
each drawer (with one screw so that it can be swiveled out of the way when
you want to remove the drawer) so that the drawer can't be pulled all the
way out by accident.

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