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Old drawer slide????
On Jun 27, 7:24 pm, "Xantipas" wrote:
Am attempting to locate a particular drawer slide. Please see picture athttp://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/Xantipas/ There is no brand name or numbers on them, the web doesn't seem to have them, several harware stores in Houston don't have them SO..... if anyone might know the manufacturer or has see them I' appreciate a reply. Estimates to "modify" the cabinets to accept the "current" design of the drawer slides on the market today run "almost" as much as replacing the cabinets with new ones. Without more information it's almost impossible to find exact replacements. Any hardware that doesn't have any markings is so cheap that it's a crap shot whether you'd ever find the manufacturer - they might not be in business anymore. If they're still in business, well, even basic drawer slides are better than those. Measure the exact drawer width, then measure the exact drawer opening width. If it's right at 1" you could easily upgrade to much better slides. With full extension drawer slides you'd be able to access the entire drawer, not just the front 75%. You can get replacement slides for pretty damn cheap. The easiest thing to do is to take off the drawer slide (both pieces from one side) and bring it to a big box store and compare yours to the ones on display, and find a set that fits your budget. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...51.html?page=2 R |
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Old drawer slide????
RicodJour wrote:
On Jun 27, 7:24 pm, "Xantipas" wrote: Am attempting to locate a particular drawer slide. Please see picture athttp://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/Xantipas/ There is no brand name or numbers on them, the web doesn't seem to have them, several harware stores in Houston don't have them SO..... if anyone might know the manufacturer or has see them I' appreciate a reply. Estimates to "modify" the cabinets to accept the "current" design of the drawer slides on the market today run "almost" as much as replacing the cabinets with new ones. Without more information it's almost impossible to find exact replacements. Any hardware that doesn't have any markings is so cheap that it's a crap shot whether you'd ever find the manufacturer - they might not be in business anymore. If they're still in business, well, even basic drawer slides are better than those. Measure the exact drawer width, then measure the exact drawer opening width. If it's right at 1" you could easily upgrade to much better slides. With full extension drawer slides you'd be able to access the entire drawer, not just the front 75%. You can get replacement slides for pretty damn cheap. The easiest thing to do is to take off the drawer slide (both pieces from one side) and bring it to a big box store and compare yours to the ones on display, and find a set that fits your budget. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...51.html?page=2 R I didnt look but you might try Rockler.com -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 |
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