Drawer slides for shop cabinets


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I use a strip of wood glued/screwed into the sides of the cabinet, that the drawer just slides on (a cool variation I've been seeing more and more is just cutting an oversize drawer bottom that sticks out along each side, then cut grooves into the cabinet sides for them to slide into).  

You forego the "full extension" by going this way, but I just pull the whole drawer out and set it on top if I'm having trouble accessing something in the back.  The price is certainly right; even with inexpensive HD slides, the costs add up quick.  

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Thanks all.  I've bought the ones from HD before (Everbilt?  Or some name like that).  They worked OK.  I saw a listing on Amazon for a 10-pack (10 pair) for $65.  Might be worth trying them out -it's a shop cabinet, so I'm not too picky.

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You can buy 10 packs of Promark slides on Amazon for about that price.  I bought a bunch of 28" ball bearing full extension (100 LB) slides for about $7 each a few years ago.  They seem to work well and were easy to install.  I bought them at the recommedation of James King of King's Fine Woodworking in Colorado.

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It looks like I bought mine in 2018.  The specific pack I bought isn't available anymore.  Here is the current listing.  They only have the longer slides in 5 packs, not 10 packs.  For reference, I paid $78 for a 10 pack in 2018.  They are quite a bit more expensive now, at $90 for a 5 pack.

https://www.amazon.com/Promark-Extension-Drawer-Slide-Inches-5/dp/B07WG44457/ref=pd_ci_mcx_pspc_dp_d_2_t_4?pd_rd_w=Ufn3o&content-id=amzn1.sym.568f3b6b-5aad-4bfd-98ee-d827f03151e4&pf_rd_p=568f3b6b-5aad-4bfd-98ee-d827f03151e4&pf_rd_r=STF3CT6Q3SGSWBT0M70E&pd_rd_wg=kwHI9&pd_rd_r=a3925da7-5eb6-4a15-8d2b-29b668b7f187&pd_rd_i=B07RG4GMY7&th=1

The ones I bought are actually 26" and not 28".  I had to look up my purchase history to find them.
 

Derek

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