"Jacob Robinson"
01-03-2012, 2:07 PM
It has been a good while since I have posted on here and I can say it feels good to get caught up on some of the great information on this forum.
To my real question:
Short Version: Where do you buy you Ball Bearing Drawer Slides.
Long version: I worked at a custom cabinet shopfor about 4 years while I was in college, and I would always buy all of the hardware for my weekend projects at the wholesale distributor where the company bought their stuff. Since leaving I have had several instances where I needed some hardware most commonly drawer slides and I cannot find anywhere remotely close to the the price I was paying before. I know that is the reason for wholesale, but in many other areas the wholesale price and retail prices are not very different. But in this case Rockler and Woodcraft are WAY out of the ballpark here. I always used KV 8400 and 8405 when I worked and even some import brand called DSI I think, (in my experience just as good as the KV's). Maybe the price has just gone up that much since I left, but that has only been about a year ago. Specifically I am looking for 10-15 sets of 16" full extension slides, the cheapest I see them is about $12, I used to pay less than half that if I bought in a case of 10 sets. Is this the going rate or am I missing a a good vendor somewhere?
Thanks for your input,
Jake
To my real question:
Short Version: Where do you buy you Ball Bearing Drawer Slides.
Long version: I worked at a custom cabinet shopfor about 4 years while I was in college, and I would always buy all of the hardware for my weekend projects at the wholesale distributor where the company bought their stuff. Since leaving I have had several instances where I needed some hardware most commonly drawer slides and I cannot find anywhere remotely close to the the price I was paying before. I know that is the reason for wholesale, but in many other areas the wholesale price and retail prices are not very different. But in this case Rockler and Woodcraft are WAY out of the ballpark here. I always used KV 8400 and 8405 when I worked and even some import brand called DSI I think, (in my experience just as good as the KV's). Maybe the price has just gone up that much since I left, but that has only been about a year ago. Specifically I am looking for 10-15 sets of 16" full extension slides, the cheapest I see them is about $12, I used to pay less than half that if I bought in a case of 10 sets. Is this the going rate or am I missing a a good vendor somewhere?
Thanks for your input,
Jake