Matt Day
12-11-2013, 7:59 PM
I've build a spice rack for a tall narrow upper cabinet similar to Mike Goetzke's design (a search here of "Spice Pull Out Question" will bring it up), but I'm having a problem with it deflecting and not closing smoothly. On Mike's design his slides on on the bottom, but since mine is an upper cabinet I put them on top to free up useable space on the bottom. See below for pictures.
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You can see how the bottom of the drawer deflects inward when the drawer is open - pic #2. The problem is that since the drawer pull (or rather push in this instance) is at the bottom, so when you go to push the drawer close it causes 1) the slides (mounted on top - pic #4) to bind when the drawer deflects and 2) the bottom of the drawer to bind against the face frame. I could solve 2) by simply increasing the distance between the bottom of the drawer and face frame, but I think I'd still have 1) which is really the problem here.
I tried solving the deflection by keeping the bottom running true by installing a wooden runner inside the carcass, but that hasn't helped.
I have room to add another drawer slide on the side toward the bottom. I'm planning on installing one where the lower rod is in the last picture above. Do you all think this would solve the deflection problem?
P.S. In hindsight, I realize that the design flaw I have is that the force of closing the drawer is causing the drawer slides to deflect more and bind. The difference between my design and Mike's is that in his design the force caused the slides to deflects less and help close the drawer. 20/20 now!
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You can see how the bottom of the drawer deflects inward when the drawer is open - pic #2. The problem is that since the drawer pull (or rather push in this instance) is at the bottom, so when you go to push the drawer close it causes 1) the slides (mounted on top - pic #4) to bind when the drawer deflects and 2) the bottom of the drawer to bind against the face frame. I could solve 2) by simply increasing the distance between the bottom of the drawer and face frame, but I think I'd still have 1) which is really the problem here.
I tried solving the deflection by keeping the bottom running true by installing a wooden runner inside the carcass, but that hasn't helped.
I have room to add another drawer slide on the side toward the bottom. I'm planning on installing one where the lower rod is in the last picture above. Do you all think this would solve the deflection problem?
P.S. In hindsight, I realize that the design flaw I have is that the force of closing the drawer is causing the drawer slides to deflect more and bind. The difference between my design and Mike's is that in his design the force caused the slides to deflects less and help close the drawer. 20/20 now!