Steve Schoene
12-10-2005, 9:42 AM
I have a POS computer desk with a drawer/keyboard tray that needs new slide hardware. The problem is that the old slide was so light duty that it used less than the typical 1/2" spacing between drawer and the side of the opening.
Details: the total drawer sides are 2 1/2" high, and 16" from front-to-back. Included in the heighth is a 1/2" thick bottom which is screwed underneath the bottoms of the sides and back. (Yes, it runs cross grain to the sides--told you is is a POS.) The width of the opening is 19 3/16" shy, and the drawer is 28 5/16" full, which leaves a skant 7/16 space between drawer and the case side. There is no divider below the drawer.
Is there thinner hardware that I could just screw in place, or should I think about removing the tray front, and cutting a dado to mount standard, thicker drawer hardware. Can't make dado very deep or I remove too much "meat" surrounding the screws that hold on the bottom.
Details: the total drawer sides are 2 1/2" high, and 16" from front-to-back. Included in the heighth is a 1/2" thick bottom which is screwed underneath the bottoms of the sides and back. (Yes, it runs cross grain to the sides--told you is is a POS.) The width of the opening is 19 3/16" shy, and the drawer is 28 5/16" full, which leaves a skant 7/16 space between drawer and the case side. There is no divider below the drawer.
Is there thinner hardware that I could just screw in place, or should I think about removing the tray front, and cutting a dado to mount standard, thicker drawer hardware. Can't make dado very deep or I remove too much "meat" surrounding the screws that hold on the bottom.