Pete Brown
03-05-2007, 4:04 PM
From the weekend accomplishments thread:
Figured out a solution for my height-adjustable pull-outs, and started implementing it. (I had tried to do it by installing brass inserts in the cabinet walls, but I didn't locate them precisely enough and had to enlarge the holes in the mounting strips, which meant the drawers might not be level. The solution was carefully-placed blocks screwed to the cabinet at both ends of each slide location.)
Chip, can you elaborate on how you did the height-adjustable bit?
I looked at using shelf standards (ugly, IMHO) with the blum or accuride clips (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1497), but the whole thing looked difficult to adjust and not particularly stable, especially considering the tandem blumotion slides I use. I even bought some to build a prototype and found the clips very difficult to disengage from the standard.
I ended up going with fixed pull-out heights in the pantry.
Pete
Figured out a solution for my height-adjustable pull-outs, and started implementing it. (I had tried to do it by installing brass inserts in the cabinet walls, but I didn't locate them precisely enough and had to enlarge the holes in the mounting strips, which meant the drawers might not be level. The solution was carefully-placed blocks screwed to the cabinet at both ends of each slide location.)
Chip, can you elaborate on how you did the height-adjustable bit?
I looked at using shelf standards (ugly, IMHO) with the blum or accuride clips (http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=1497), but the whole thing looked difficult to adjust and not particularly stable, especially considering the tandem blumotion slides I use. I even bought some to build a prototype and found the clips very difficult to disengage from the standard.
I ended up going with fixed pull-out heights in the pantry.
Pete