Drawer slides--metal

[Steve Schoene]

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.

[Dennis Peacock]

My keyboard tray runs on those cheap ol', epoxy, single wheel, drawer slides. Whack that thing off and put some "real" slides on there. My next keyboard tray will be something I'm proud to use.

[Jamie Buxton]

Thinner slides are available. For instance,
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...,40591&p=40591

[Mark Singer]

Jamie,
I did it yesterday...Bought about $700 worth of the Blumotion...18" and 12" for the Balboa home...$$$$
Another $600 for Shedua and
prefinish 4x8 3/4" import venneer core carcass material

I bought the drawer sides pre groved and prefinished with an edgeband,...maple

[Jamie Buxton]

Jamie,
I did it yesterday...Bought about $700 worth of the Blumotion...18" and 12" for the Balboa home...$$$$
Another $600 for Shedua and
prefinish 4x8 3/4" import venneer core carcass material

I bought the drawer sides pre groved and prefinished with an edgeband,...maple

Great!
We'll want pix when you get the cabinets finished, and an opinion about whether Blumotion is cool enough to justify the price.