How To Make Wooden Full Extension Drawer Slides - Woodworking 

Hi John, do you have a cost estimate for the store bought slides, vs the timber, fixings, and varnish for your home made version..? Of course we can't factor in our time as that will vary from person to person and tooling available.. Here in Australia, full extension slides like these are quite expensive, especially if you need heavy duty ones.. Many years ago I made a power tool drawer for under my work bench, and the 40kg slides I got were about 45 bucks a pair.. To be fair, they've been reliable and trouble free in the 11 years since, so I'm also wondering how timber ones would hold up over time. Great content, and thanks for sharing 👍

They are great videos. I am a big fan of your videos

@@genelomas332 don't bother asking John anything, he's a moron. I asked what should be a fairly simple question of him, but instead of answering or saying he doesn't know, he goes into some pity party, but still asks for people to support him and buy plans (which I've done).

@@adrianmack3 moron you say.. nice. Please, point me in the direction of your successful RU-vid channel.. 3 playlists and zero videos means you have nothing of value to add here with your criticism.. Thanks for playing.

I'd like to buy the plan but not sure which is which on your Plans Archive Section. Is that the one you are taling about? ibuildit.ca/plans/large-toolbox-plans/

His hopes and dreams were made out of wood too. But they burnt up.

That’s right! Plywood is the real hero here

The soft close is built in to your fingertips

@@tommoores1531 not all models are equipped, conditions apply.

Bungee cord or long spring

For a tool box an "Auto following" feature would be far more useful. ;) Tesla "Summon Mode" here we come.

Metal ones will also be stronger. Don't get me wrong, these look great and I'm thinking of using them for a set of shop drawers I've got coming up soon, but these would not work well if you were going to be storing extremely heavy things like metal stock or machines like a bench grinder.

@@Beakerbite making them beefer.

The weight is on the slides, the bolts are basicaly travel stops.

@@UberAlphaSirus Just to add to that, the weight is transferred to the runners, hence the extra time smoothing them. I bet a little paste wax would go a long way there too.

the screws doesn't carry any load, the load is all on the runners the screws and slots just stops the slider

@@fuzzy1dk Ooooh, yeah... you're right. Thanks.

@@JorgTheElder ok,however, its always to have built something better for heavy storage, so I can store my heavy millwright tools.

the drawers can be installed and removed when they are fully extended. just like regular metal slides.

@@KipdoesStuff Yep, just unscrewed. I think they'd actually be easier than normal slides as the drawer will probably sit nicely in the runner whilst installing. I wonder if a slight angle on the runners (dovetail, 3 degrees or something) might help installation too, as it'll hold the drawer into the runner.

Thanks!

I really don’t know slides at all.

Hehe superman

#DIYero...

I had the same concern and eventually realized that the screws don't carry any weight. So even if you install them so that they are touching the wood slot, the wear won't matter. As far as I can tell, the screws do two things. First, they are stops. That's the most obvious. Second, the heads of the screws keep everything lined up. The screw heads keep the drawer, panel, and the middle extension piece all moving in a single direction. It's a very clever design and deceptively simple. I was designing a sliding dovetail version of John's drawer extensions to keep everything lined up when the second function of the screws hit me.

Парафином, воском, вазелином. Джон часто для подвижных частей мебели вазелин использует.

The threads of the machine screw are smaller than the 1/4" slot they ride in. The only contact on the screw is the underside of the head, on the 1/2" slot.

Right, I get that. I should have elaborated but had to go carve the turkey (wife takes precedence over John!) From what I can tell, the screws are used to hold the slides together as well as act as a stop at full extension. The stress I was referring to was acting as a stop rather than any friction against the slides. Given that it is plywood, I suspect the fine threads are....fine for the application, but I know John has thought this through and would have an explanation. Thanks for the comment though, you are quite correct in your point.

All that you need is right here in the video.

@@JohnHeisz Very good! Thanks for the quick reply, btw, I bought the plans for the table saw Fence, built it and love it! Thanks again!

My point exactly, I think John likes living on the edge.

The ones he's making will likely hold 50#.

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