Wooden Full Extension Drawer Slides Experiment 

I have a few more refinements to do with it, but I'm very impressed with how well these work even in this fairly rough state. A coat or two of water based poly would really make them slick, I think. When I mention the metal slides price I got at wholesale, that was for a pair of slides 22" long. I bought several for shop projects and my new kitchen cabinets. You can help support the work I do in making these videos: Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html Support this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h Did you know I have other RU-vid channels? My main channel: ru-vid.com My home reno channel: ru-vid.com My "Scrap bin" channel: ru-vid.com/show-UCaJsEh2_YxWHMcjASs4cJcA Website: www.ibuildit.ca/ Facebook: facebook.com/I-Build-It-258048014240900/ Instagram: instagram.com/i_build_it.ca/

Great job in full explanation of the project. I really appreciate the lighting in you shop, it steps up the production quality quite a bit. Keep up the good work

Thanks for taking the time to do the design and build.

Nice design and execution. A couple of months back I made a set out of oak with double dovetails for heavy duty use. With paste wax they slide easily. I set them in a cabinet to support a flip-top table, which has a Rigid oscillating sander on one side and a grinder on the other side.

You never cease to amaze me John! Great job!

The sound is very satisfying too!

Great video. Sir, your work is an inspiration for mere mortals like me. Keep on helping the rest of us!

Really cool, John. I love how you're always finding these projects to make, keep it up!

Thank you John! Perfect solution. In Brazil we have very hard woods that will work perfectly and last for centuries. When there were still no metal slides I wrapped the wooden slats with melaminic laminate (formica) that will outlast the furniture I made. And the slip was too soft. (Translation by Google)

Fascinating build and video! Thanks a lot, John!

Those are just plain perfect! Very nice work and design John!

Perhaps most impressive Heiszvention we've seen thus far. And that's saying something. Brilliant!

Took me 3 years to find this video awesome project thanks John.

I watch your videos with some regularity, always with great interest; your workshop is something to behold with all the homemade equipment and its neatness. The part that impresses me most is you modesty: I hear you saying often that this or that appliance - you say it here of the tablesaw fence..."works really well" . I state unequivocally that, all of these do work so well because you have made them, were they made by less skillful hands they would not; thank you very much for all your interesting, inspiring work. Cheers.

You must be the only guy on YT showing us this! Thank you!

I'm impressed. Very clever John.

Great idea. Thank you for making one for the viewers. From Mauritius.

You, my friend, are a STUD! Thanks for the great content!

The click-clack sound from the parts while opening and closing (from 07:00 on) was oddly satisfying!! Cool project!

I want to try this. Love your experiment builds.

Great idea as always John. Thanks.

They work great and look a lot nicer.

OLD video which has not been deleted by YT ..... yet. Very nice, I was trying to solve this problem for a desk build which I have in work. Thanks for sharing!

I really like this project!

really like this one John

This is something really useful- Good full-extension slides are $$$$ - intead, turn scrap into drawer slides for shop cabinets and etc. Great job!

John That's a beauty!!! Great work 👏

Clever stuff - very impressive. Thanks for the video!

Nice work. Your work with the algorithm is working. This video just showed up in my general suggested videos. First time any of your "older" videos have been suggest in quite some time.

Very cool John! Nice design and experiment.

Thanks for the idea man! Gotta give this a try myself.

Look forward to seeing some of those incorporated into the nightstands you will be building. Nice little build.

That looks awesome!!!

This is awesome, tnx Mr. Heisz, can't wait to try them out with rock solid hard wood, and also one made out of plywood with nylon strips in between lubricated with sillicon high friction grease. Tnx for sharing it!!

Excellent Job.. Thanks for sharing Sir!

Really great idea john.. When first seeing the video title I was a bit skeptical. But after seeing the finished project you've got me wanting to try this technique.

wOW... jUST Wow. I've been watching woodworking projects for a long time and after all these years...... This is the first one covering this topic that I have seen. I'd give ya a bunch of thumbs up if I could.

Hey John, well thought out!

Very handy video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼😊

just came across this today, very impressive. good job

Awesome work man

This is BRILLIANT!

Thanks for the walk through, inspiring, and true about sketching prior....I plan my projects out, and use Adobe Illustrator...same thing holds true, it may look good on paper & computer, but reality yields hidden truths too...Great stuff!

Excellent design and execution. You should have Matthias jump on it to test it!

Funny how these things work out.I was trying to design wooden drawer slides and Voila! Thank you so much for this idea. Mine will have to be a little stronger, maybe increase the thickness of som of the pieces, but all in all, great project! Thannkz

I sure do like your videos. Always something cool. And thanks for giving me idea #325 for my new shop!!

that turned out awesome

That would look nice on something like a coffee table, where a metal slide would look out of place and these would add something to the design. Plus, they sound great.

Very nice. I really like the stuff you make but never comment So I thought I would jump in and say well done. I don't have a specific use for this right now, but it gets me thinking about creative shop made solutions for other challenges and I'll have this option in the back of my head for the future. Keep up the good work sir

I think these slides work even better than "regular" wooden slides as these have always at least 50% coverage. Very good idea and nicely done.

That's pretty slick!

Very ingenious, John. And timely. I'm slowly building a shop in my basement, and originally imagined many drawer cabinets with full length slides. When I priced the slides, "#%#^%^^%!!!"!!!!! So, I started wondering if I could make some slides, but had no idea how to go about it. I think I really want to try this, and if you decide to post plans, it's certainly worth buying. Thanks

THAT is cool.... thanks, John

Seems far better than the clunky old drawers we had when the Box Brownie was the fashionable camera. They lasted all my childhood, so your design is sure to last even longer, since they'd get much less wear per opening.

Fantastic good job

This is just great!

About as clever as it gets and right out of the scrap bin too!

Brilliant mate !!

I grew up in a wood shop- you sir remind me of my uncle there. My first comment because this is the crazy stuff I think it as well. So thank you because I have a kid on the way and the wife wants the closet redone... Here we go

You have the neatest scrap 'closet' I have ever seen, John. Want to visit sunny warm San Diego this winter? Guarantee we'll have plenty of projects!

👍👍👍 Fantastisch, ich bin sprachlos. Fantastic, I'm speechless. 👍👍👍

Great Job

I was glad to see you use a hand screwdriver to put the screws in. I firmly believe that there are as many unplanned families as there are stripped out screw hole from guys who refuse to use the clutch and brag that they can always stop in time.

I saw this when it first came out but I'm revisiting the idea of trying to build a set of these just for practice and because I'm having trouble finding slides that are a very specific size for a small tool cabinet.

You are a boss. I want all of your knowledge

This is exactly what I'm looking for to support my under-desk computer. The new desk area is going to be clutter free and if the PC can be put under the desktop, then a drawer mechanism like this will enable easy access for maintenance without the need for awkward lifting. 👍

Quite the success, in my humble view.

I made some drawers which were 3/4 as deep as my desk. The sides extend the full depth. So when you pull the drawer out, it looks like full extension. The depth is nice, and there isn't an issue of items being hidden. For the slides, I used zero friction tape on the top and bottom. They're perfect.

most home shop slides were made from wood in the recent past. Great work!

Thank you for this vid. Almost positive you are referring to my comment. The cost is indeed what was my concern. I have not found commercial drawer slides for cheaper than fifteen bucks, but usually closer to 20. The application I was looking at was for my girlfriend's potting shed. Not a super heavy use drawer. I have access to tons of small/scrap wood and I am not concerned about having to remake and replace pieces later on. Again, thanks for the video, exactly what I was looking for.

Bookcases, chests and desks all used wooden runners / dado configurations, 100-200 years later they're still working! Go figure, right? Some fancy concealed runners these days fetch in the region of $40-50 dollars a pair! Interesting vid!

Geez, how come it's taken me so long to subscribe? Keep coming back to your channel. Well, easy enough to remedy that. Done!

great job ,

in Germany for the "Meisterprüfung" you must craft a full extension slide it is part of the exam and must be used in the project, we build the full extension slide with dovetails

Very clever.

Really cool!

That is ingenious​ and perfect :-)

I can't explain why, but it makes perfect sense to me to use two different species of wood. Mainly because they will be two different hardnesses, and something about that just makes sense. That's how bushings work.

fine job !

very nice job....

I like it , good design ..

very very cool thank you

very nice indeed, gonna implement these into a new shop cabinet i have started, hate to buy those drawer guides $27 each were i live

Nice idea. I like the all-wood solution that could really be made with scraps. I'm sure you've already thought about it (maybe for version 2) but the side pieces that attach to the cabinet could be mounted to a piece of 1/4" plywood. That might make them easier to install. Plus you could add the stops to it. As always, great video!

way dope brother !!!

Awesome John!!! I was thinking about doing this around christmas time but to use double dovetails so the center runner would be hourglassed. Been too cold in the garage for me to try it out yet, so thanks for doing the footwork for me. Now I just wonder how it would wear/last?

Interesting.. a good result.. better than I anticipated. Nice one. :o)

Excellent

Excellent...........

Try some Slip-It sliding compound on the drawer slides. I use it when I repair antique furniture. It makes the drawers slide so easy....

Very cool experiment, definitely would like to know how much weight it would hold, thanks for sharing keep up the great work!

John. This is fantastic. Please upload the sketchup file to your website. Would love to build these.

thats awesome

Wow I was totally impressed. Can wait to see your future uploads. I’m currently struggling with how to make a simpler version of a hidden folding slide rail for a cabinet if you have any insight I’d appreciate it . Thanks in advance. 😊

nice essay! looks cool:)

Had a quick look for the double drawer slide plans - couldn't find them. Help! Thanks.

Impressive.

it was a nice idea 💡

The click noise it makes as it opens and closes is very satisfying lol

Works good John. How about one of your over time auto tests?