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9th April 2018, 06:03 PM #1
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Drawer width and material
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I am building a outfeed bench for the table saw and have finished the top and cabinet sides.
It has a strange opening size of 1050mm wide x 780mm high, 600 deep.
I want to put in four drawers - a 250mm at bottom, a couple of 200’s and 130 at top (less a bit for spacings between).
I have heavy duty full slides.
Is 1050 too wide for a draw?
Thinking 15mm it 17mm ply from green shed.
Happy to run dividers that screw to front and back for support.
Has anyone used 16mm MDF for this type of drawer? I have little love for it however dado’d and glued seems to be getting some support even though it goes against the grain.
The drawers will hold power tools, wood planes, assorted hand tools. Basically the stuff I trip over daily.
Thoughts でずか。
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9th April 2018, 07:33 PM #2
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900mm wide would be the maximum I would consider for drawers.
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9th April 2018, 08:23 PM #3
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Think conventionally and it would not be good idea but there is always a way. Make the base of the drawers a very shallow torsion box out of three ply or even 3mm MDF perhaps 10mm deep for the webs and it will be fine and damned strong.
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9th April 2018, 10:51 PM #4
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It could be done, but I think it would be much better to have a divider down the middle and do 2 banks of drawers at half the width.
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10th April 2018, 08:19 PM #5
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Cabinet shops generally don't like more than 900W for drawers unless you install extra hardware to prevent the drawer getting out of alignment in the frame and trying to pull the sliders apart. Typical solution is some form of full width spindle behind the drawer back with matching gears either side engaging in a rack on the cabinet, or some sort of torsion bar setup. Relatively simple but exxy to buy as a unit.
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10th April 2018, 08:40 PM #6
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I think the alignment extras are only for under-mount runners, if you have side-mount you're on your own.
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11th April 2018, 08:28 AM #7
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Thanks all.
Will add a divider.
Though the torsion box base was intriguing.
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