Thread: Drawer Stops Solution

Put a block at the end of each runner (Both sides). Then put a screw from inside the draw side to just on the outside (ideally centred from front to back). It should then catch on the stop blocks at either end.
Or drill a hole and push a wooden dowel thru to the outside of the draw.

Sounds like a tough one. I don't have an answer for you YET!!

I think I've got one for you.

This is the concept. I would use 2 per drawer.

Wongo
how would that work?
When you pull the drawer from the opposite side, the front would not go past the stop

I would put the stops at 2 different levels.
Bottom stop works for one end and top stop works for the other.

Cheers
Wolffie

I am such a novice I can't even get the terminology right.

Stopping the drawers from coming out of the carcass was the easy part.

What I am trying to do is to have some sort of stop that tells me the drawer is fully closed, so both fronts are flush with the carcass.

Here is a pic showing the construction method. The drawers sit on timber runners, and even loaded are not difficult to slide.

Originally Posted by Wolffie

Wongo
how would that work?
When you pull the drawer from the opposite side, the front would not go past the stop

I would put the stops at 2 different levels.
Bottom stop works for one end and top stop works for the other.

Cheers
Wolffie

Did I not say the stop could move freely from one end to the other, between the 2 lines marked "Stop here"?

C'mon guys its time to upgrade your imagination.

Originally Posted by John Samuel

I am such a novice I can't even get the terminology right.

Stopping the drawers from coming out of the carcass was the easy part.

What I am trying to do is to have some sort of stop that tells me the drawer is fully closed, so both fronts are flush with the carcass.

Here is a pic showing the construction method. The drawers sit on timber runners, and even loaded are not difficult to slide.

Its my fault. I didn't read your question properly. Anyway I had funny working out the solution you didn't ask for. Sorly!!

Originally Posted by John Samuel

I am such a novice I can't even get the terminology right.

Stopping the drawers from coming out of the carcass was the easy part.

What I am trying to do is to have some sort of stop that tells me the drawer is fully closed, so both fronts are flush with the carcass.

Here is a pic showing the construction method. The drawers sit on timber runners, and even loaded are not difficult to slide.

Ball latch at 90deg registering in latch striker on side of draw

Originally Posted by Wongo

Did I not say the stop could move freely from one end to the other, between the 2 lines marked "Stop here"?

C'mon guys its time to upgrade your imagination.

Sorry, your drawing confused me
Cheers
Wolffie

Thanks, rwbuild.

That is the solution I arrived at too. I was wondering if there was a better way.

Cheerio,

John

Just a question Johny. Why is it so important to have something to tell you that the drawers are fully closed? To me it is far more important to something to stop them from falling off.

Wongo,

When I finished the drawers I put some lube on the runners and when I went to push a drawer closed for the first time the front I pushed disappeared into the carcass. Even after I loaded the drawers, when I push them closed one side or the other tends to stick out.

Also, until now everything in my workshop got covered with dust. The drawers in this axillary bench (which is lower because it is primarily used for assembly) mean that my tools, screws etc will stay clean. I am so impressed by their effectiveness I am about to build 2 big drawers and an enclosed cupboard under the main bench. My grandfather said, "not open shelves for tools; drawers or enclosed cupboards." he was right.

Mate, I want to do two things ... keep my tools and bits and pieces clean ... but more importantly I want to not bash my shins on a drawer as I walk around the bench carrying a panel (did that the day I finished the job). I have never been accused of being neat, but it is nice to have my bits and pieces not covered in dust, and my shins intact. To do both well, I'd like the drawers to "click" closed rather than disappear halfway into the carcass or to stop still protruding three inches.

By the way, in the pic posted earlier you will see that under the bench is my spraying table. It is a dream. When spraying a cabinet, often the light is such that I can see the wet lap really well from one side but not the other. Because the spraying table is on castors, I can spray one end, give the table a couple of pushes with my foot and turn it through 180 degrees, so the cabinet is always oriented so I can easily see the film building and the wet lap. I do love it to death.

Finally, I have tucked your idea away in the certain knowledge that it will come in handy one day. If I had thought about that for a month, your solution would never have occurred to me. Thanks.