Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I am planning to build wood drawers to replace the fiber ones in my galley. As you can see in the 2nd pic, they can only be about 9 1/2" deep. The shortest drawer slides I can find are 12". I am looking either for shorter drawer slides or a different method of drawer construction that doesn't require the standard rollers.

I plan to build 3 rather wide drawers across the area where you see the current fiber ones. The extra width will allow for utensils and things such as foil wrap that can't fit longways.

Any help is appreciated!

10" slides http://www.drawerslides.com/p/kv-4100-10
8" slides http://www.drawerslides.com/p/kv-4100-8

Accuride has slides from 8 inches and up, in two inch increments, in their 2632 series

Thanks!

I also am considering a wood slide construction similar to the pic below. A small catch screwed in the inside of the rail at the front that protrudes down a 1/2" or so could act as a stop.

BillZ wrote:Thanks!

I also am considering a wood slide construction similar to the pic below. A small catch screwed in the inside of the rail at the front that protrudes down a 1/2" or so could act as a stop.

You could also use this method only make the slides dovetail shaped and a matching grove in the side of the drawer. The slides should be hardwood though.

Sorry, I can't quite picture what you mean with the dovetail shaped slide.

If I do a wood slide, I do plan on using hardwood against hardwood and waxing them.

BillZ wrote:Sorry, I can't quite picture what you mean with the dovetail shaped slide.

If I do a wood slide, I do plan on using hardwood against hardwood and waxing them.

Something like this:

toypusher wrote:

BillZ wrote:Sorry, I can't quite picture what you mean with the dovetail shaped slide.

If I do a wood slide, I do plan on using hardwood against hardwood and waxing them.

Something like this:

Oooh...Nice!
I just may be dumb enough to try something that far beyond my abilities.

I don't think that a wood slide system would work very well in coastal North Carolina due to the high humidity we suffer through. If there was a "Humidity Belt" I'm sure my area would be in it. I haven't been able to halfway open my front door for months without a foot nudge so I hate to think how bad a wood slide stored in a non climate control storage area would seize up.

Here's how I did mine:



I used a retractable spring plunger to keep the drawer closed:

Drawer Linky

Bruce

Pretty as they may be, dovetail slides, shown in the diagram, have no real advantage over regular square guides running in dados or like the drawers shown in the photos. There are bragging rights, I suppose. I always build my drawer boxes with dovetails. I have the jigs (4 of them!?!?!) and it looks so cool.
I like this tape for simple drawers that don't see a lot of use. Real slick
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page ... wer%20tape

CarlLaFong wrote:Pretty as they may be, dovetail slides, shown in the diagram, have no real advantage over regular square guides running in dados or like the drawers shown in the photos. There are bragging rights, I suppose. I always build my drawer boxes with dovetails. I have the jigs (4 of them!?!?!) and it looks so cool.
I like this tape for simple drawers that don't see a lot of use. Real slick
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page ... wer%20tape

The advantage (of wood - not just dovetail slides) is that they can be ANY length that you need. Also, just a straight wood (tongue and groove type) slide probably is better in this case.

Those drawers look pretty small.... if they are you might as well save yourself expense - and weight - by not using slides at all. Just make up a drawer to be a nice fit with a bit of "wiggle room", and it will slide in and out easily.

In the UK we have IKEA, and they use such a system on some of their cheap little drawer units:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40216357

I have one of these at home, varnished it inside & out, then when dry rubbed a bit of candle wax on the drawer sides & they glide in & out beautifully.

BTW, as you can see they've used a simple dovedale joint (finger joint?) to assemble the drawer boxes - a nice technique you can do with a router using a simple jig.


Hope this helps