Not thinking this through completely I have underrated my drawer slide after the drawer and casing have been built. :BangHead: I am building a office credenza and bought a 10 pack of 22" drawer slides (100# rating) but should have thought ahead :BangHead: that ONE of the drawers needs to be weight rated much higher because it will hold paper (and plenty of it) as it is the file drawer. The drawer itself is big (22"x34") and heavy.
The side clearance is 1/2" so I cannot just go buy one of those 400# rated heavy duty drawer slides as they take more side clearance than I have. Because of the design, I cannot add the under mount (bottom side or center mount type) drawer slide. Right now I feel stuck to only one option that I am not sure it will work, unless you have some ideas??
If I double up the drawer slide (two per each side) on a 100# rated slide you would think that this would double the weight rating. Although the whole "matched alignment" will be critical for ease of drawer operation I am wondering if this will work.
Do you have experience with double drawer slides or do you have another idea?
Thanks for any comment you may have
The side clearance is 1/2" so I cannot just go buy one of those 400# rated heavy duty drawer slides as they take more side clearance than I have. Because of the design, I cannot add the under mount (bottom side or center mount type) drawer slide. Right now I feel stuck to only one option that I am not sure it will work, unless you have some ideas??
If I double up the drawer slide (two per each side) on a 100# rated slide you would think that this would double the weight rating. Although the whole "matched alignment" will be critical for ease of drawer operation I am wondering if this will work.
Do you have experience with double drawer slides or do you have another idea?
Thanks for any comment you may have
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