Draw runners

[Gower]

I'm looking for full extension draw runners for my workbench able to support
the weight of numerous power tools. Needn't be pretty but must be strong! Any suggestions?

Thanks
Gower

 

[Slim]

What kind of power tools? If you are talking hand power tools, then normal full extension slides would be adequate. like these They have a weight limit of 45kg.

 

[Gower]

Thanks Slim. I think I'd better weigh the tools and guesstimate the weight of the draw. Thanks for the lead.

Gower

 

[Rich]

Gower the ones I bought from B/Q were £13.00 a pair, they are 600mm long, they carry 100lb in weight and are full extension and run on ballbearings, sweet as a nut, when I made my workshop drawers I made them with these in mind and sized the drawers accordingly with a 1/16th gap either side and cut a housing in the sides to recieve the runners, this also protects them from woodust etc.
hth., btw you can get shorter ones.

Rich.

 

[George_N]

I bought these from Screwfix. At the time I got 20 sets, so thet were only £5/set (gone up a little since then) and they look pretty much the same as the Bullers that Slim posted. They are rated to carry 45 kg when set on a 450 mm wide drawer, so plenty strong enough for a drawer full of tools.

 

[Oryxdesign]

Hafele do a nice one that takes 100kg with lengths up to 1000mm

 

[Gower]

Thanks Rich, George & Oryxdesign for valuable input.
Cheers,
Gower

 

[BradNaylor]

Will people please spell 'drawer' correctly...

... it drives me mad!

Dan

 

[woodbloke]

Will people please spell 'drawer' correctly...

... it drives me mad!

Dan

I was going to say something much earlier today but thought better of it :wink: :roll: Not the first time on the forum either than the sp has been incorrect.
Nicely said Dan - Rob

 

[Jake]

... it drives me mad!

Real, real mad? :lol:

 

[Raggy]

Best to drawer a line under this and start again :lol:



Ok I'll get my own coat

 

[9fingers]

From time to time I've been tempted to post about spelling errors by some posters. Sometimes there are questions posed that are so badly written with no sentence breaks, punctuation etc.

Similarly some of us will work dimensions out mathematically and others will make a rod and measure off that

Then again I realise that we are all different and many people here can express themselves in what they can do with wood even if they can't always spell perfectly or construct a sentence.

So I decide to bite my tongue and concentrate on our common interest in wood and just hope that one day I'll be able to make items that are just someway to the quality of the work seen here.

OK I'll put the soapbox away now!

Bob

 

[Jake]

I agree generally - but this is a pure americanism.

 

[9fingers]

I agree generally - but this is a pure americanism.

I was not sure about this so I checked on the Rockler site

here http://www.rockler.com/CategoryView.cfm?Cat_ID=41

Looks like they spell "drawer" the way we do.

Bob

 

[Jake]

I've just checked Webster, and you are right - I withdraw(er) my comment and any implied criticism!

 

[9fingers]

- I withdrawer my comment and any implied criticism.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Bob

 

[Gower]

Sorry for poor spelling, punctuation etc. I shall now drawer (draw) a line under posting and only read the other jewels (or duels). Pity, I was really enjoying the forum.
Bye bye or is it buy buy or buy,bye.

Gower

 

[Jake]

Oh, don't go - it was a spelling mistake, they're fine - and not normally commented on.

 

[dennis]

I think the use of the word draw stems from programmes such as the antiques roadshow where they use the term for what most of us call a drawer.I think that if we were all sent mad by misspelling the institutions would be full.As this is a woodworking forum and not an english literature class I think the last thing anyone should complain about is misspelling especially in the light of dislexia.Personally I am finding it difficult having left school over 45 years ago and having written virtually nothing till joining this forum and think that as long as we understand what is meant that is all that matters,we cant all be well educated.

 

[Slim]

I alwais goo too grait lengfs to maik shure mie post's r properrli speld and punktuated.

dis poost shood senned u too da loonie bin Dan.

Gower, don't worry about it. Note that only one person pointed it out, which means the rest of us are not bothered.