sams93
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I am making a heavy duty shelf to mount my mitre saw on, it needs to be able to be pulled forwards and then lock out in the extended position for use.
The pull out 'sliding shelf' will be 18mm birch ply approx 40cm deep by 60cm wide, and will be fixed to a worktop.
I was originally thinking that I would have to build two sides onto the worktop to stand proud, then mount the shelf from the side to that, using drawer runners attached to the sides in the same way one would fit them in a unit.
This morning I wondered - could I fix the same drawer slides simply to the underside of the drawers (say 100mm in from either end).
Obviously the weight loading direction on the runners will change if I do this, so I wondered if it would work.
Thanks in advance
Sam
The pull out 'sliding shelf' will be 18mm birch ply approx 40cm deep by 60cm wide, and will be fixed to a worktop.
I was originally thinking that I would have to build two sides onto the worktop to stand proud, then mount the shelf from the side to that, using drawer runners attached to the sides in the same way one would fit them in a unit.
This morning I wondered - could I fix the same drawer slides simply to the underside of the drawers (say 100mm in from either end).
Obviously the weight loading direction on the runners will change if I do this, so I wondered if it would work.
Thanks in advance
Sam