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Hi Bob,
I have done the same as you... BUT...
I did it all with a straight bit, table saw, and nothing fancy.
Mine was for a small-tool tool box...
My slides were made of Walnut scraps about 1/4" x 3/8" x maybe 7-8".
I drilled holes at each end of the, say 1/8" and a 1/16" deep counterbore of 1/4" to hide the pan-head mounting screws.
The slides were laid-out on the cabinet interior sides using 1/16" spacers for between drawers and the actual drawer sides from bottom to top.
Then, I marked sides where the slides would go by marking top/bottom of each channel.
I had only 1/32" slop horiz. & vertically on each side for the slides in the drawers. Waxed everything... all worked slick as you know what.
One of these days, I will put all of the pictures together for the project and add it to my album.
Just wanted to put my 2 cents in to say, it does not need to be done with fancy high-priced router bits, etc... Think of a way to keep it simple, and we can!
I have done the same as you... BUT...
I did it all with a straight bit, table saw, and nothing fancy.
Mine was for a small-tool tool box...
My slides were made of Walnut scraps about 1/4" x 3/8" x maybe 7-8".
I drilled holes at each end of the, say 1/8" and a 1/16" deep counterbore of 1/4" to hide the pan-head mounting screws.
The slides were laid-out on the cabinet interior sides using 1/16" spacers for between drawers and the actual drawer sides from bottom to top.
Then, I marked sides where the slides would go by marking top/bottom of each channel.
I had only 1/32" slop horiz. & vertically on each side for the slides in the drawers. Waxed everything... all worked slick as you know what.
One of these days, I will put all of the pictures together for the project and add it to my album.
Just wanted to put my 2 cents in to say, it does not need to be done with fancy high-priced router bits, etc... Think of a way to keep it simple, and we can!
