Now this is a drawer slide....

[Leo G]

Working on a TV stand for an entertainment center I made a while ago. I am using Accuride 3901 slides. Rated at 500lbs and 150lbs on the flat which is how I am using them.

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[Leo G]

Here is the TV stand. Mostly done, still need to get the lazy Susan bearing.

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Notice the toekick slides out with the drawer. This was to
let me build a much deeper drawer.
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[bconley]

Those were in some cabinetry we just installed.
Is there any way to pull the slide out of the guide?
We ended up removing them so we could lift the cabs, each one of those has got to weigh 25lbs.!

[Leo G]

No, it is a solid unit. Doesn't come apart. I would guess around 20lbs each. Beefy. 12 ga steel at least.

[Silvertree]

We bolted those to Uncle Normans boots, my aunt Lorraine would slide him in an out of the bathroom on the glides, we all thought they were well made and you could hardly hear them slide.

[Bodger]

Those are just dog nuts.
Cost?

[Bender]

We bolted those to Uncle Normans boots, my aunt Lorraine would slide him in an out of the bathroom on the glides, we all thought they were well made and you could hardly hear them slide.

This is preposterous:mad: I can't believe anyone in your family was named Norman.

[Leo G]

Those are just dog nuts.
Cost?

The prices are all over the place. I called my normal supplier and they wanted $88 a pair. And I called Atlantic Plywood which just started to sell Accuride stuff. Their price was $66.50. Rockler sells the same slide for (holy chit) $149.99.

[Leo G]

Just looked at the shipping info. They were shipped in a cardboard box with a weight of just over 24 lbs. So each slide is just under 6 lbs and a pair 12lbs. Sure seem heavier than that. These are the 22" slides.

[Bender]

Here is the TV stand. Mostly done, still need to get the lazy Susan bearing.
Would you like to see my TV stand?

[Leo G]

Milk crates?

[bconley]

Here is a picture of the cabinets with those slides we just installed. The pull outs are about 36" the bed is a standard twin size.

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[neolitic]

Those look like the ones in the
equipment racks that my son installs.

[PA Woodbutcher]

1 1/2" material on the nosing of the pull out? Shouldn't nothing be bowing and sagging on that!

As always...Beautiful.

You sure do a lot of cherry work don't you.:laugh3:

[Leo G]

The TV weighs just under 70 lbs. I have the two large slides, each about 9" off center. The lazy susan bearing and wood top is 14" and I have a 16"x16" pc of ply supporting it underneath. So the slides are about 1" from the edge of this plywood. I made sure the bow of the plywood and the board were crowned up. Underneath the top and behind the FF there will be a 1/8" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 4' chunk of angle iron to prevent any sagging over time.

Not like I didn't think this thing out.


And yes, Lots of Cherry. Not really sure why. I don't push it hard or anything. But if they ask for a recommendation that is one of the species that I tell them about.

My common woods are Cherry, Sapele', Maple and Poplar. Cypress, QS White Oak, Curly Maple, Spanish Cedar I use on lesser occasion. I have used 4 BD FT of Red Oak in 13 years. I guess it isn't that popular anymore.

[Bodger]

Would you like to see my TV stand?

Milk crates?


I could show you my TV stand, but I'd have to move a lot of beer bottles and pizza boxes out the way. :grin:

[Leo G]

I don't have a TV stand. I hung mine on the wall.

[Bodger]

I'd still have to move a few pizza boxes to do that.

[Leo G]

Sounds like "a few" might be a tad of an underestimate.

[Bodger]

One thing I don't miss about living with women. I can be as big a slob as I want from time to time as it suits me.
I'm a fairly tidy guy, but if I want to leave a big mess on the coffee table from cleaning my guns, I don't have to hear about it.

I yam what I yam. :grin:

[Leo G]

Yar veggies?

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[Bender]

Hmm. I thought I had better pics of the bracket but I guess not. I wanted to be able to pivot the TV left and right so I cut a slot in the one bolt hole so I could rotate it.

Its holding up the 55" flat panel.

[Bodger]

Yar veggies?

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I am a yam.

[Leo G]

Hmm. I thought I had better pics of the bracket but I guess not. I wanted to be able to pivot the TV left and right so I cut a slot in the one bolt hole so I could rotate it.

Its holding up the 55" flat panel.

Look at that metal bend !!:mad2:

[Bender]

Look at that metal bend !!:mad2:

Thats from running the welds. It gets hot and warps the plate. I've done that more then once too:rolleyes3:

Wifey was nervous. Brand new $2200.00 TV hanging on my raggedy ass welds.
I was more nervous:o

[Leo G]

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[Leo G]

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[Bodger]

Nice!...........

[neolitic]

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Almost looks like it grew there. :grin:

[SLS-Construction]

Very nice Leo - those slides are basically what we used in Server racks, they definitely feel heavier than they really are

[Bodger]

How did you cut the hole for that round thing?

[Leo G]

Same way I cut the round thing I put in the hole.

[Bodger]

Oh. :grin:

[Bodger]

Pilot hole and a coping saw?

[neolitic]

Plasma cutter.

[Leo G]

Wish I had a 200W CO2 laser

I used a router w/a 1/2" straight bit. First I used a router on a pivot to cut an oversized hole in a pc of MDF. Then I used the template and a rub collar on the router to cut out the hole on the slide out platform. For the circle I cut out a square and clipped the corners with a miter saw at 45º to form an octagon close to a circle I drew using a compass. The I made a simple jig, nail in a board, and put it on my edge sander with a 60 grit belt on it and spun it around until I go the desired size. Then I edge banded it with cherry iron on edge banding.

[Bodger]

Nice job. No sign of tear-out problems either.

[Leo G]

Specifically why I went this route.

The first pass with the router was a veneer pass, just 1/32" thick to get the clean cut on the top. And the same reason why I used a sander on the disc.

[Bodger]

Specifically why I went this route.

The first pass with the router was a veneer pass, just 1/32" thick to get the clean cut on the top. And the same reason why I used a sander on the disc.


I did something like that on a table with a large ellipse edge in front. VG Doug fir arch grade ply.

I had the table top stock screwed down to a set of saw horses, and a huge swingarm pivot for the router connected to another set of hosses about eight feet away.

I used a 1/4" straight bit in a few passes to get to a depth of about 1/4", and then took off the bottom waste with a jigsaw and switched to a flush trim bit to clean it up with the router. Then laminated the edge with some 5/32" solid DF.

Damn contraption looked like a toll gate lying on its side. I tried a spring batten config at first but that didn't work worth a dam, even clamped down.
Then tried making a pattern out of MDF to have something for the router to follow.

I don't know if that was the best or easiest way to do it, but it worked and I got a nice clean edge on it finally.

[Leo G]

I do that a lot, go 1/4" and then cut it on the bandsaw and flush trim the rest. I also have a sanding drum with a flush bearing on the bottom that I use to final sand off a template.