The best instructions on how to actually ALIGN and install these draw slides. Everyone else installs them on a wide open dummy cabinet....Thanks, you helped me greatl.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VID. I almost returned the sliders because I couldn't figure out the instructions to what I wanted to do with a drawer I made for my cabinets.
I can't thank you enough for this video. I was trying to work in a very cramped area and was not able to get the rails level and aligned. I tried your method and everything went great. Thanks again.
Very nice video, I had decided to not buy these slides from all the bad reviews on the installation manual. But, with you sharing your experience, I am going to give it a try!
Thanks for the clear explanation. I tried reading the instructions but they were hard to understand. These slides didn't meet my needs well enough to justify the $35 price tag at Home Depot so I decided to return them.
Thanks you for making this video it was very helpful. Your step by step instructions are easy to understand. (yes you're right, the instructions that come with the set are terrible.)
Thank you! This was very informative. I was thinking of purchasing these for my frameless cabinet. (Although I think what you have is a framed cabinet. lol)
So obvious I am just a regular do-it-yourself! I'm sure I used the wrong terminology in several places! Probably best to just look at the pictures...LOL.
4:58 You glued it and screwed it. Dad passed away in 2001 (22 years ago) at the age of 74 and I was 41 at that time. I'm 63 now. On every woodworking project we ever did, dad would "glue it and screw it." I never realized until just a few days ago while telling that to my sister that dad was making a joke there, by enjoying the freedom to say "screw it." He said that to me for 41 years and I never realized he was making a joke.
Thanks for the vid... fyi those flat little black plastic pieces are designed as spacers if you need them for the 3/4" screws when you attach the plastic grab locks underneath the front of the drawer.... hard to explain but it is referred to in the instructions that came with mine.
It looks like you need to secure the slides to the back of the cabinet, not to the bottom? Can you confirm that, before I purchase? I'm trying to figure out an undercount slide under my island stove top which has an obstruction (downdraft vent), so I can not attach to rear, only bottom. I also can't use side mounts (or prefer not to), because face frame width is like 5 inches on both sides and don't want to use spacers that big.
I attached to the bottom front corners of the drawer opening and to the back wall of the cabinet/house. They can be attached to the sides of the cabinets if your cabinet is framed on the sides, but mine were open.
The widths varied, but the length of my boxes were 19 inches. I had to add shims and a block to make them 21.75 inches long to fit the slides. the cabinets were 23.5 inches deep and I added boards in the back to screw the slides into... so 23" deep cabinets. The slides allow about a 2 inch variation of depth to the back of the cabinet. I did a lot of trial and error and bought several different lengths of slide to see what worked with my box/cabinet depth dimensions and returned the ones that were too short or long.
I'm not sure what you mean. They should not make noise and should close with just a little push (or on their own if you need them to stay open to put silverware away! 😜)
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The best instructions on how to actually ALIGN and install these draw slides. Everyone else installs them on a wide open dummy cabinet....Thanks, you helped me greatl.
Thank you so so much!!! The printed instructions are ridiculously unhelpful. Thank you for sharing what you learned!
It was very helpful. It was impossible to understand the installation instructions .
You saved me a lot of time!!
Thanks!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VID. I almost returned the sliders because I couldn't figure out the instructions to what I wanted to do with a drawer I made for my cabinets.
Very nice, I will be installing one of these tomorrow. So nice to see how you did it. You used some good useful techniques to get it in.
Thank you! I love mine, I hope yours turn out well!
I can't thank you enough for this video. I was trying to work in a very cramped area and was not able to get the rails level and aligned. I tried your method and everything went great. Thanks again.
You're very welcome!
Awesome video! Very clear step by step instructions . . . Thank you!
Outstanding. The clearest video i have ever seen on this subject. You helped me a great deal!
Great to hear!
Very nice video, I had decided to not buy these slides from all the bad reviews on the installation manual. But, with you sharing your experience, I am going to give it a try!
Glad I could help
Very thankful for super well described installation. Thank you.
Thank you for the video, i could not figure out how these worked!
Just what I needed to see. Thanks for the detailed instructions!
Yes the instruction manual does not explain much. Thanks for showing us . The power of woman ,,, thanks again
Very helpful. Thanks for making this!
Very helpful. Thanks for going to the trouble of making the video and posting.
Very helpful video! Thanks!
Nicely illustrative video.
Outstanding step by step instructions. Alignment of the runners was clever!
Thank you!
Thanks for the clear explanation. I tried reading the instructions but they were hard to understand. These slides didn't meet my needs well enough to justify the $35 price tag at Home Depot so I decided to return them.
Mine didn’t even come with instructions. The package says “hardware and instructions included.” Mine has hardware.....and no instructions at all.
You're welcome!
This video is really helpful. Thank you for the tips.
Thanks you for making this video it was very helpful. Your step by step instructions are easy to understand. (yes you're right, the instructions that come with the set are terrible.)
You're welcome!
Thank you! This was very informative. I was thinking of purchasing these for my frameless cabinet. (Although I think what you have is a framed cabinet. lol)
So obvious I am just a regular do-it-yourself! I'm sure I used the wrong terminology in several places! Probably best to just look at the pictures...LOL.
Awesome I hope this can fit in my cabinet. Thanks
Thank you so much. This is excellent.
Excellent. I'm going to use your method.
Interesting how a lady used common tools to do this herself. Great job!
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
4:58 You glued it and screwed it. Dad passed away in 2001 (22 years ago) at the age of 74 and I was 41 at that time. I'm 63 now. On every woodworking project we ever did, dad would "glue it and screw it." I never realized until just a few days ago while telling that to my sister that dad was making a joke there, by enjoying the freedom to say "screw it." He said that to me for 41 years and I never realized he was making a joke.
Thanks for the vid... fyi those flat little black plastic pieces are designed as spacers if you need them for the 3/4" screws when you attach the plastic grab locks underneath the front of the drawer.... hard to explain but it is referred to in the instructions that came with mine.
Thanks for the input!!! Hope that helps those who find they need them!
Thank you!
clear instructions, nicely done!
Thanks for sharing !!!!
Awesome..
Greats tips!
It looks like you need to secure the slides to the back of the cabinet, not to the bottom? Can you confirm that, before I purchase? I'm trying to figure out an undercount slide under my island stove top which has an obstruction (downdraft vent), so I can not attach to rear, only bottom. I also can't use side mounts (or prefer not to), because face frame width is like 5 inches on both sides and don't want to use spacers that big.
I attached to the bottom front corners of the drawer opening and to the back wall of the cabinet/house. They can be attached to the sides of the cabinets if your cabinet is framed on the sides, but mine were open.
OMG, good job. Thank you.
You're welcome!
What was the dimensions of your drawer, not including the front panel.
The widths varied, but the length of my boxes were 19 inches. I had to add shims and a block to make them 21.75 inches long to fit the slides. the cabinets were 23.5 inches deep and I added boards in the back to screw the slides into... so 23" deep cabinets. The slides allow about a 2 inch variation of depth to the back of the cabinet. I did a lot of trial and error and bought several different lengths of slide to see what worked with my box/cabinet depth dimensions and returned the ones that were too short or long.
Thank you so much! The included instructions are terrible!
you're welcome!
Mine aren’t as smooth as I’d like, I don’t hear it rubbing, do they break in?
I'm not sure what you mean. They should not make noise and should close with just a little push (or on their own if you need them to stay open to put silverware away! 😜)
I don't know if it will help, but I have found a spray of Pledge helps my sliding doors open smoothly, maybe it will help with your drawers?
Great video! The instructions provided with the slides were not very helpful. Thanks!