[Shop-talk] Roller bearing toolbox conversion?

[Benjamin Zwissler]

Several places offer replacement drawer slides.  There may be some that are
direct fits or if you're willing to drill and screw/bolt them on you can
get more generics.  The tool box drawer and modern kitchen cabinet ones are
surprisingly similar.  Just google "tool box replacement slides" and lots
of stuff pops up.  I've got a "Clarke" box from Menards that had a similar
problem and replaced them a few years ago --- and they were ball bearing.
It seems to be more to do with how they're fastened to the cabinet and the
drawer.  These were snap in and the tangs that held them in were bending.

Ben.....

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 1:17 PM David Cole <dgcole01 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I’ve got a couple of large (large for homeowner size) Craftsman tool
> boxes.   One of them has regular drawers.  Non ball bearing slides.  I’d
> like to convert at least the bottom two drawers on this one to ball bearing
> sides.  They are heavy due to hammers and body work equipment.   Don’t want
> to throw this cabinet out but the drawers keep coming off the tracks due to
> the weight.
>
> Anyone done this?
>
> I’ve seen ball bearing slides on Amazon and eBay pretty cheap.
>
> I’m concerned about how to attach the slides to the cabinet and drawers
> Don’t know if bolts would work.   The current setup has a bent lip on the
> slide with matching grooves/lip on both the drawer and cabinet.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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Ben Zwissler
bjzwissler at gmail.com
Columbus, IN
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