Three years of struggling with drawer slides, finally got it right

Started building custom kitchen cabinets out of my garage in Tucson back in 2021. Last week I installed a set of soft-close undermount slides on a 30 inch drawer without any adjustments. First few dozen tries had me shimming, re-drilling, cursing, the works. Turns out the trick was measuring the drawer box interior at the front, not the back. Anyone else spend way too long on slides before realizing the simple fix?

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grace5655d ago

Tbh I remember watching a video from some cabinet maker up in Canada who said the same thing about measuring the front of the box. He was doing a whole series on soft-close hardware and kept hammering that point about drawer box squareness at the opening. Honestly it makes sense once you think about it, since that's where the slides actually lock in. Ngl, I still mess up the mounting screws on the back bracket sometimes, but checking the front measurement first has saved me so many headaches.