Location of Teflon draw slides

If you want to do it properly you need the runner material on the bottom and the bottom sides of the draws and on the base and the inside lower faces of the carcase.

cheers

dotmar sell teflon at different thickness worked well on my draws used 1mm thickness face to face,
still sliding easy after 3 years

I made my drawers for the canopy for ute from ply.
The drawers pull through from either side.
I first approached the plastic supplier for teflon but he suggested HDPE would be better.
I have 25mm strips full length both on the drawer and the carcass to form a right angle in each corner IE 8 strips per drawer.
The HDPE is 4.5 mm thick, ample for 10mm countersunk screws.
The drawers have been in place since 2007 and are still fine after traveling some horrendous tracks loaded with tools and recovery gear etc, etc, etc.
In retospect instead of buying the HTPE precut into 25mm strips it would have been much cheaper to buy a sheet and cut strips myself and have some left over.
Sheet is 2.400 X 1.000 X 4.5mm for around $135.
Drawers are a close fit and can self support leaving about 200mm. in the carcass

Used small countersunk sunk screws

used small countersunk screws to hold the strips down, cut the strips about 32mm wide

Hi Trooppydan.My draws are ali and sit in an ali frame with a marine plywood bed base on top. We used strips of the plastic board that mining companies use as slides and similar to boat trailor slides. The draws sit on strips each side the bottom of the draw.The strips are cut a little higher than the frame. The sides of the draws are kept clear of the frame with buttons made of the same material that are availible from ally door suppliers. The buttons have a little stem that pushes into a one mm hole and you just grind off enough of the top to give a nice fit .Three each side back and front of the draw and you are done
cheers Graeme

I just used plain right angle plastic moulding from a hardware store. It's been in use for years and so far I haven't had any problems.
plastic runner and another pic of therunner