fridge slide doityourself, where to get dust proven drawer slides
Submitted: Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:42
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Chris@forum
hi folks
a year ago I made myself a fridgeslide for my camper. The Engel Eclypse 40L sits on it, and I pull it sideways out.
Worked good but is getting a bit weak, aslo the dust throught the ventilation openings need a new solution. I used simple drawer slides for 20$ the set.
Does anybody has experiences with thouse drawer slides. Do they have to be dust proven, or shall I just get stronger ones, where the balls of the bearing are bigger and overroll the dust better.
And where do I get strong ones?
cheers
Chris
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:54
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:54
I've used the 100kg angled ones as above on a few vehicles - in 800mm to 1000mm lengths.
And in the canopy I've got 600mm 60kg Hettich slides.
In my opinion, the 100kg angled ones are easier for the DIYer. They are a little more forgiving, and when you're using them, they lock open in the open position and are much easier to remove.
You can make a very simple slide by welding some 25mm angle iron at each end (make sure you don't get heat onto the bearings).
If making drawers, you simply drop a box on. For a fridge, weld another piece of angle front and back where you want to sit the fridge.
Theres a seller on Ebay who sells all lengths up to 1000mm at half the price of my local hardware wholesaler.
LINK HERE.
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Reply By: Chris@forum - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 13:05
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 13:05
cool, thanks for the quick reply guys!
That will help
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Reply By: Mick O - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:20
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 15:20
Try Hafele for runners and slides etc. here is the
LINK TO HAFELE.
Cheers Mick
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Reply By: Member -Pinko (NSW) - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 17:08
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 17:08
Try
Drawer slides
Regards
Stan
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Reply By: Luke2 - Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 21:35
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 at 21:35
i just fitted the 1200mm Elraco slides for the big Evakool 70 litre fridge - really heavy duty slides, probably more than you need but they have smaller/cheaper units as
wellhttp://elraco.com.au/index.php?cPath=116
when i hunted around for price they were the cheapest in the heavy duty type.
Luke2
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