theresa
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from Northern Maine ~ Proud new owner of Lola, a 1960 Shasta Airflyte and Pearl, a 1962 Mobile Scout
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Post by theresa on Jun 8, 2017 16:22:50 GMT -8
I'm in the very slow process of rebuilding my sink/stove base cabinet. I've rebuilt the face frame and am slowly working on cutting the pieces to rebuild the cabinetry to attach to it. I'm going to reuse the existing drawers and cabinet doors. For the drawers, I will strip the paint from the fronts, and paint the inside of the drawer a bright, clean, washable white. My question is about the drawer slides/tracks. The current / factory build (Shasta Airflyte) has a wooden drawer track in the center, and a groove cut in the bottom of the drawer for it to slide on. Has anyone successfully changed this method and replaced it with some sort of metal drawer track, while still maintaining the original drawers?
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roadtripper
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Post by roadtripper on Jun 9, 2017 9:26:22 GMT -8
Im thinking about that too, but undecided. Was going to toss drawers and rebuild but really the only thing wrong with mine are ugly fronts so im gonna peel off existing 1/8 veneer and glue new 1/8 on. Anyway, nice thing about my existing wood center guide is it drops into place when closed and stays put while on the road. I think a metal guide might need an added catch of some kind. And one woodwork rule i try to not forget.....simple is usually best. Ill let you know if i come up with some metal guide plan though.
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mel
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Post by mel on Jun 9, 2017 9:52:45 GMT -8
Good idea, I'm sure it could be done. I rebuilt two of my drawer boxes and reused the fronts. But I just rebuilt them like they were
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ladywendolyn
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Post by ladywendolyn on Jun 9, 2017 11:05:20 GMT -8
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