Mark the outside edges of the catch on the bottom of the drawer. Line up the catch's wings with the grooves on each side of the center drawer slide.
#Centre mount drawer slides install#
Mark the rear drawer panel to install a plastic inverted catch just inside the rear cabinet frame. Install the Rear-Mounted Plastic Drawer Slide Catch Align the slide catch precisely with the center drawer slide, and fasten it snugly to the bottom of the drawer using 3/4-inch screws. Mark the location for a full-length slide catch at the front and back of the drawer. Install the Full-Length Drawer Slide Catch For a 22-inch drawer you will need five screws.
Secure the drawer slide with screws every four inches. Once you have taken all your measurements and cut the center drawer slide to the correct length, you need to place and secure it in the exact center of the cabinet frame.Īlign the slide between the parallel pencil marks showing its width, at both the front and back of the drawer. If the center slide wood swells, this type of drawer catch can stick easily in any drawer position. If the drawer is packed too full, the rear-mounted catch can pop off the slide or pull loose from the drawer bottom, damaging the drawer and its contents when they are pitched to the floor.
Many of these catches will support only a small amount of weight, however, so be cautious about the strength of the drawer to which you attach it. Its advantages are its small size and ease of mounting onto the drawer. You can also choose the plastic, rear-mounted drawer slide catch. If it is poor-quality wood, it will swell and contract differently than the slide, making the drawer stick.
If it is made from the same high-quality wood as the center drawer slide, it will travel smoothly along the slide and last for generations.
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