ah ok. thanks john.    yeah i have allowed about 1/4"  so i am hoping that
should be fine.
they'll be screwed and glued so should be strong enough, was just wondering if
they would be wide enough.

i do hope the 19mm will be ok, i already bought the stuff a couple of weeks back
;-)

am also going to put thin jarrah runners on the underside of each drawer so
it'll be hardwood running on hardwood with maybe some candle wax or something as
a lubricant.

Cheers,
Mal

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> On 18 Apr 2014, at 19:54, John Holladay  wrote:
> 
> Mal,
> 
> I think that you'll have plenty to support the drawers. More important is a
good fit. You want the drawers to slide smoothly, but with a minimum of excess
movement. The trickie part is to plan enough room to allow for expansion during
damp seasons. Here where I live, I've seen items where drawers work great in the
winter, but won't even budge at all during the summer when the humidity rises.
> 
> Doc
> 
>> On Friday, April 18, 2014, Malcolm Thomas  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> AM building a set of drawers for my workbench ...my tool collection seems to
be multiplying for some obscure reason :-)
>> 
>> being inspired by the methodology depicted here..  http://woodgears.
ca/workbench/drawers.html">http://woodgears.ca/workbench/drawers.html
>> 
>> 
>> I did plan to use 19mm x 19mm jarrah for the drawer slides, however i realise
that once I have seated them 4-5mm into the upright, only 15mm or so will be
left protruding to support the drawers.
>> 
>> Is this enough ?  Perhaps i need to go up a notch to the 38 x 19mm ?
This’ll allow me to seat them lower in the upright and giving me more slide for
the drawers to sit on.
>> 
>> Whats the opinion here ?
>> 
>> This is the front drawer frame with the 19 x 19 slides clamped on….. look a
bit small I think …
>> 
>> ht
tps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/Slides%201.JPG
>> 
>> ht
tps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/Slides%202.JPG
>> 
>> if its any use the drawers will be 400mm wide by 500mm deep..
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Mal
>> Oz
>> (Perth to be more precise)
>> 
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