concur.  too big, too heavy and possible prone to some kind of failure later on.
too small and they become almost useless. i think i found a reasonable
compromise for what i need. the top two drawers will be slightly smaller/lighter
for things such as tapes, knives, papers et al

Cheers,
Mal

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> On 18 Apr 2014, at 22:54, Richard Wilson  wrote:
> 
> Malcolm asks about tool drawers...
>> 
>> 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 ?
> 
> 
> 15mmis way over a half inch, so yes - plenty of support.  
> 
> I'd say that the most important thing in such a venture is to work with more,
smaller drawers.
> A large drawer takes more stuff - good - but however you make it, you have a
large mass to move to open it, and once moving, it will want to stay moving, and
you don't want several pounds(kg's) of iron and 'sharp on a stick'  heading to
the floor, or the children / grandchildren's feet.
> 
> and, depending on width versus depth, a wide drawer is often more open to
racking.
> 
> As for modern, steel, ball bearing efforts and such like, well - we spit on
them.  If a wooden drawer on wooden runners was goof enough in Queen Elizabeth's
day (the First, that is), well, I say it's still good enough now.
> 
> But I'm a grumpy old galoot, so I would say that.  
> 
> Richard Wilson
> Yorkshireman Galoot
> in a gloriously sunny Northumberland.   
> 
> 
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