I'm have an idea to build these large drawers under my outfeed/assembly table to hold all my long clamps, but I'm running into sticker shock with some of these drawer slide prices. The main issue is the size of the drawer itself: 48 in X 48 in.
I have concerns about using side-mount slides, due to the size, but I can't seem to find bottom mount slides in this size. I am also considering whether I can use aluminum extrusion and some rollers; I saw this from McMaster: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/t-slotted-framing-rollers/t-slotted-framing-slides-tracks-and-rollers/
Anyways, does anyone else have any experience with cheap(er) methods of making very large drawers work? Maybe there's a simpler way to do this.
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I’m a drawer newbie so please excuse my ignorance.
I have a 48”x27” space on the bottom of one side of my work bench. I’d love to do a sliding tray to access the items on the back side without having to roll out the table from the wall. The problem is 48” drawer slides are almost $200. (about as much as I have into the workbench so far for everything else.) Any more economical options, DIY or otherwise? I thought about just waxing some rails and sliding the tray on those but I wonder how it will work with such a large and heavy tray.