Soft Close Undermount Slide

An undermount soft-close drawer glide is designed for drawers with little clearance between the sides of the drawer box and the cabinet carcase, which is unit's rough framework.

Most glides of this type mount along the bottom and lower sides of the drawer box, although there are some styles that mount solely on the bottom of the box, but these versions typically require a raising of the drawer bottom to accommodate the thickness of the glide assembly. Turn the drawer to receive the drawer glide upside down on a worktable, and position the drawer so that the drawer face is opposite your body.

Place the left front mounting bracket of the drawer glides flat on the drawer bottom in the upper left corner, against the front and left side of the drawer box. Connect the mounting bracket to the front and sides of the drawer box with four of the provided mounting screws using a power drill with a screw tip. Repeat with the Soft Close Full Extension Undermount Drawer Slides Kit Mod right-side front mounting bracket. Measure the width of the drawer glide assembly with a tape measure.

Then place the tip of the tape measure along the lower left-hand corner of the drawer box, and measure in this distance along the top edge of the back of the drawer box, and make a pencil mark. Extend this mark along the edge and down the face of the back of the drawer box using a combination square soft close full extension undermount drawer slides kit file a reference.

Measure the distance from the edge of the drawer box down to the drawer bottom. Transcribe this measurement to the face of the back of the drawer on both the left and right sides. Then place your square along the left edge of the drawer back, and make a line parallel to the drawer bottom across the Soft Close Full Extension Undermount Drawer Slides Kit No back edge of the drawer until you meet the line you created in the previous step. These two perpendicular lines outline a notch that you need to cut in the back of the drawer to accommodate the drawer glide.

Make a similar perpendicular mark for the right drawer glide. Cut out the two notches on the back of the drawer box using a jigsaw. The long edge of the notches should be flush with the drawer bottom. Place the left drawer glide into place between the front bracket and the notch in the back of the drawer. Locate the pin on the back of the drawer glide, and make a pencil mark on the back of the drawer for the pin hole location to be drilled.

Align the right-side drawer glide and make a similar pencil mark for the right-side pin hole. Place a level into the opening for the drawer in the cabinet carcase, spanning the distance from the bottom, left edge of soft close full extension undermount drawer slides kit file drawer opening to the back of the carcase. Adjust the back edge of the level up or down until the bubble in the level is centered between the two lines, and draw a pencil mark onto the back of the carcase using the bottom edge of the level as a guide.

Repeat on the right side of the carcase. Measure in from the left side of the carcase to the front left edge of the drawer opening. Transfer this distance to the back of the cabinet, making a pencil mark on the back of the carcase denoting the inset position of the rear mounting bracket.

Repeat for the right-side bracket. Position the left rear Soft Close Full Extension Undermount Drawer Slides Linux mounting bracket for the drawer glide against the back of the carcase with the bottom edge of the bracket aligned with the pencil mark, and the left edge of the bracket along the left inset pencil mark.

Attach the bracket to the back of the carcase using the included mounting screws. Repeat with the right-side rear mounting bracket. Position the left drawer glide soft close full extension undermount drawer slides kit file the carcase, and push the back of the glide onto the tab of the mounting bracket.

Attach the front left edge of the glide onto the side of the drawer opening face frame with a pair of mounting screws from the glide kit. Install the right-side drawer glide in the same manner. Extend the two drawer glides out of the carcase.

Settle the drawer onto the soft close full extension undermount drawer slides kit file glides. Place your hand underneath the left of the drawer and slide the left drawer glide forward until it clicks into the front mounting bracket.

Look under the back edge of the drawer and verify that the pin on the back of the glide has slid into the pin hole on the back of the drawer. Click the right-side drawer glide into position in a similar manner, then slide the drawer in and out of the carcase to test the operation of the drawer glides.

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