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Ron3rd
Explorer III
May 07, 2014

What's a good type of catch to use for a drawer

We have a couple of drawers under our bed that can slide out will traveling and rub on other cabinets when the bedroom slide is pulled in. The drawer has the type of ball bearing slides that have a c...
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westend
Explorer
May 07, 2014
Use two 3/8" round x 1/4" neodymium magnets, one on the drawer back and the other in the cabinet face. If you're very fussy, you can drill deeper than 1/4", fill with filler or veneer, stain, and sand. If the drawers are wider than 24", use magnets on both sides.

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