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JimBollman
Sep 28, 2018Explorer
Slow day, had to make an unexpected trip to the dentist to get a broken tooth repaired and took the B. First time out since I mounted the back cabinet with the drawer. I thought the drawer had a pretty good close spring but I didn't even get out of my drive before it opened. On the way home I stopped at Lowe's for idea on what to use to keep it in place and came home with some child proof latches that didn't really work on a drawer. After much contemplation and sorting through my junk drawers for inspiration, I came up with a solution and fixed the dawer.
I had a 1/4" rod with a knob on the end, not sure what it was originally for. I found a collar and a spring that slid over the shaft. I drilled a slightly oversize hole throw the side of the cabinet and about half way through the side of the drawer. I cut the shaft so it fit in and secured the drawer with the knob against the side of the cabinet. With the drawer out, I put the shaft with knob through the side of the cabinet, on the inside I slide on the spring and colour putting just a little tension on the spring and locked down the collar with a set screw. Now the knob can be pulled back about 1/4". I reinstalled the drawer and now the rod slides in the hole locking the drawer in place, pull out the knob and the drawer opens.
Not sure anyone can follow that description but it worked great, took a lot longer to figure out what I was going to do that it did to do it when I came up with a solution.
I had a 1/4" rod with a knob on the end, not sure what it was originally for. I found a collar and a spring that slid over the shaft. I drilled a slightly oversize hole throw the side of the cabinet and about half way through the side of the drawer. I cut the shaft so it fit in and secured the drawer with the knob against the side of the cabinet. With the drawer out, I put the shaft with knob through the side of the cabinet, on the inside I slide on the spring and colour putting just a little tension on the spring and locked down the collar with a set screw. Now the knob can be pulled back about 1/4". I reinstalled the drawer and now the rod slides in the hole locking the drawer in place, pull out the knob and the drawer opens.
Not sure anyone can follow that description but it worked great, took a lot longer to figure out what I was going to do that it did to do it when I came up with a solution.
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