Tandem Drawer Slides Installation

Whether you choose movento tandem or standard you can be sure that your drawers open and close smoothly.

Tandem drawer slides installation. Watch me show you how i install the blum tandem plus blumotion soft close undermount drawer slides real quick. Push towards back of drawer maximum 3 1 8 rise of drawer front tool free 1maximum 5 3 16 rise of drawer back tool free 2. New depth adjustment on runner. The locking devices automatically engage with the runners.

Tilt the top of the drawer front forward. Maximum 5 3 16 rise of drawer back tool free note. For full overlay drawers the type for which european mechanical hardware was originally developed the slides should be mounted 4 mm or just over 1 8 behind the front of the face frame. Place the drawer on the runners and close.

Rotate the tilt adjustment lever on the rear of each runner to tilt the top of the drawer front forward. This video shows how to easily adjust the drawer front side to side with the front and rear adjustments. The blum instructions say to install the drawer slide 15 16 behind faceframe for inset drawers which is what i m doing. Blum offers several different types of runner systems for wood drawers that fit every need.

This is my high tech depth setting jig. Press up on adjustment tab 2. I loosely install one screw in the slotted hole hold my combination square in place to ensure my slide is exactly at. Blum tandem plus blumotion drawer slide kit full extension with blumotion soft close open a drawer equipped with blum tandem plus blumotion slides and by the time it s closed you ll be won over.

For good measure i add another screw above that one. Make adjustments if necessary. A piece of scrap the thickness of whatever inset i need plus the 4 mm the hardware manufacturer recommends.