The job that inspired my previous posts about drawer slides and soft-close adapters has been completed with great success and client satisfaction.
I ended up taking accurate measurements of the inside width of the cabinet boxes, calculating the space needed for the drawers/slides combined width, and fabricating custom spacers in my shop. I also had to do a bit of surgery on one cabinet because the drawer opening was about 1/8" too narrow. Fein MultiMaster to the rescue!!
Thanks to everyone for the advice and recommendations. The KV8500 slides were indeed very heavy duty and up to the task. I have some reservations about the plastic parts on them, but I'll hold off judgment until I get called back because one of them broke. :-) The jury is also still out on the soft-close adapters but they seem to function well. Time will tell.
Everything took me thrice as long as I initially thought it would-- par for the course for new ventures like this. But I picked up some skills and knowledge that will help the next repair job go a lot faster. Bottom line is the client was thrilled. Check out this review they left for me on the Thumbtack website I use for leads...
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5/5 Stars "He redid our slides for our cabinets. They were breaking constantly and we didn't know if they were fixable. When Mike came to look at them, he talked to us about everything that was wrong with them and what he could do to make them work again. He was AMAZING! If anyone were to ask for a handyman contact I would give them his information immediately. He is VERY trustworthy & works very hard. You can also tell he loves what he does and he wants to make sure every job he does he completes 110%. He is amazing!!!"-------------------------------
I'll take it. :-)