I'm planning a cabinet for my shop that will not have several drawers with box joint front joints. I wanted a faceless cabinet with the drawers fitting flush, and as little clearance as possible. My problem is finding drawer 'glides' to accomodate this. In ShopNotes #30, they feature their Small Workbench, which looks almost exactly like I would like mine to look. Reading the details of how they built it, they used
1/2" aluminum angle set in a shallow dado in the carcass, and ripped a groove down the side of each drawer 1/8" wide to accept the aluminum. Like I said, it looks perfect, but I wonder if the drawers would work well, and if there would eventually be significant wear and tear. I've also taken a close look at Dizzy's router table,
By the way, since I'm leaning toward the UHWM plastic, I'll have to find a supplier. I have seen McMaster Carr in some posts as a supplier of choice. In the past, for small pieces, I have bought kitchen cutting boards at Sams and ripped them down. It's a lot cheaper, and readily available, but I don't know if it is exactly the same stuff.
Thanks, Kirk