Drawer slider, soft close, for light duty drawers in bedside cabinet

Is it just about price?

The KV's, available from Amazon (and other sources) run ~$24, the Lee Valley's are ~$15. It sounds like the OP needs 4 pairs, so both would be above the free shipping point.

$98 for the KV's vs $60 for the LV's, before tax

I know the KV's, I don't know the LV's. They call them "our slides" but I doubt they actually make them, so tracking down the actual manufacturer might be difficult (might not be, I haven't tried.) Maybe I missed it, but I don't see any reviews of the LV slides on their website.

Since it looks like both offer free shipping and free returns (I think) I'd probably buy both and compare them side by side.

OR non shims. My experience is that the slides tend to work better with being a touch loose vs a touch tight.

THE IMPORTANT thing is to build square and parallel. You do not want the slides to be wider or narrower, front or back than the opposite end. that goes for both the carcass and the drawers.

My method is to build the carcass and install the complete slide on the carcass, reinstall the drawer side of the slide after installing the carcass side of the slide.

My drawer sides have rabbets on each end to receive the front and backs. The fronts and backs simply fit into the rabbits on each side, it is a plain square 90 degree cut for the front and back. Then groves to receive the bottoms and a dry fit, with the bottom too.

Carry that to the cabinet and test the fit between the slides. JUST TOUCHING is what you want, all the way back. You can wrap masking tape around the drawer to hold the parts together.

Too loose, cut your front and back longer. Too tight, shorten your front and back.

Use your first test cut drawer to sample every location that will receive drawers.

After you have established the correct lengths for the front and backs cut the remaining drawer front and backs for that cabinet.

After glue up of the drawers I reinforce the corners with Domino's on the sides of the drawers through the rabbet. You can also reinforce the corners with dowels. Cut long and cut off excess with a pull saw, or multi tool.

Sorry, forgot to point out that the OP originally requested soft-close, so that's the only KV I looked at. If he's changing his criteria, then a cheaper slide may work for him. There's not much that can go wrong with a decent quality non-soft-close but as I said earlier, I have no experience with the Lee Valley slides.

I always find it interesting when places use phrases like "this updated-design version". "Updated" does not necessarily mean better.

WoodWorkers Hardware is a source for slides that I have used for decades.

I have purchased slides from WWH in the past. The example I've been using for the OP are the KV 8450FM 14".

$98 with free shipping for 4 pairs on Amazon, $132 with shipping from WWH.

I can't seem to get to the Cornerstone site. Both your link and the same link found via a Google search for Cornerstone don't work. I tried 2 different devices, one on my WiFi, one not. Same error.

This site can’t be reached

I changed my mind ... I now don't think soft close is important for a bedside table/cabinet. My typo ... The DUR45B comes in a 14".

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Joe Gwinn

Amazon has the KVDUR45B14 for $6.44

Usually it means cheaper, but more expensive.

I did, earlier. The link returned by the Google search (same link as yours) did not work, but it is working now. It definitely wasn't working when I tried it at 1:43PM EST.

The same 2 devices (PC and smartphone) that presented the IP error earlier can both access the website now. I know I haven't changed anything. Haven't even closed my browsers.

They must have had a short term outage.

Hey, whatever floats your boat. I hope they work out for you.

I'd go for the little more money and do the soft-close for any furniture but in particular bedside tables. Sometimes I reach for the drawers while in bed. It would be nice if the drawers closed that last inch without being pushed. Just my preference.

I sometimes have personal short term outages !

I just can't see myself going through the work of building a bedside cabinet (or any cabinet) around a $6.44 slide.

But hey, I've over-built more than few things in my day. ;-)

Seems pretty personal for an open forum, eh?

Soft close doesn't need to cost very much more - - does a person really need 100 lb. ball bearing slides in a bedside drawer ? I'd give some consideration to these two examples :

They are both ~3/4 extension slides. I’m a full extension kind of guy. ;-)

I also prefer ball bearings vs. captive roller.

I know, I’m picky.