Yeah, I don't know if anyone makes brass full extension slides, I was just saying that I prefer brass hardware with wood if it's available. You have to work with what you can get. Like you say, money-no-object is not a real game plan for staying in business.
For what it's worth, I don't think the steel slides looked all that bad. Brass would look better, and black would too, but you'd probably have a harder time finding slides in black than in brass.
Bill Ranck Blacksburg, Va.
Probably not too much market for brass slides (even if they do exist) because of the lack of strength factor. But, for the OP's creations, something as simple as brass type angle iron and a simple slot cut in the wood to let it slide might look half decent.
I can get black and white epoxy coated, but not in the smaller 75 lb rated slides. The one time I tried epoxy coated slides the epoxy started to wear off in the bearing track before I even got the project fully assembled, and the epoxy that wore off got gummed up into the bearings which made them seize, which made the slides not function smoothly and only made the wear problem worse. I don't know if it was a bad batch or what, I sent them back and replaced with the regular zinc.
-Kevin
Nice work. Which one holds the family jewels?
v nice - one day I'll be that good! (maybe)
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