![]() If the drawer bottom is too thin to screw into, you could insert a filler strip of appropriate width behind the drawer front and screw into that. All that’s necessary is that they be positioned the correct distance (20-1/2 inches for a nominal 21-inch slide) from the back of the drawer. I just used a piece of half-inch scrap as a spacer to position the locking mechanisms that much back from the drawer front when attaching them. ![]() As I was using half-inch prefinished plywood for the bottoms this worked fine. ![]() Although the instructions for installing the locking mechanisms show them being screwed to the bottom rear of the drawer front, in fact they have additional mounting holes that let you screw them into the drawer bottom if it’s thick enough (or you could glue them). I’ve just completed four drawers for these Blum slides, making them 21-1/2 inches long rather than the nominal 21 inches, to get as much space as possible. Unfinished preslotted sides can be bought from Rockler (Baltic birch plywood). I bought some from Woodcraft some years ago (quite satisfactory). Google “prefinished drawer sides” to find suppliers.
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