I’m looking for a drawer for a 19" rack unit that is sitting on a hinge. Meaning I could make the drawer lean downwards after it has been pulled out. Meant to store a Push controller, and then give me comfortable access to it once it’s pulled out.
Maybe best to explain with a picture:
You guys know of anything that works like this?
Just a thought. Skip the hinge. Use regular drawer pull rail, but stop the rear wheels at the front, with a metal screw or something. The bed is maybe 1/2 inch plywood ?
I just tried my bathroom cabinet drawers and they work similar to this.
Check out various drawer pull hardware at the hw store, and then improvise. This shouldn’t be too hard.
Good idea.
ADDED : Getting the cables to cooperate may be your biggest problem.
So you mean like just on the first two pictures… and skip he slant design on the 3rd picture?
I’m really looking for a design with a slant. But I’m starting to get pessimistic about whether that can be found anywhere. And you are right. The cables would be a problem.
No. It still slants but the top rear is supported on the two rear wheels. It will be steady with the front edge supported on the desk.
Like i said the drawer in my bathroom, does almost precisely this.
Get some ideas in a store, usually the people that work there are handy, and can help you pick between the options available.
ADDED : Calling @obscurerobot.
That’s a tricky one.
You can buy something expensive like this
https://www.techvitas.com/en/slide-and-tilt-system/
or
Or you can get creative with cutting some slots like this
Here’s a similar version
I doubt you’ll find anything very elegant, and in many cases not as sturdy of a surface as you’d probably want.
Just the nature of a pull out drawer is going to have some flimsyness unless the drawer guides are really bulky.
If you’re dead set on a pull out drawer, you could always get the slant by having something underneath the back of the Push that you could fold out, standing the back up crating an angle.
I haven’t designed and built anything this complex, but I have a few ideas that I’m mulling over. Will try to reply tomorrow - today was a long long day.
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This looks like a very good idea. You need a router or a laser cutter to make those cuts though.
Just a reminder for complexity sake…
They’re asking for a 19” rack mount drawer that can be angled down.
Assuming the idea (based one the photos) is for 1U/2U drawer, then it would really eliminate many option for eliminating any flimsiness.
I’ve thought about adding a racked drawer to pull out for Push 3 also, but I don’t think that I’d find something sturdy enough to make it a worthwhile playable option, vs just a good idea for storage.
Yeah there’s really nothing in the realm of drawer guides that’s thin and sturdy.
I found this one thing a couple weeks ago, it was 200bucks.
I’m always looking for creative ways to build a few things, and I’m always surprised there isn’t something like drawer guides that are not only thin, but have some kind of elegant look.
I’ve been hunting for a sliding shelf I could put a drawing tablet on. I haven’t found it.
You could probably build something out of 1/8" or 1/4" plywood that would work with a 4-post rack and have a useful working capacity. A front or middle mount two post rack would probably require metal or a structural plywood like the marine ply that they build DIY Mini Transats with. (I try to stay as far as I can from wooden boats, but a skilled builder and naval architect can build a wooden boat that is as light and robust as a fiberglass boat. Wood is amazing stuff)
On of the things about the OP that stands out to me is how the cables are handled on the back of the Push.
I don’t have a Push 3, but from what I gather it’s fairly thin. Having cables connected at the back where it hinges could add enough pressure that over time might damage the jacks.
Id want to make sure the cables were secured perfectly as to not get pulled or create tension.
Generally a good policy to setup your structured cable so that there is as little pressure on the jacks as possible.
We should probably have trigger warnings in our gear photos in case anyone wanders by who has done telecom-grade structured cabling. (I’ve only observed it)
I have been using these to wrap cables for things on my roll out drawer (Output Platform desk) and it’s done a great job keeping things together.
No tension when pulled out and I haven’t observed any pull from the weight when the drawer is pushed back in.
Seems like the golden Google search term is “slide and tilt drawer runners”.
That gave a good list of possible solutions which I’ll have to look through. But getting this to work in 1U will probably be challenging.
