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Author Topic: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?  (Read 1858 times)

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vetteguy112233

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Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« on: February 01, 2009, 04:18:16 pm »
I plan to modify the front of my cabinet so that it will have a pull out keyboard tray, but I can't seem to find the keyboard tray rails anywhere.

I've looked in the local classifieds free section for a computer desk, thinking I could steal it off the desk, but NOTHING.

I'm not looking for anything expensive, just something I can screw to each side of a board and make it work for my cabinet.

Anyone have a set or know where I can get them?

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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 04:21:26 pm »
Any home improvement store like Home Depot.



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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 05:19:42 pm »
I looked online, but I guess I need to just go in.

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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2009, 06:26:09 pm »
yea they should be where all the knobs and handles are

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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 01:41:14 am »
Search for "drawer slides".
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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 03:37:47 am »
You only deserve the best:
http://www.hettich.com/en/carpenter/1129.php
They have tons of options. Forget about the nylon-wheel stuff at Home Depot. Go to a decent metal hardware distributor and get some of these ball-bearing sliders.

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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 07:42:20 am »

Figure I may as well ask this here since its about drawer slides -

I saw these really nice looking drawer slides which had almost like 2 sets one inside the other so that it would come out more then the depth of the slides, and I remember thinking something like "oooh those would be good for my mame cabinet when I get my crap sorted and start on it again" - now I cannot find them. Anyone know what they are called? Closest I have seen is the rails that come
with servers so they will slide foward and almost right out of the rack..

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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2009, 09:40:49 am »
You can buy them at just about any hardware store, only a couple of bucks. They have different lengths and are mostly pretty crappy. Most that I have seen only have a lip on one side to keep the draw rails in. The other side has to be pushed over to hold it into place, a pretty crappy setup IMO.
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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2009, 02:26:11 pm »
Depending on what you consider "expensive," I got these at my local Woodcraft, and they work great.
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Re: Where to buy keyboard tray rails?
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2009, 09:46:17 pm »
Yeah, you'll end up paying some for the heavy duty ones. Alternatively, you might be able to scavange some from old filing cabinets/drawers.
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