I saw one setup that was electric, was cool, just touch the button and hmmmmmmm out came the drawer, touch it again and hmmmmmmmmmm back in it went, I wanted to tear that one apart so bad to see who's setup they had behind it but the guy had spent a lot of money at marathon to get his bus and for some reason he didn't want me to take it apart lol. I have looked and looked for that hardware lol, I even talked to steve, a friend at marathon and he just laughed and said if he told me all their secrets they'd never get a customer lol. When I saw your post I thought of that prevo, was really cool.
...... Ho about one on how to make those really nifty deals where the drawers all slide out at once?Jack
That might be fun to build!I think a piece of coarse threaded rod attached to a DC motor with a nut attached to the bottom of the drawer. A switch on the wall attached to a reversing circuit? of some sort, or a reversing relay? so when the button was pushed once it would come out, when pushed again it would retract.Probably an old Shurflo water pump motor would work, or maybe a starter motor off a lawn tractor engine? Just thinking under the box!Quote from: cody on April 26, 2009, 06:15:16 AMI saw one setup that was electric, was cool, just touch the button and hmmmmmmm out came the drawer, touch it again and hmmmmmmmmmm back in it went, I wanted to tear that one apart so bad to see who's setup they had behind it but the guy had spent a lot of money at marathon to get his bus and for some reason he didn't want me to take it apart lol. I have looked and looked for that hardware lol, I even talked to steve, a friend at marathon and he just laughed and said if he told me all their secrets they'd never get a customer lol. When I saw your post I thought of that prevo, was really cool.
Quote from: Dallas on April 26, 2009, 06:39:49 AMThat might be fun to build!I think a piece of coarse threaded rod attached to a DC motor with a nut attached to the bottom of the drawer. A switch on the wall attached to a reversing circuit? of some sort, or a reversing relay? so when the button was pushed once it would come out, when pushed again it would retract.Probably an old Shurflo water pump motor would work, or maybe a starter motor off a lawn tractor engine? Just thinking under the box!Quote from: cody on April 26, 2009, 06:15:16 AMI saw one setup that was electric, was cool, just touch the button and hmmmmmmm out came the drawer, touch it again and hmmmmmmmmmm back in it went, I wanted to tear that one apart so bad to see who's setup they had behind it but the guy had spent a lot of money at marathon to get his bus and for some reason he didn't want me to take it apart lol. I have looked and looked for that hardware lol, I even talked to steve, a friend at marathon and he just laughed and said if he told me all their secrets they'd never get a customer lol. When I saw your post I thought of that prevo, was really cool.The hardware for that runs about $800. to 2000. sawbucks. But if you do make your own, what happens if the motor RPMs are too high-could become a super-large wooden projectile LOL FWIW Will
If it's possible to take a tree, which doesn't resemble a cabinet at all and with a bit of perseverance, turn it into a cabinet or a table or a campfire, Quote from: PP on April 26, 2009, 12:14:04 PMQuote from: Dallas on April 26, 2009, 06:39:49 AM Even I can build a campfire!! Mitch
Quote from: Dallas on April 26, 2009, 06:39:49 AM Even I can build a campfire!! Mitch
Even I can build a campfire!! Mitch
Every so often I have to build a cab door or two for a project. I would like to know how to cut melamine particle board with a tables saw and not get blow out on one face. Right now the only way I know is to rough out blanks with the saw and then use a router and straight edge to finish the edges....and.....it's........so..............ssslllowwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Will, It's always easy to find how things won't work, the trick is to make them work the way you want them to, with only the available materials at hand.
The beauty of it is that most of the tools will be what almost all of us have already.