Diy tilting fridge slide advice (1 Viewer)

[WTITW]

I guess I havn’t learned my lesson after the drawer system because now Im thinking I’ll build my own tilting fridge slide.

Planning on making a DFG style tilting slide because it looks like an easy approach. Just aluminum angle cut nicely and pop riveted together. Ive got a nice sliding miter saw and aluminum cuts almost as easy an wood so I think its in my wheelhouse.

Anyone got any idea what gauge aluminum I should go with? Planning on a somewhat small 24x16 35qt set power fridge. Anyone have an aluminum fridge slide either self built or from one of the manufacturers? I want to stick with aluminum because it so easy to cut with a miter saw.

 

[r2m]

I guess I havn’t learned my lesson after the drawer system because now Im thinking I’ll build my own tilting fridge slide.

Planning on making a DFG style tilting slide because it looks like an easy approach. Just aluminum angle cut nicely and pop riveted together. Ive got a nice sliding miter saw and aluminum cuts almost as easy an wood so I think its in my wheelhouse.

Anyone got any idea what gauge aluminum I should go with? Planning on a somewhat small 24x16 35qt set power fridge. Anyone have an aluminum fridge slide either self built or from one of the manufacturers? I want to stick with aluminum because it so easy to cut with a miter saw.

Minimum 0.0625" (1/16"). I believe the forces you're looking at exerting will be tensile and not shear, so 0.0625" should be strong enough.
If you want to share your design drawing, I can give a better idea of what would be best.
If 0.125" (1/8") doesn't cost too much more, it wouldn't hurt to go larger. I have a tendency to over build if it's not too cost prohibitive.

 

[PoindAxster]

Did you ever get this project done?

 

[WTITW]

Did you ever get this project done?

No, sorry. Went with a Bison Gear tilting slide instead.

 

[PoindAxster]

No, sorry. Went with a Bison Gear tilting slide instead.

That doesn't suck! I've been eyeing this slider. How do you like it?

 

[PoindAxster]

Also - didn't realize who you were. I'm one of your YouTube subscribers and may have missed a video where you showed off the fridge slide. However, I want to say thank you. Your videos aren't just fun, they're informative and been a major influence on how I want to build the GX I just picked up last night.

 

[WTITW]

Awesome! Glad to hear you're getting some mileage out of the videos.

We love the Bison gear slide. We've got a ton of use out of it in the 8 months we've had it. I'll probably do a video on it at some point. The Bison gear stuff sometimes needs a few tweaks, but overall, I think they're one of the best balances between cost and durability; plus, they're a family business, and the owner is a cool dude. My only complaint about the slide was that it rattled at first until I realized it just needed some rubber bumpers where the tilting part rests on the bolt-down bracket. Not sure why they didin't include as it was an easy $5 fix. You also have to keep an eye on the tilting screws to make sure they don't back out, it might be fixed with a removable thread lock.

Good luck, and thanks for watching the YT content!