I finally figured out why my drawer slides kept binding up

Had a set of 22 inch undermount slides fail on a custom vanity last week... the drawer would stick halfway out every single time. Turns out I was off by a sixteenth of an inch on the cabinet box depth, so the slide mechanism couldn't fully engage. Anyone else run into this with Blum Tandem slides specifically?

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iris_jones891mo ago

Did you check the side-to-side alignment too? I've had that sixteenth inch error in depth before, but Blum slides seem to bind just as bad if the cabinet sides aren't perfectly parallel. A tiny twist in the box can make the back of the slide sit wrong.

ryanj601mo ago

Ever try a laser level on the box before mounting? That tiny twist is a killer.