Drawers........

Goose · Mar 23, 2015

I scored on this for $45 at a consignment auction on Saturday. It's straight and not bent or beat up, but the paint is pretty much kaput.

I'd like to disassemble it and paint it before I put it to use, but I can't figure out how to get the drawers out. Or don't they come out once they're in?

I have some left over automotive candy apple red and black sapphire metallic paint that would do wonder to the unit. I could paint it without removing the drawers, but they would clean up easier if I could get them out.

Goose · Mar 23, 2015

Don't know why the first pic posted twice.

Ivan in Mich · Mar 23, 2015

Look in the center of the slide on the track and see if there is a flat spring on each side. This stops the drawer from pulling all the way out. Take a screwdriver and pry the end closest to you out and pull on the drawer it should slide out. On mine I can pry it out and move out of the hole so it takes less hands

jeffcat · Mar 23, 2015

Whoa don't pry too hard. Some of these take a little strip of spring metal that looks like a skinny piece of packing strap. Pull the drawer out about a couple of inches and then slip in the strip almost all of the way in. THEN pull on the drawer and every thing should release. Once you figger it out fella it should be a snap! Stop by a car shop or such when the Snap-On or Macco guy is there. Ask him and I bet he will give you that little release tool! Show him a picture of the cabinet too. Jeffcat

504 · Mar 23, 2015

Take a feeler gauge and bend the tip like the ones you may already have for setting valves, and slide the drawer slide back a 1/4 inch. Then slide the feeler in between the drawer and the slide,push it in and shove the slide back into the box. Clear as mud. You are pushing a small pin or spring steel back to let the drawer come out.

charlie n · Mar 24, 2015

Try taking the slides out of the cabinet rather than the drawer off the slide. I used a piece off metal banding .Slide it between the drawer slide and the box.Do both sides at the same time and pull straight out.Good Luck.

DLMKA · Mar 24, 2015

I snagged one like that on a city-wide clean up day from one of the neighbors. They left it out for the garbage. I saved it. I'm not worried about paint, just a place to store tools.

edj856 · Mar 24, 2015

Do like 504 said with two feeler gauges.

gtractorfan · Mar 24, 2015

Can't tell by the camera angle on the slide but my guess is there are spring steel strips in the slide that act as stops. If so you can use a small screw driver, pry the spring part back a bit while pulling the drawer past the stop.

fixerupper · Mar 24, 2015

I'd say you did OK on your purchase no matter how you paint it.

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