Galley drawers

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On my galley refit i'm thinking of using domestic kitchen drawer inserts. Has anyone done this? I'm wondering if they are tough enough or a pain in any way. I will make my own cherrywood fronts with thumb latches.
 
I made the drawers in my galley from perspex with wood fronts. In my read cabin from ply with veneered fronts. Rear ones I used metal roller sliders.
 
Good quality metal-sided drawer systems should be robust - e.g. Blum Metabox and Tandembox (http://www.blum.com/gb/en/01/30/#3) have a carrying capacity of 30kg in the standard depth size, and you choose your own base and back materials to suit. You do not say what will be your drawer lengths, which might perhaps be an issue; the Blum ones go down to 270mm.

Edit: if you meant just the drawer boxes, rather than the slide mechanisms, then as tjanna's link shows these do not have to be in "lightweight chipboard". But the ready-made boxes will be in standard sizes which may not suit your application, whereas the metal-sided systems can be used with any width.
 
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Hydrozoan said:
Good quality metal-sided drawer systems should be robust - e.g. Blum Metabox and Tandembox (http://www.blum.com/gb/en/01/30/#3) have a carrying capacity of 30kg in the standard depth size, and you choose your own base and back materials to suit. You do not say what will be your drawer lengths, which might perhaps be an issue; the Blum ones go down to 270mm.

Edit: if you meant just the drawer boxes, rather than the slide mechanisms, then as tjanna's link shows these do not have to be in "lightweight chipboard". But the ready-made boxes will be in standard sizes which may not suit your application, whereas the metal-sided systems can be used with any width.
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I'm looking at metal sides and sliders and replacing their wood with real wood.Something like?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unassembled-Replacement-Kitchen-Metal-Drawers-All-Sizes-Complete-Kit-2-Heights-/261474380105?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Kitchen_KitchenFurniture_EH&var=&hash=item3ce1166949
 
single said:
I'm looking at metal sides and sliders and replacing their wood with real wood.Something like?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unassembl..._KitchenFurniture_EH&var=&hash=item3ce1166949
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Well, as you are happy with metal sides, the Blum systems are just metal sides (incorporating the roller mechanism) and you choose and cut bases and backs to suit - in real wood or laminate as you wish. The Metabox system is their simplest (and cheapest) but would I think do what you need, as you are providing your own fronts and incorporating latches.

Edit: Re: Graham's post, I don't think the Metabox system offers stainless versions - that's probably in Blum's more expensive ranges. But check their site.
 
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Blum it is i think. Does anyone else think boaty people are a bit too paranoid about boat materials? After all, i bet the folk living in the apartments 30yds from my boat don't say 'oooo, which paint shall we do the outside chairs with' or 'we better use 316 for the kids swing' or 'darling,did you remember to drop the anode wire over the quay side'
Really the inside of my boat is almost as dry as many houses.
 
single said:
Blum it is i think. Does anyone else think boaty people are a bit too paranoid about boat materials? ... Really the inside of my boat is almost as dry as many houses.
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Yes, probably at times - at least about 'domestic' fittings in a dry boat. But the main point I think is that with metal-sided systems, powder coated or stainless, you won't be buying ready made boxes and then having to adapt them (nor having to make complete drawer boxes, which would tax my woodworking anyway :)).
 
Unless a boat is incredibly wet inside, I can't see why domestic drawer components shouldn't have a reasonable lifespan in a boat.
 
single said:
Blum it is i think. Does anyone else think boaty people are a bit too paranoid about boat materials? After all, i bet the folk living in the apartments 30yds from my boat don't say 'oooo, which paint shall we do the outside chairs with' or 'we better use 316 for the kids swing' or 'darling,did you remember to drop the anode wire over the quay side'
Really the inside of my boat is almost as dry as many houses.
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You'd be surprised at the considerations one had to make living in a property in a marine environment, although mostly because of the corrosive/abrasive effects of the salt in the air.
Exterior paint gets eroded very quickly, window catches rust solid within a few years and sky dishes need replacing after 18 months!
 
I've just crewed on the delivery of a new Hanse 505 and the kitchen - they call it that not a galley - is veneered chipboard, a bit like one from IKEA. The fridge is a two drawer arrangement on the port side held into the chipboard with six self tappers. On starboard tack with a fair amount of heel the fridge ripped out the screws. We got it to stay in by putting matchsticks in the screw holes before tightening. The cutlery drawer also flew out. Give me real wood anytime!
Sailorbaz

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sailorbaz said:
... Give me real wood anytime! ...
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I would not use chipboard on the boat and any design, including choice of materials and fixings, has to take account of the weight and forces involved - and of potential corrosion. But I presume you include plywood in "real wood", as most of our boats couldn't do without it.

(BTW, Wikipedia attributes ply's 'invention' to Sir Samuel Bentham in a patent for laminating veneers in 1797. Brother of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, he was apprenticed at 14 to a shipwright in Woolwich Dockyard and became a noted naval architect responsible for many innovations. Sorry for the drift, but I did not know of that long naval pedigree!)
 
sailorbaz said:
I've just crewed on the delivery of a new Hanse 505 and the kitchen - they call it that not a galley - is veneered chipboard, a bit like one from IKEA. The fridge is a two drawer arrangement on the port side held into the chipboard with six self tappers. On starboard tack with a fair amount of heel the fridge ripped out the screws. We got it to stay in by putting matchsticks in the screw holes before tightening. The cutlery drawer also flew out. Give me real wood anytime!
Sailorbaz


Edit- should be port tack
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Unbelievable.But given that's probably the ugliest boat ever made those who buy it deserve what they get...
 
There are areas where it is practical to use domestic fittings - I used brassed hinges from B&Q for internal locker doors as they fitted perfectly and the brass ones didn't. However, I hot dipped them in grease before fitting!

Rob.
 
As my galley drawers are covered by the companion way with access under and between the steps, they need to pull out a lot further than otherwise to access the contents.

I considered double extension slides, cheap as chips plated from the likes of B&Q but I fear for their reaction to the elements. Stainless ones are beyond my budget.

Any views?
 
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