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Type of Slide Rail/Bearing

Type of Slide Rail/Bearing

Type of Slide Rail/Bearing

(OP)
Hello there,

I have been looking far and wide for this type of bearing/rail system that I have seen before but can't figure out what it is called to search it on the web and order it. Basically it is a curved square tube with a smaller curved square tube inside of it which slides in and out. I would assume it has ball bearings. I need this slide rail to open the lid on a cabinet up and back. I have attached a sketch of what it should look like. Any help is much appreciated.

RE: Type of Slide Rail/Bearing

If you can find a way to make that slide, and sell it for a 'cabinet hardware' price, you might make a fortune.

I can't say I've seen anything similar In Real Life.

Bishop-Wisecarver used to advertise v-rails supported by v-rollers, and suggested that the rails could be bent 'the hard way' to make curved guides, but I don't think they're stocked in that form, and they're much bulkier than what you've sketched.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

RE: Type of Slide Rail/Bearing

LukeChavez-

I've never seen any commercial product like that. Frankly it seems like an expensive type of mechanism for producing a simple rotary motion. As MikeHalloran suggested a system of v-rollers attached to a bracket that guide a semi-circular v-track would be much more efficient.

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