Hi guys,
I am looking for a source for 6" or 8" drawer slides. I don't know if they even exist. The smallest I have found are 10". Anyway, I thought I would ask.
Any leads would be very helpful.
toby

http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=2325&sid=AF081

These are pretty much perfect, and are pretty cheap.

just out of cuiosity, what would you use this for??
the focus box?
if so, how would you seal for light??
Ryan

ArchibaldTuttle,
fantastic - you helped me out alot.

ricoks, yes I am going to use them for the focus box. Still working out the light leak issue and my plan of attack. I need to get the parts in hand to really see what I can do with them.

I'm using a double (or triple) layer of felt on the front of my box for a movable lens assemble, this should block all the light leakage but still give flexability of travel. have a look at my plog Dave's Joinery Project/or might help you with some ideas.

I was thinking about routing groves to mount the drawer slides on....

It would look something like this:


Comments/suggestions? I think this should minimize any light leaks...

if you routered blind grooves that stop before they break thru on the adjustment box front (if you know what i mean) and if the grooves on the projector were blind on the inside end (opposite end of the other blind grooves) you should get no light leakage at all. Not a great deal more work to do, just clamp a stop for the router when cutting the grooves. but the results could pay off big time. would look a lot neater by not showing the grooves until you slid the box right out too.
try testing it out first on a couple of pieces of scrap first to get all your cut depth/width right before commiting to the projector cutting.

Hey moose - if you didn't want to order them & would rather just pick some up, I've seen then at Woodcraft Stores - I'm in Central IL & mine carries 6" slides.

Romar

Thanks guy's for your help.
I have decided to go a completly different direction with the focus box. It is top secret for now, or atleast untill the first are built.
Once the prototype is made i will show it off.
toby