It's good to see that Blum has some competition. Keep up the great work!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Great video . Nice to see Rob in front of the camera .Keep it coming fellas

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

💯💯💯 Thanks, Rob!

I have a few sets of a different brand, looked at them for an hour, tried to youtube them, went with old school self closing.....now I understand how they work.

@TodaysCraftsmen

2 ай бұрын

Glad we could help!

Great video.. appreciate the work you guys do in doing these videos.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I heard a saying once, Every day that goes by & you don't learn something is a wasted day. That window bench is gonna look cool when done. Hoping all is well guys, Dirty Jersey out!!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 We hope to help teach as much as we can!

In the cabinet shop I work in we have a automated machine that does dovetails, sometimes we make our own drawers other times we get them from Conastoga along with our doors, all depends on how busy we are. Quite honestly even at Conastoga quality levels they they make a nicer cheapper product than we can. We have specialty shop make us 8ft maple boards that we cut up into drawers that are already grooved and prefinished. Where Conastoga and other companies I have noticed use those boards that look like they are made out of a all the scrap cut offs from other projects that they glue back up to make new boards out of. While visually that looks so cheap, construction wise so much more stable.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We’ve found that clients would just rather spend a little less or spend that money elsewhere in the project. We like the build them ourselves when we can but the client dictates what we can and cannot do! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

happy to find this. thank you.

@TodaysCraftsmen

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Yes!! More Rob! I’ll be switching to the Salice as well. Definitely more superior to the Blum. And one clip does all the adjustments versus 3 different clips for the Blum.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We had to force him on camera! 😜

@williamellis8993

6 ай бұрын

@@TodaysCraftsmen Tell him we think he did a great job and should do more on camera.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Will do!

Thank you for the info

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We’re not worthy! Thanks, Matt. Love your work.

@mcremona

6 ай бұрын

@@TodaysCraftsmen thanks!!

Looking up the Aussie supplier right now!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Probably Hafele!

Thanks for posting this . I’ve been out of the game for a while. I’ve used side mounts 30 years ago . ( bearing type ) . and tandems at a kitchen company. Qst. When you have this system figured out completely . Is it faster and easier? Seems like it has more user friendly adjustments? I can see the drawer construction is different also . Do Salice /Blum / Other. Generally share the same specs. for the width of the drawer versus opening of the cabinet ?

@TodaysCraftsmen

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say they’re necessarily any faster but we definitely like the quality. I’ve used Blum, Grass, Hettich, Salice, etc and always used cabinet opening minus 3/8” for drawer width and it’s always worked out! That’s for 5/8” drawers.

Looking at Salice slides…have you guys used the Salice “futura” drawer slides? If so, how do you think they compare to the F70s?

@TodaysCraftsmen

5 ай бұрын

We have! They’re great for the money. Not as nice as the F70 but for less than $20 they work well.

Are there any undermount slides with soft close and push-to-open besides the movento Blumotion+Tip-On?

@TodaysCraftsmen

3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately they are the only one as far as I know.

Just curious, Rob. Why move the slide and redrill the mounting holes instead of using the built in front to back adjustment? Bill

@frjericho

6 ай бұрын

I was going to ask the same.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Jeff, here! I can’t speak for Rob but I’ve found the slotted holes give me more trouble than they’re worth sometimes. When you tighten your screw the rotation wants to move the slide either forwards or backwards depending on which side you’re working on.

@williamellis8993

6 ай бұрын

@TodaysCraftsmen I agree about the slotted holes, but Rob showed us front to back adjustment built into the blocks. That's what I was wondering about

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Ahhh, gotcha! As Rob was saying we want it as close to perfect as we can in the shop so that we can utilize the full range of adjustment on site if necessary.

@williamellis8993

6 ай бұрын

@@TodaysCraftsmen Makes sense. Thanks Jeff.

$60 for that drawer? That makes money all day long, incredible price fellas. 🎯

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

For sure! And it’s an 8”H drawer.

I have installed the Blum brand before, and I have seen Salice ones, but never used. What do you like better about the Salice brand, if you don't mind me asking? Thank you!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

They’re definitely more robust and seem to have a smoother operation and soft close.

@jamiemajerick91

6 ай бұрын

@TodaysCraftsmen I am building a dresser soon and I am going to try these. Thank you for the video!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Probably a great choice since the rack and pinion keeps big drawers aligned.

I can't find the Salice F70 in that link. Only showing the Salice Progressa+Smove.

@TodaysCraftsmen

Ай бұрын

The Salice F70 is now the Salice Progressa+

Is there a preferred online distributor that you would recommend for Salice?

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We’re partial to Hafele.

Are the Salice slide sold as individual or as a pair? Thanks for sharing

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We buy them in pairs but they do come in separate boxes (left and right) when you buy more than 6.

@sethhamilton5824

6 ай бұрын

Are the offsets metric with these like Blum? I always pull out my metric tape do the inner width minus 42mm instead of using imperial approximations and it has been golden (and easy to do).

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Correct! So it’s 42mm - 2x drawer sides (~16mm x 2 = 32mm) = 10mm (roughly 3/8”)?

I came across your video just to show to my shop guy how to pronounce SALICE, haha. Anyway I ended up watching a bit further just to see how you set your slides inside the cabinet, specially with the FACEFRAME application. I don't like the way you do. I worked as a carpenter for over 6 years in a shop in Port Chester NY, custom face frame cabinets is all I was doing for years. I don;t like to set the slides like you show (placed sitting in the bottom of the cabinet) just setting the 5/32 set back. What I do, I place them 1/8 of the ground too. They will sit behind the DRAWER FACE, so you will never going to see it through the 1/8" gap between drawer faces / doors. ALSO the 1/8" "room" for adjustment that you are going to have if some of your installers do a "NO GOOD" job. So if they ever set the cabinets out of level, or if they tweak squeeze or distort the cabinet during install you will have room for adjustment DOWN at the slides. Because a lot of the time only lowering the DRAWER face does not fix the problem. Sometimes something is distorted and only moving the slides will fix your problem.

@TodaysCraftsmen

Ай бұрын

Good points! We do all of our own installation so we don’t have to worry about bad installers! 😆

@duskateru

Ай бұрын

@@TodaysCraftsmen So if I see metal (slides) showing through the 1/8 I will know the cabinet was made by you guys! haha

@TodaysCraftsmen

Ай бұрын

Yes. Keep your eyes peeled.

I love the f70, they're fabulous and they have the rack and piñon that allows you not to use the bars for wide drawers, but for most drawers they're complete over kill, on my smaller drawers I still use, the Dynapro, I like them the best, Blum is over rated and over priced they're good at marketing

@TodaysCraftsmen

5 ай бұрын

You can definitely get away with a lesser slide (not that the dynapros are bad, they’re great slides,) but we find it easier just to keep one type of slide on hand!

@oliver299d

5 ай бұрын

@@TodaysCraftsmen that's true too, I got rid of Blum during the pandemic and switched to salice because Blum wasn't available and I realized that the salice hinges were actually better and they were almost half the price as the Blum. I used the Futura slides for a while but the dynapro are a little smoother, I just can't see putting an f70 on a small upper drawer, but you can't beat the motion that they have

@TodaysCraftsmen

5 ай бұрын

100% super smooth

I have moved from blum to grass.

@tundrawhisperer4821

6 ай бұрын

Grass? Is this a new brand?

@RobyWanKenobi

6 ай бұрын

No. They are little more than blum but are synchronized in all sizes without having to add the synchronize bar to the back with blum.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

We’ve used the Dynapros pretty extensively too. Much prefer the Salice!

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

Grass is another Austrian manufacturer that’s been around for ages.

@TodaysCraftsmen

6 ай бұрын

The Grass are definetly nice but I hate the ratchet-action locking device.