Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Jul 14, 2010 2:36 am After seeing a friend's new IKEA RATIONELL soft-closing drawers, I figured I'd have a go at retrofitting the system to my existing (Blum MetaBox) drawers in my apartment. The project was a huge success and came in relatively cheaply at $2.50 - $22.50 per drawer, depending how you look at it I've written up an instructable with full steps and photos here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Retrofit-soft-close-to-almost-any-drawer-Blumotio/ The short story in photos: And a quick video showing my retrofit in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aAQTL7N5Us Hope this inspires some fellow DIY handymen around here Re: Retrofit soft-close to almost any drawer (Blumotion) 2Jul 14, 2010 6:20 pm Wow, i think i might have found exactly what my Mum has been looking for!!! She has cupboards only below her bench but wanted to convert these to drawers, all kitchen reno places tell her can't do must take out existing kitchen shell & start again!!! At a cost of $7500 + plumber & electrician!!!! Just for clarification...she could take out existing middle shelf in cupboard & install these in cupboard space?? She's happy to leave doors on as there is absolutely nothing wrong with them, just a matter of more storage needed/wanted!!! Ah if this is correct she will be one very happy lady!!!!! & save some $$$ in the process!! Thanks for the info (Hope i've understood it correctly) Cooper's Build - Perth NOR viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30525 Prelim- mid Sept 2009, Pre Start 2 Feb, Siteworks- 21 April 2010, Slab- 10 May, Deliveries- all by 26 May Bricking- 28 May - 26 June, Roof complete 5 Aug, Float 28 Aug, Lock up 16 Sept Cabinets 1 Oct, Tiling 22 Oct, PCI 18 Nov, KEYS 3 Dec 2010 MOVED IN 17 DEC 2010 Re: Retrofit soft-close to almost any drawer (Blumotion) 3Jul 14, 2010 9:47 pm while you can definitely use the above steps to retrofit whatever drawers you choose with blumotion dampers, the project is mainly targeted at people who have existing drawers that slam themselves shut and want to soften the closing without having to buy a whole new drawer. as you haven't chosen drawers yet, you can simply buy drawers with the damper system built in - no need to modify anything. unless of course they're very expensive, in which case you can buy the cheapest drawers you can find and then retrofit the damping system as above Re: Retrofit soft-close to almost any drawer (Blumotion) 4Jul 14, 2010 10:32 pm this is fantastic - we wanted soft close draws but our builder quoted us around $2k - outrageous!!! I figured there would be a way to retrofit, but it seems you have saved the hard work for me. Thanks for sharing I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3296 Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. It is parallel to my cover deck, living room, family room and kitchen,… 0 9611 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5733 |