Help me create the best "slide out" cupholders! (1 Viewer)

[Rebelwork]

Is the sliding mechanism simply wood on wood, a drawer slider, or what?

Wood on wood using the slot on the bottom.

 

[Jake14mw]

Thinking our loud here.... What if the cupholders were attached/inserted via a pair of dowels rather than a slot?

Then you could drill pairs of holes of that diameter at various intervals around the table.

Would probably want to use oak or a similarly strong wood.

Whichever solution you settle upon, I would be mindful that any bracket/block added to the underside of the table will reduce leg space (thigh space, to be exact). I’m not a giant — just a little over 6' — but a pet peeve is when the top of my bent leg jostles the underside of a table.

That's a reasonable idea, but then I think it would be tough for people to find the holes?

 

[Rebelwork]

Dowels unless large enough would deflect with weight and then would have to be supported not to twist.

 

[Jake14mw]

Here's a quick update on my Don Quixote quest for slide-in completely flexible positioning cuphholders - Don't try this at home! I have committed to the design I had in the original post with adding the layer of wood to the bottom of the table so I could slide the end of the cupholder into it. Also using magnets to hold them in place securely. WAY too much complexity/work! We'll see how it turns out. The white "wood" is actually Azek trim board that had leftover from a deck project. It will get painted black.

 

[Rebelwork]

can you not notch out for the cup to slide in?

It seems you would catch on the top as well...

You could use a small rabbit to fix that problem

 

[Rebelwork]

Looking at he original pictures you can't slide the cup into hide the cup can you?

 

[Jake14mw]

can you not notch out for the cup to slide in?

It seems you would catch on the top as well...

You could use a small rabbit to fix that problem

Notch out how? Sorry, the picture may not be clear. The diagram on post #23 shows what I am doing. The only thing that is not accurate about that diagram is that the size of the slide in fits exactly into the slot without a space, and the magnet is flush with the wood. Nice tight fit. One problem I could see happening is the screws eventually working loose that are holding in the white Azek boards. But given that I host less than once a month, that won't happen for a while.

Also, what is a rabbit? I am not a woodworker.

 

[Rebelwork]

Without looking at the picture I thought you could slide them all the way in. After looking at the picture I realized you could not. Your far into the build to change it. Sorry for my confusion...

Same with the rabbit bit. Not needed with you design...

My bad. I go into furniture design mode and I start working out problems , but you've already built it...

You could have used the rabbit bit and a friction catch at the back which would have been more stable...

 

[Jake14mw]

Still going on this thing! Hopefully staining the oak cupholders tomorrow!