Blum Servo Drive

[rnt80]

Has anyone installed Blum's Servo Drive system?  I'm looking into using it on a handful of drawers on an upcoming project and I'm wondering if they only work with Tandembox or if they can be used on any type of drawer. 

 

[peter halle]

Russell,

I think that ccmviking has installed them and has also done displays for trade shows using them. 

 

[Billnut]

I installed the Servo drive unit about 2 years ago.  It should work with both the undermount slides and the tandembox draw system.  It worked well.  We put it on a hidden draw in a closet.

Bill
Bonetto's Carpentry

 

[Steve R]

Very impressive system. There are tons of utubes about these. Really is cool.

Looks like you have to build a precise sized space behind the drawer, how much do you do you need at the back?

What kind of cost?

Cheers,
Steve

 

[rnt80]

I installed the Servo drive unit about 2 years ago.  It should work with both the undermount slides and the tandembox draw system.  It worked well.  We put it on a hidden draw in a closet.

Bill
Bonetto's Carpentry

Bill, you don't have to use tandembox, do you?  I would need to use the system with some solid stock drawers.

 

[Billnut]

Bill, you don't have to use tandembox, do you?  I would need to use the system with some solid stock drawers.
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No.  I think we used the 568 slides on a regular old 5/8" thick maple draw box.  The only thing the servo drive does is add an electric arm that pushes the draw out of the cabinet.  If I recall you have to push the draw in approx. 2 mm to activate it and then the electric arm pushes the draw the rest of the way out.

Bill
Bonetto's Carpentry

 

[rnt80]

Thanks Bill, that's what I thought.

 

[peter halle]

I haven't looked at the Blum information in quite a while, but how is the power supplied to the units. Don't you have to have power behind each cabinet that has at least one unit in it?

Peter

 

[waynelang2001]

I haven't looked at the Blum information in quite a while, but how is the power supplied to the units. Don't you have to have power behind each cabinet that has at least one unit in it?

Peter

You need a plug for the unit to run, but you can wire units from a few cabinets to one outlet.