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These round, 1/2 inch nylon spacers from Bainbridge Manufacturing are designed to set the precise side clearance needed when mounting drawer slides in cabinets where the slide sits away from the cabinet wall. Made for screw-on installation, they give installers and cabinet shops a reliable, repeatable way to build out a mounting surface without improvised shimming.
Face-frame cabinets are the most common application: the cabinet side sits behind the frame, so a slide that mounts flush to the side panel ends up too far inset to align with the drawer box. A 1/2 inch spacer bridges that gap cleanly. They also come into play in frameless cabinets when a panel is thinner than the slide's design assumption, or when a filler strip or backing panel creates a recessed mounting surface. Anywhere the slide needs to stand away from the wall by half an inch, this spacer handles it in one step rather than stacking shims.
Nylon — also called polyamide — is a practical choice for this job. It holds its shape under the clamping force of a screw without cracking or compressing over time, and it does not corrode or absorb moisture the way a wood shim or a metal spacer might in a humid cabinet environment. The white color is the functional fit for white melamine or painted interiors, where a dark or bare-metal spacer would stand out against the cabinet box when the drawer is open.
Cabinet shops running production on face-frame lines will go through spacers steadily — they are a repeating consumable whenever slides need a standoff. Installers fitting replacement slides in existing cabinets reach for them when the original mounting geometry is off. Custom builders use them to fine-tune slide position on one-off cabinet designs. Homeowners replacing drawer hardware in white kitchen or bathroom cabinets will find these a clean solution that does not require cutting and fitting a shim by hand. Because the mount is a simple screw-on, no special tooling is needed beyond a screwdriver.
Yes. Face-frame cabinets are the most common use case because the slide needs to span from the cabinet side out to the drawer's operating plane, but the spacer works in any situation where a 1/2 inch standoff is needed between the mounting surface and the slide.
They are a generic mounting accessory. As long as the screw pattern on your slide's cabinet member allows for a spacer at the mounting point, these will work. Check the slide manufacturer's installation instructions to confirm the spacer fits within the allowable mounting tolerance for your specific slide.
Stacking spacers is not recommended as a standard practice — a single-piece spacer at the correct thickness will be more stable and consistent. If you need a 1 inch standoff, a dedicated 1 inch spacer is the better choice for that application.
Nylon is stable in typical indoor cabinet environments and does not discolor or degrade under normal conditions. The white color runs through the material class rather than being a surface coating, so it will not chip or flake from the screw hole.
Getting drawer slide alignment right the first time saves the rework of pulling and remounting a full drawer run. Keeping a supply of the right-size white spacers on hand means the mounting decision is already made before the slide goes up.
Sold In: 1 Each
Quantity | Unit Price | Catalog | ||||
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Sold in: 1000 Each |  PL3611WH-M Mfr# 3611WH-62 | Bainbridge 1000-Piece Box Spacers, White, 3611WH-62 |