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Alert! HValley Tools closing store

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Got an email saying the store just North of Philadelphia is closing on Sept. 5 and are currently selling off inventory. AFIK, the products will still be available online.

I visited their old store in Philly many times and came away with lots of stuff, including a 2hp DC and steel piping. I have used many of their router bits over the years and think they are comparable to Woodcraft or Rockler varieties - not something for production but great for hobbyist use.

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3/4 Ply Boxes for Blum Tandem?

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I picked up some 15 Blum Tandem undermount slides for some drawers I'm making. When I was trying to figure out dimensions for the drawer box, the instructions seem to say that the maximum thickness for the sides is 5/8. This doesn't make sense to me. I feel like I've seen many videos of people making the drawer boxes with 3/4 ply. I wouldn't know where to get 5/8 ply.

What's the offset for 3/4 ply boxes?

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