Kitchen Cupboards

Debbie, I would go for the taller ones, in your case….lol. (I think iI have an old pair still in the garage…)

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oh you are so funny hahaha.
I’ve thought of a pull-out step that’s convenient but, that’s probably not going to happen either.. and I imagine it would just get in the way.

-- ~ Debbie, Ontario Canada

Sure they make stuff like that, Debbie.. Typically used for handicapped people to make their kitchens more accessible.

Here’s one that I’d found.. Down side is the price.. Freaking expensive, IMO.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10842&filter=pull%20shelf

Personally, my opinion would be to find someone who sells them local… Go, see, take notes, then have the hubby build you some… Basically all they are is a shelf section with arms that are tensioned by springs to allow them to easily be lowered and raised.

Here’s a good closer picture of the arm mech.. It’s REALLY simple looking. Be worth a shot to try and build one.

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Oooh, like that pull-down system. We’ve been wanting to work in a pull-out step stool into our cabinets, so it’s always right at hand…

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/

that’s what I want!! need!!!
now.. hmmmm how to make it happen.

-- ~ Debbie, Ontario Canada

Debbie, thought that you’d like that..

Seems Rockler, oddly enough, has the lowest price on them.

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You beat me with that picture while I was still asleep Scott, that’s not fair. ;o)

For obvious reasons, they sell all kind of variations on the idea here in Japan, Debbie. They range from the simplest to the hydraulic ones. They’re expensive but, at the same time, easy to make for yourself. You just have to play a little with the geometry and get a good pair of springs (the two “cams” that unite both parallel arms are, in fact, springs that pull the up thing together to ease the closing action). You can either make the inner box and the arms out of wood or use metal for the arms only. I bet springs wouldn’t be hard to get online in your neck of the woods. Think also about the classic variation in which the shelves are substituted by a clothes-hanging bar. Peruse the online hardware catalogs and don’t discard the industrial ones, they’re often cheaper and the same quality or better than the residential.

Good luck.

-- Jojo · homeless in Kyoto

thanks guys.
now to make it happen.
At least I now have a picture to show what I want!

-- ~ Debbie, Ontario Canada

I am 6’3” and now I can move the cabinets to the ceiling and still use them! I love this site! Great topic MsDebbieP!

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oh sure.. rub it in!!

my top shelf is for long-term storage!

-- ~ Debbie, Ontario Canada

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