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I have little to post these days, but I just finished some pantry shelves for our laundry room. There was about a foot of wasted space to the right of the door, 5 foot 3 inches wide. I built two cabinets 8 ft high x 30" wide and just had enough room to tilt them in and place them on the riser. Face frame applied after installation. I have 20 shelves made, though only 15 are in use. The rest are stored in the few inches of space above the units.
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Those look really nice! Do they have fully adjustable shelving height?
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Yes, no need for a fixed shelf for structure. Shelf holes are euro spacing. 5mm pins.
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Nice! Good work. We're in the process of doing something similar & I might copy your idea of moveable shelves.
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(09-09-2018, 06:01 AM)5thumbs Wrote: Nice! Good work. We're in the process of doing something similar & I might copy your idea of moveable shelves.
I always do movable shelves when I can. Generally I'd do a fixed center shelf for stability, but it wasn't necessary. I made a euro pitched shelf pin jig many years ago and use my plunge router with a 5mm Brad point gang drill (10 mm shaft). Porter Cable has a 10 mm collet you can buy.
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Looks nice and also handy.
I use the full size 1/4" shelf pins with the angle bracket for the shelf to rest on.
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Nice. Looks like there is a lot more room for beer on those shelves.
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(09-09-2018, 08:15 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: Looks nice and also handy.
I use the full size 1/4" shelf pins with the angle bracket for the shelf to rest on.
I've been using 5mm pins for quite a while and I like them. They seem to hold up well. These are the steel pins with the overmolded clear plastic.
I will use 1/4 inch pins on very heavy utility shelves.
I've never liked the angle pins on anything.
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