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[Login] Main Index · Search · Active Topics New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar Woodworking >> General Woodworking Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 bobl Reged: Apr 29 2002 Posts: 176 Loc: Ma slide out pantry door       #8835 - Thu Dec 02 2004 12:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I;m making a slide out pantry. the door will be aprox 24x80 inches. 3/4 thick, rounded over edges., painted this is a good size slab. could make it out of ply, not light. could rout out part of the back of the ply could make a frame and put a piece of luan on it , suggestions? -------------------- bobl Volo, non valeo Post Extras:       calvin Reged: Apr 29 2002 Posts: 2388 Loc: NW Ohio Re: slide out pantry door [Re: bobl]       #8839 - Thu Dec 02 2004 07:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I installed a kitchen from Kraftmade that used a full extension slide out carriage on the bottom of the shelf (full tiered, 4 shelves fastened together with solid front and back. Heavy Duty. The door was fastened from the back through the panel. The pull I fastened through both because you could load this thing with well over 50/75 lbs of goods. The door was face frame/couple of panels. Maybe you didn't ask that question, but you could look at a kraft made supplier (HD among others) if you want some ideas. The hardware could be had I bet from Hettich, Grass, Blum , among others. If you are just talking construction of the door. Glued up door would be perhaps lighter than plywood, poplar for instance. I would be concerned with warp on something that large. I would think MDF with either a face veneer or not would hold shape a bit better, you'd be wise to use several euro hinges on it, allowing you a bunch of adjustment for in/out, up down, left right. Paints up nice. Remember tho.......that dust is nasty from even just ripping, much less shaping the edge. Much like talc..........Do the work outside with a good breeze and don't hang the clothes out. If you can figure out how to hinge it, a hollow core 1-1/8" slab might fill the bill. Sure would be lite, if the hinge you use would work. Euro hinge no/go for this option. -------------------- Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City Post Extras:       bobl Reged: Apr 29 2002 Posts: 176 Loc: Ma Re: slide out pantry door [Re: calvin]       #8848 - Sat Dec 04 2004 09:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   http://www.rev-a-shelf.com/item.asp?id=128&seriesid=16 the door mounts to the slide out., which is why lightening it would be nice. -------------------- bobl Volo, non valeo Post Extras:       calvin Reged: Apr 29 2002 Posts: 2388 Loc: NW Ohio Re: slide out pantry door [Re: bobl]       #8849 - Sat Dec 04 2004 09:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I guess I did pick the right configuration with the first response. To clarify and after jogging my memory. The unit I'm familiar with did in fact have a top running guide in addition to the bottom weight bearing full ext. glide. So, in comparison, the hdwr you linked to is very similar. If I was faced with this project and was convinced the hardware was what I wanted, my main concern would be the attachment of the door to the pull out unit. The weight of a panel of mdf the size you require would not be overbearing. I think the attachment point could be the weak link. It appears you have two brackets that get fastened to a door panel(not so strong connection w/o seeing the hardware up close), that bracket then gets securely fastened to the carriage frame (strong connection). I might do it this way. Make up a panel to through bolt the brackets to and then a door panel that could be fastened several times from the back through that panel. This would give you a strong bracket to panel connection and a multipoint (stronger) connection to the door. If the depth of the hardware permitted this type of configuration. You could use ply or mdf for that first panel. OR, get the hardware and see if the brackets have enough fastening points to give you confidence, and eliminate the additional panel I mention. If you use mdf, do not just wood screw the bracket to the mdf unless you use those deep coarse (confirmat I believe) screws made specifically for mdf/hd part bd. Or see about screw inserts like the ones used on cab doors with euro hinges. Make sense? I'm concerned on the pullout strength of the bracket connection. -------------------- Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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