How to build your own lazy susan pantry cabinet.

by: BruceContryman
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My sons helped me build this 6 shelf lazy susan pantry cabinet into the closet.

I bought two 4 by 8 foot by 3/4 inch oak panels. We cut each panel into four 2 by 4 foot pieces. We needed six pieces to make the six shelves. We then cut and sanded these pieces to fit inside the pantry closet from our poster board template.

We marked the center of the door from the poster board template onto one of the plywood pieces and used this point as the pivot point for the router to cut out a half circle with a 14.375 inch radius from the plywood. We then used a radius of 13.625 inches to re-routed the half circle again so that it would easily fit into the half circle of the back shelf.

We added a 1.5 by 1/4 inch oak lip around front of the back shelves and the half circle shelves so that food items would not fall off as the lazy susan is rotated.

We then constructed the pivot post out of three 1 by 4 inch by 8 foot oak boards. These three boards were glued together as a 3 by 3 inch post 8 foot long. We drilled 5/8 inch holes in each end 3 inches deep for the bottom and 5 inches deep for the top. We placed a 4 by 5/8 inch steel rod in the bottom hole and a 7 by 5/8 inch steel rod in the top hole. The lazy susan pivots around these rods which are anchored in the floor at the bottom and to the inside wall of the pantry closet at the top.

We then mounted three 70 inch double track standard rails to the post on three sides. These rails were used to mount three sets 11 inch double track brackets for the half circle shelves to sit on. We cut a notch into each half circle shelf so that they would fit around the 3 by 3 inch post and rails snugly.

I sanded, stained and varnished all the pieces for the lazy susan shelves. We set the back shelves in the closet and then mounted the pivot post in the thrust bearing on the floor and attached it to the wall with a 5/8 inch pillow block bearing. We then assembled the pantry closet by mounting the brackets and half shelves on the rails of the pivot post.

We tested the lazy susan to make sure it would rotate around the center post and not hit the back shelves. It worked and it is easy to get to all of the food items in the pantry including those items on the back shelf and all the items on the lazy susan swing out for easy access. My wife loves it and so do I.

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Do you have a big kitchen pantry closet that you store food items in but can never see what you need? Then see our pantry cabinet., or our lazy susan pantry, on how to build your own pantry.  

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