Before a cabinet leaves my shop I make certain that all the legs and the cabinet have been leveled on a flat surface. Unfortunately, home floors are often not flat. Especially if they’re old and have been sanded and refinished a couple of times. I can use a plane and/or rasp to get them level again. But what do you do when a client then decides to move the cabinet to a different location that is not level in a different way (hair pulling out emoji). Sure it can be shimmed (ugly), placed on a carpet to hide said shim or just let them deal with it ideally by sanding the floor flat (yeah right, that’s likely to happen!)
How do you deal with it?
Has anyone has found an attractive external leg leveling device that is suitable for a cabinet leg.
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Without specifics, tough to say...but standard threaded levelers are the norm and tend not to generate questions.
"Why did you use those?" "In case you ever move it,"
"Oh, thanks,"
Use cabinet levelers.
I use the type the toe kick clips on from Woodworkers Supply.
My cabinets have recessed leveling feet in them. They are hidden behind skirts or stretchers or built right into the portions of the piece that act as the feet. The "heads" are hex shaped and can be adjusted by hand with the weight off or by wrench with the weight on. You do want to be sure they can be fully retracted if desired.
Thanks for the responses.
Who sells the recessed levelers? What is the minimum leg thickness?
I make the levelers for the piece in question. The screw mounted T nuts are a rockler product and the threaded levelers themselves came from another online source. I will see if I can backtrack it and post back here. I may also have some pictures of how I make them, I will check and also post them back here when found.
Found some pics. This was a dresser for my own home so you may notice that the leveler blocks are made from an old red oak front door ;-)
I found the all steel levelers required cups so I changed to a plastic based version. I bought a couple of hundred of the bolts and am not sure of the original supplier but, they are like these:
https://www.woodworkerexpress.com/octagonal-leveling-glides-polyethylene-1-10155666.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_search&utm_campaign=google_product_ads&source=googlebase&country=US&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjvyZ-KnF6AIVi8DICh2Ipg-LEAQYAyABEgL3-PD_BwE
Thanks. A recessed leveler makes total sense. Recessing them far enough so they are not actually used unless actually necessary is ideal. Thanks!
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