Folks,
My wife wants a shelf that holds an appliance under another shelf out of the way. Then when it is needed, you pull on this shelf and it extends out toward the user and rises up, making the appliance usable.
I’m looking for the hardware to make this happen.
I looked online, but came up blank since I don’t even know what search term to use.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Links to specific products would be much appreciated.
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Is this like what you are looking for?
https://woodtechnology.com/product/kitchen-appliance-lift-white/
Thanks, Bilyo and the other two members who replied. This is what I want, but not on that large (height) of a scale. The item I want to lift is about 5" tall, not the height of a full size mixer.
I'm pretty sure that doesn't exist. I deal with 7 different cabinet manufacturers mostly upper mid-range to premium custom quality and see many cabinet accessories and have never seen anything like that.
Most likely you would need to engineer and fabricate that yourself. How heavy is this appliance? What does it do? is there a lot of torque involved like a mixer kneeding bread dough?
https://www.rockler.com/rev-a-shelf-mixer-appliance-lift-soft-close-mechanism-without-shelf-grey
Rev-a-Shelf is one of the main suppliers of these cabinet accessories and it can easily be found on their website and other resellers on line including Amazon. Search for appliance lift or mixer lift.
I will add that most cabinet manufacturers who offer this accessory will not warranty the cabinet if the appliance is actually used on the shelf it is meant to simply lift a heavy appliance to the countertop height where you slide the appliance to countertop. It also requires a Full Height 24" deep cabinet to install.
When typewriters were standard office equipment, a lot of office desks had lifts similar to that for the typewriters. They, of course, weren't that tall. I don't know what the chances are of you finding one of those.
I think your best option is to just use what is available or contact some of the manufacturers to see if what you want can be special ordered.
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Sauton-Folding-Mechanism-Hardware-Standing/dp/B076FPX8MT/ref=sr_1_48?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oSjTv6RZ0w7ZIV49SWc4VSoXY7Ar5cVP7ET5d8hQ7SVe3RkFWs0WfXcDF_YjMppqpYizRMroP2qnn1zjqQuk940AVDljC8mMz1FF5JIZqwBnufoN0oiE5CLZtfi8cq8Tu98ffUMmHjvALDwYep0C99BIW-CARMPWSl1XLy0HvRFBNvzzlItmbaLr6zjlnrtQs1WNA4bsLomgL-E-Yi8JiTkjgahoSVtXqkETq8pKBoSPUwTvd26wQnoOxdhLwGW1wJqhq_rFWj905eLdTyI9Zc0v1RQtx-krlM49KkyRgjw.PXAm-YNPnpTOPs2qJlc5rMnmELsXPZ1OsfKzWuIYGTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=appliance+lift+for+cabinet&qid=1709595416&sr=8-48
might work for you. It could be mounted onto a pull out shelf that uses standard drawer slides.