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How to Replace a Lazy Susan Cabinet

When you want more storage space in the kitchen, one of the easiest ways to obtain it is to replace a Lazy Susan cabinet. Typically installed in corner cabinets, Lazy Susans rotate on a pole or tube, but can leave you with a good amount of unused space behind the fixture. Use the open space by replacing the Lazy Susan with stationary shelves. Find hardwood plywood to make the shelves at your local home improvement store, where you can have the boards cut to your specifications.

Things You'll Need

  • Screwdriver
  • Tape measure
  • Wood putty
  • Medium grit sandpaper
  • 1/2-inch hardwood plywood shelves
  • Drill
  • 1/4-inch drill bit
  • Bracket pins
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Instructions

  1. Remove a Rotating Lazy Susan Fixture

    • 1

      Remove the cabinet doors from the hinges and mounting brackets that connect the door to the cabinet walls.

    • 2

      Remove the shipping pin from the slot beneath the top tray on the telescopic tube.

    • 3

      Unscrew the telescoping locking screw located on the telescopic tube just below the top mounting bracket.

    • 4

      Pull the telescopic tube towards you until you can lift the top tray over it. Raise the bottom tray and remove it in the same manner. The telescopic tube is on a pivot to allow you to tilt it as needed

    • 5

      Remove the brake pivot post from the bottom of the telescopic tube.

    • 6

      Unscrew the bolts holding the mounting brackets to the top and bottom of the cabinet. Remove the mounting brackets.

    Remove an Attached Pie Cut Lazy Susan

    • 7

      Inspect the fixture to determine the kind of bracket used to attach the pie cut Lazy Susan. The manufacturer typically attaches the shelves directly to the door with angled or L-brackets during manufacturing.

    • 8

      Unscrew the angled brackets that hold the shelves in place on the door. Remove the shelves from the door.

    • 9

      Fill the holes in the cabinet door with wood putty. Smooth the surface with medium grit sandpaper. Paint or stain as desired.

    Install Stationary Shelves

    • 10

      Measure the height and width of the inside of the cabinet. You will need one shelf to fit the width of the cabinet and one to fit from the front wall of the cabinet to the horizontal edge of the first shelf.

    • 11

      Drill holes in each wall of the cabinet with the 1/4-inch drill bit to insert the stationary shelves brackets. The lines should line up directly across from each other. Your existing cabinet already may have these pre-drilled holes in each side.

    • 12

      Insert the bracket pins in the holes. Set the shelves on top of the brackets. Make sure the end of the vertical shelf butts up tightly against the edge of the horizontal shelf.