Build your own pantry kitchen lazy susan.
My sons and I built this 6 shelf lazy susan pantry cabinet into the closet.
We bought two 4 by 8 foot by 3/4 inch oak panels, and cut each panel into four 2 by 4 foot pieces. We needed six pieces to make the six shelves. We cut them to fit inside the pantry closet by using our template as a guide.
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 glued a 1.5 by 1/4 inch oak lip around the front of the back shelves and the half circle shelves to keep items from falling off as the lazy susan is being turned.
We fabricated a pivot post out of three 1 by 4 inch by 8 foot oak boards. The three boards were glued together as a 3 by 3 inch post 8 foot long. We drilled 5/8 inch hole in the bottom end 3 inches deep and fit a 4 by 5/8 inch steel rod in it and drilled a 5 inch deep hole for the top and placed 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 by a thrust bearing which we made and to the inside wall of the pantry closet at the top with a pillow block bearing.
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.
I tested the lazy susan pantry cabinet to make sure it would rotate around the pivot post and not bang the back shelves. It is easy to get to all of the storage items in the pantry. My wife and I love it.
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