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Default Cabinet add on door racks


"Mike Marlow" wrote

Indeed. You can do the French Cleat thing, but your application does not
really benefit from a French Cleat. A simple cleat run across the inside
of the door from style to style (what you refer to as the outer frame)
will do just fine. Probably does not need to be more than 3/4" wide and
1/2" thick for what you're doing. Predrill holes in the cleat the size of
the screws you're using and predrill the styles smaller so you don't split
the wood when you run the screws in. If you use 1/2" thick cleats and you
go 1/2" into the 3/4" styles, you can use 1" screws (adjust as necessary
if you countersink). That's a lot of holding power. Then, simply screw
your racks to the cleat(s).

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-Mike-


Will be holding spices and light stuff. I think I will do the small cleats
with pre-drilling will do fine for the weight. I was thinking more of
fastening them to the inset panel, but that's why I asked. Makes a lot more
sense to mount them on the thickest thing available. Shelves sit in there
on little nubs, so no problem shaving those a bit.

Steve