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I have just made a cabinet (hence earlier posts about hinge cutter bits).

Now I have come to mounting it on the wall, I was going to use the
modern things that most kitchen cabinets use - apparently called
Suspension Mounting Fittings [1]. But, alas, I had not thought it
through. These require the fitting to be mounted approx. 15mm or so in
front of the wall. Which, if you have a false back in the cabinet, is
fine. I don't have that. Because the cabinet is very shallow already, I
decided just to inset a bit of thin white faced MDF/hardboard into the
back. So I really have just about 3mm.

So are there any similar devices that work in the siuation I have
described? The adjustability is so nice! The load is nowhere near the
same as a laden kitchen cupboard so a light device would probably be fine.

[1] If I have not explained clearly, they are shown here. I have used
these very ones very successfully for cabinets with real backs.

http://www.isaaclord.co.uk/productDetail.aspx?product=464&subCat=000

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:23:20 +0100, Rod wrote:

So are there any similar devices that work in the siuation I have
described? The adjustability is so nice! The load is nowhere near the
same as a laden kitchen cupboard so a light device would probably be fine.


One non-adjustable but nonetheless convenient method: fix a L-shaped aluminum
strip to the wall, level, width of the cabinet, where the bottom of the cabinet
will be. With a helper, lift the cabinet onto the strip, adjust sideways
position. Drill through the back into the wall in the top inside, screw to wall.
Add two small screws from the bottom through the aluminum strip into body for a
bit of belts-and-braces.


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Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:23:20 +0100, Rod wrote:

So are there any similar devices that work in the siuation I have
described? The adjustability is so nice! The load is nowhere near the
same as a laden kitchen cupboard so a light device would probably be fine.


One non-adjustable but nonetheless convenient method: fix a L-shaped aluminum
strip to the wall, level, width of the cabinet, where the bottom of the cabinet
will be. With a helper, lift the cabinet onto the strip, adjust sideways
position. Drill through the back into the wall in the top inside, screw to wall.
Add two small screws from the bottom through the aluminum strip into body for a
bit of belts-and-braces.


Thomas Prufer


This is similar to what I do.

Essentially use a level to fix a strip of thin wood to support the
cabinet top.

Then as long as the cabinet is screwed to the wall, it won't fall down.

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