Corner Cabinet Help for Lazy Susan

[justin waldron]

I have a hang up.  Hopefully someone can help me out.  I have built quite a few cabinets for folks, but I must admit that i always end up buying a corner cabinet for a lazy susan.  This go around I am building cabinets out of hickory and it has to be custom.  Does anyone have a plan on how to build a corner cabinet for a lazy susan??  I appreciate it!!

[justin waldron]

Hey James!

     Actually I need to know how to build the corner cabinet itself.

James Waller said:

Hi justin!

 

If it's my understanding, the corner cabinet is mostly the same as any corner cabinet (right?) and you just want to add a lazy susan inside the cabinet?

 

 

[David Dean]

Hey Justin long time no see.Do what I do look at some other people's corner cabinets I know it sounds wired but you can get some good idels and watching DIY my help to.

[Jay Boutwell]

Hi Justin, I have been building cabinets for over 20 years now and have always built my own lazy susan cabinets.  I build them with 36" on the back side of the cabinet.  The cabinet is 24" deep and at the 90 degree door opening it is 12" each.  Use a wing door hinged by either a piano hinge or European wing door hinge set and swing it either direction you need.  I use 3/4 inch material for the box and build it like a conventional lower cabinet box using the above measurments.  I make a interior clip type partition at the extreme rear of the box at the corner and if this has a bar over it I run the wiring for the required electric plug up through this partition. 

[Jay Boutwell]

Justin, another view of same cabinet.

[David Dean]

Hey Jay I'll take copy I got all the hard ware but dont have the cabinet

[justin waldron]

Hey David!!  No kidding, you been hiding or have I??  HAHA!!  Thanks!
David Dean said:

Hey Justin long time no see.Do what I do look at some other people's corner cabinets I know it sounds wired but you can get some good idels and watching DIY my help to.

[justin waldron]

Jay my friend, you are the best!  That's exactly what I was looking for!! 

Jay Boutwell said:

Hi Justin, I have been building cabinets for over 20 years now and have always built my own lazy susan cabinets.  I build them with 36" on the back side of the cabinet.  The cabinet is 24" deep and at the 90 degree door opening it is 12" each.  Use a wing door hinged by either a piano hinge or European wing door hinge set and swing it either direction you need.  I use 3/4 inch material for the box and build it like a conventional lower cabinet box using the above measurments.  I make a interior clip type partition at the extreme rear of the box at the corner and if this has a bar over it I run the wiring for the required electric plug up through this partition. 

[Jay Boutwell]

Justin, I have figured the panel sizes for a standard 36" high cabinet providing you are using a 3/4 " thick top and a cabinet without the seperate toe kick under the cabinet box.  If so adjust accordingly.  Also the measurments I gave you in the earlier diagram are correct however please note that this is finish measurments and not allowing for a face frame.  If you are using 3/4" face frame deduct 3/4 " from the  four red colored sections in the atached photo .  It is confusing so measurement should be 22 1/2 " on the floor where it says 23 1/4 ".  Then both end panels need to be 3/4 " less in width as you are adding the 3/4 " back in when adding the face frame.  You will also need to adjust the floor to match the other cabinets.  The one rear panel that is 36" wide in which ever one you have exposed to view after install.  This allows you to hide the end grain of the two end panels. 

[justin waldron]

Jay,

     I can't thank you enough.  I am with you now, I guess it was a mental block for me and I couldn't get my head around it.  I appreciate the explanation and the time you spent drawing this out for me.

Jay Boutwell said:

Justin, I have figured the panel sizes for a standard 36" high cabinet providing you are using a 3/4 " thick top and a cabinet without the seperate toe kick under the cabinet box.  If so adjust accordingly.  Also the measurments I gave you in the earlier diagram are correct however please note that this is finish measurments and not allowing for a face frame.  If you are using 3/4" face frame deduct 3/4 " from the  four red colored sections in the atached photo .  It is confusing so measurement should be 22 1/2 " on the floor where it says 23 1/4 ".  Then both end panels need to be 3/4 " less in width as you are adding the 3/4 " back in when adding the face frame.  You will also need to adjust the floor to match the other cabinets.  The one rear panel that is 36" wide in which ever one you have exposed to view after install.  This allows you to hide the end grain of the two end panels. 

[David Dean]

Thanks Jay I got the format now and the bad news all my cabinet's were made in the 50's so I'm going to build new one's it was only a matter of time thanks again.

[Paula Geihs]

I am getting ready to build my first lazy susan cabinet.  I have already done the rest of them, but this is a first.  My question is-Some one gave me two round wooden trays with holes in the center.  He didn't know what they had been used for but now I wonder if they came from a lazy susan.  They are NOT pie cut however.  The diameter is 24 inches.  Will they fit in a 36x36 or 37x37 lazy susan cabinet?  Thanks guys!  And thanks to Jay for the drawings and measurements.  amazing help!

[justin waldron]

Hey Paula, they should fit that cabinet with no problem.  I have followed Jay's plans when I built mine and I can fit a 32 inch in there.