The lazy Susan in the lower corner cabinet in the kitchen of our apartment fell apart. I went online to see how to repair it. Nowhere could I find that type of mechanism. So there was no hope of finding replacement parts. I did a search for 24″ piecut lazy Susan and found the correct style to replace it with. I needed the type with attached doors. I could order it from Home Depot and have them ship it to our local store. I found the same model at a CabinetParts.com for $8 less, but with an additional, substantial, shipping charge. However, I need to repair the drawers, as well. I had previously looked at Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Ace Hardware. Nothing they had in store would work very well with the plastic drawers in our kitchen. I found single track, under mount, ball-bearing slides for 30% of the price they were available at Home Depot online. This made the order qualify for a $5 off coupon and reduced shipping, which makes it a much better deal than at Home Depot.
I talked with our landlord, Steve, about doing this. I said I would provide the labor, if he would reimburse for the parts. He said he was considering replacing the lower cabinets. I told him I felt they had more years in them, and I would like to keep all that plastic out of the landfill a bit longer. The cabinets are plastic. He gave me the go ahead.
The lazy Susan arrived Saturday morning. I had already removed the one, so I got right to installing the new one. The instructions were in fine print and not very thorough. As a result, I ended up attaching and reattaching the doors three times. I had to take out the top plate and reposition it, using a square with a level on it, to insure that the stile was truly vertical. I had to trim the door panels on a table saw. So I finally finished it on Sunday morning.
I still need to caulk the center corner of the door panels, then paint. As the old saying goes, “Putty, caulk and paint make a carpenter what he ain’t!”
