Oil/Vinegar Rack, Magic Corner, and Trash Bins Pullouts

Today I’m going to be working on some of the larger drawer units. There are a few pull-out drawers in the kitchen, but I’m going to be making the first three of them right now. Those three are the oil/vinegar/spice rack roll-out, a magic corner unit, and the trash bin roll-out. 

Looking at the model, I’m working on this corner of the kitchen. The cabinet next to the stove is the oil/vinegar/spice rack pull-out. Next to that is the blind corner, which is going to have the magic corner unit installed in it. And then on the left of the sink is the trash can pull-out. 

I’m going to start with the oil/vinegar/spice rack. Here’s my initial sketch of that pull-out. This is the front plane of that rack. There’s going to be a solid front and back piece, which I’ll connect with a series of six rails that will dovetail into the side. Then I will set in some panels, probably using that white oak stock, to create a platform for everything to go on. The top section is for oil bottles, and the bottom will have an adjustable shelf that can be moved up or down as needed. 

Here are the pieces for the front and the back. I’m going to dovetail the rails in (which is completely unnecessary because the front and back faces won’t be seen), because everything else in this kitchen is dovetailed.

Here is the framework of the whole unit. Next I’m going to get the pin holes in for the adjustable shelf. I decided that instead of having one big adjustable shelf, I’m going to have two that are narrower and can be adjusted independently or taken out if desired. Once those pin holes are drilled, I’ll get the bottoms cut and installed. 

I took this upstairs to try it out, and it’s a little bit floppy up top. So I added on a second set of slides which should help to reduce that. 

Now that that’s in place, I need to make the face for this drawer. Because this is a full height drawer, with it going up to the countertop, I’m going to do a fake drawer front, a fake rail, and then the V panel below all on one unit to make this unit match the rest of the kitchen.

This is what that finished facade looks like, and this drawer is ready to go!

Next up is the magic corner. I installed the mechanism for this before the countertops were in, because I figured it would be easier to get access to that space at that time. The mechanism came with a very complicated instruction manual, but also included a handy pattern for all of the holes. So I could just lay the pattern in the space, and then punch and make my holes. However, as with everything in my life, there was a slight problem with this. If you remember back to when I was figuring out the size for all the upper cabinets, this cabinet was the wrong size. Instead of resizing the full cabinet, I just resized the face frame, and left the cabinet in the back the same size because you’re not going to miss the extra depth in the cabinet. The problem was that the hardware for this mechanism required a quarter inch more clearance to actually fit into the cabinet. 

I ended up removing the whole backside of the cabinet, scabbing on three quarters of an inch of material to all of the horizontal pieces, slapping the side back on, and then I could finally fit the mechanism in there with a little bit of clearance. 

The way this mechanism works is that as the front section gets pulled out of the opening like a drawer, the back part slides more stuff forward so that the items that were stored in the back are now accessible from the main area of the cabinet. 

These hooks allow you to mount baskets to the unit. You can pre-made baskets to go in here, but since everything else in the kitchen is white oak, I figured I’d make my own and attach them with these brackets. 

And that’s what those look like. I shifted the joinery around so that the tailboard is on the front of these boxes, because otherwise those brackets would cover up my dovetails. Otherwise, these boxes are similar to typical drill boxes. 

Next I will get the door mounted. The door gets a bracket attached to the back, and I had to do some math to get this placed in the right spot for our layout. 

And that is it for this guy. I’m planning to put a light in the cavity to illuminate the things that get pulled over from the back, but that’s for the future. 

Next up is the trash, and here are the plans for that. The cans sit down into a box, and the top is a piece of stainless steel to make it easy to clean. 

Here is that stainless steel part cut out. I used SendCutSend to get this part, which was a cool experience. I’ve been wanting to try them out for a while. This took just under a week to get here and the cost was $234. Now I’ll go make a box for it. 

Here’s a quick look at where this trash can pull-out is, with the stainless steel on top. The sides of this box will be used for storage. 

Before installing the trash can pull out, I’m going to install this thing. It is an automated drawer opener. When the drawer is closed and gets tapped a little bit, part of this device kicks the drawer open for you.  

After getting that in, now I can install the pull-out box unit. 

So that takes care of six more drawers! Last time I counted, there are 48 total drawer boxes in this kitchen. Thank you as always for joining, I greatly appreciate it. If you have any questions or comments on the pull-out things or anything back in the shop, please feel free to leave me a comment. As always, I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have. Until next time, happy woodworking!