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Most people will not see this storage unit
at first glance unless they go down to the
basement. The only thing any one will
notice in the kitchen are the support
beams and the ceiling motor for this wall
sized retractable shelving unit.
In its resting position the top is flush with
the
kitchen floor and sturdy enough to
walk on due to the fact that the shelves
are built to rest on the basement floor. If
the motor dies you only need to go into
the basement for your pantry items.
recently posted
http://www.halfbake...idea/Hide_20Kitchen
sounds similar [joking victim, Oct 04 2004]
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Sounds very doable, except for the heaviness of the shelf structure and add the cans, bags and boxes of foods and maybe appliances, thats a lot of weight. I would recommend beefing up the supports of the kitchen floor from underneath. I'd like one of these. |
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Use your refrigerator as a counterweight. + |
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I'll just order a basement! |
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a bit like those little butler's lifts whose name escapes me... |
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except a dumbwaiter assumes a person or robotic butler is down there filling it up. I want one of these too. |
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I remember film clips from the 50's and 60's showing the "kitchen of tomorrow" having pantrys just like this. If I recall correctly, a fruit basket would decend from the ceiling, too. |
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How about this: Instead of shelves that just move straight up and down, make a bunch of bins mounted on a sort of conveyor belt that loops up through the ceiling, down into the basement through the wall behind the "shelves", and then back up again. The weight of the goods going down would more or less balance the weight of the goods coming up, and you get double the storage space. |
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Buckminster Fuller proposed a similar system for books. |
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5th Earth. We had one of these down in a 'well known Pharmaceutical Company in the South East of England'. It contained all the old installation and O&M documentation listed under a huge database (held centrally). We were on the 1st floor and the rack went to the ground and back and balanced the weight (roughly) as stated. Damned thing worked as well! |
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It seems that with the counterweight idea, the shelves would begin to sink as you filled them and rise as you emptied them. |
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