DIY printer pull-out shelf

[ourcountrycoast]

Here's an easy storage solution for your printer. We always need a printer for bills, school paperwork, bank paperwork... it's always good to keep one handy but we've always hated the way it looked in our study. The cables were showing, our printer is actually quite big as well so it took up a lot of bench space. I decided to build a little drawer unit and left the bottom space open for a pull out out shelf. READ ON TO SEE HOW I'VE DONE IT ...

Materials

 - White Melamine 16mm

 - Iron-on Edging

 - Kaboodle soft close runners 500mm deep

 - Soft close hinges

 - 16mm Countersunk screws

Tools

 - Circular saw

 - Impact driver

 - Heatgun or iron

Steps

Step 1

First step would be to determine what space you're working with in width. 

For ball bearing runners, your drawer box or (in this case, your pull out shelf) should be determined using the below formula:

(Internal width of your cabinet) - 25mm 

Step 2

Once you've worked out your shelf size, cut it out of white melamine board and edge all 4 sides using the Iron-on edging

Step 3

If you're planning to do a pull down door like us, I would suggest using hinges that have an opening angle between 90-105deg so that the door doesn't drop down too much and the hinges should be about 100mm from the side edges. 

If you have an existing cabinet with normal doors that open sideways, what you could do is add blocks behind the hinges and start your shelf in between the blocks and I would also change the door hinges to full overlay hinges.

Step 4

Now that you've cut your pull out shelf to size, fix the ball bearing runners on the shelf and to the cabinet sides. I've installed the shelf about 100mm above the hinges

Step 5

Install your pull out shelf and place your printer in place. 

We made sure to build this cabinet close to a power point to the cables could be hidden inside the cabinet so this is something to keep in mind

Step 6

And here you  have it! Super easy DIY that I'm sure will help you a lot. When we need to use it, we simply open the door, pull the shelf out and turn on the printer... it stays connected and we can turn the power off from underneath the desk

Here's the link to the video if you would like to see it in action :

DIY  PRINTER SHELF

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[JacobZ]

Hi @ourcountrycoast,

What a brilliant way to add functionality to your cabinets and make those home office tasks that little bit easier.

Congratulations on a fantastic project.

Jacob

[ourcountrycoast]

Thank you so much ☺️