Canned goods viewing shelf and organizer

Great idea! I almost bought an RV a few years ago and now that I am probably going to be laid off I wish I had, it would give me somewhere to lay my head if need be!

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Let’s pray you’re not laid off!

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Good Idea and well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Very nice looking, you should try and sell that to the higher end R/V company’s.

-- Don S.E. OK

The cans do not travel well over rough roads. The shelf definitely needs a locking mechanism to hold it up against the shelf above to stabilize the cans. Some fell through the slots that were cut to read the labels. If the slots were narrow enough to solve the problem, the labels cound not be easily read through them. I think my idea would cause more compliants for RV manufacturers than they would be willing to deal with :-)) It will work well for us when I get a wedge on the cleat and a locking mechanism to hold it there.

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Maybe just a rubber “Bungee” type cord to hold the cans in place while traveling ??

-- Don S.E. OK

I don’t kknow how I’d make it work. They need to all be kept from bouncing around.

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I am just guessing here. But by looking at your pictures…maybe put in a small eye hook at the back, hook in a rubber cord/bungee cord, after your cans are rolled in, pull the cord tight over the top of the cans and then hooked into another eye hook in the front.

Again, just looking at what I see on the pics. there may be more to your can holder that I do not see.

-- Don S.E. OK

I suppose that would work if you could get the bungee cords hooked in place with the cans in there. There is about 1 inch of fall from the back to the front. At the back the cans are nearly against the shelf above. The reason for the 1 inch of fall is that is the amount that allows the middle can to just clear the cabinet catch. When it is full there isn’t any room for a hand to get in there to do anything. The idea was to organize the cans and maximize cupboard space. The pictures are a bit of an optical illusion about how much space there really is where the cans come out over the front. The just fit ;-) If there were loose bungees lying there, they would probably be in the way and possibly be unhooked when needed. When you are on a month or 6 weeks tour, dealing with 5 bungee cords would probably get a bit aggravating:-)

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Nice idea, and a brain teaser as well! Would screen door material mounted to the underside of the shelf obscure the labels too much? If not it would solve the problem of cans falling thru. As far as the other issue maybe if you mount two cleats on the sides and back of the cabnit above the can shelf so you can slide a top board over it that has a front board with some brass sliding dead bolts to secure it during travel. I know it will be one more item to find a home for when not in use in an already space starved living area. I hope you don’t mind the unsolicited suggestions. Good luck!!

Rick

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A screen on the bottom would still allow them to bounce around and get out of whack. Putting a removable “holder down plate” above wound be impossible. I had to take the shelf above completely out to get the canned goods shelf in. The simplest way I can think of is to raise it up against the shelf above to keep them from bouncing around. The barrel locks may be a more serviceable idea than the wedge on the cleat if they will stay locked. Keep thinking, two minds are better than one :-))

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Real nice. Wished I had an RV to put one in.

-- Mike, American in Norway

I’m a little late, but it’s a swell idea.

Why can’t put the cans in perpendicular to the front of the shelf.

The cans could lay cradled in the openings, & can’t roll, but you can still read the labels.

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I’ve been thinking, better yet, you can make a perpendicular rack out of 3/4” dowels,

& space them apart so about 1/3 of the can cradles between them.

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They wouldn’t roll to the front for access. The shelf is as high as possible to maximize the room in the shelf below it. It is almost 2 feet deep. My forearms won’t reach the ones in the back. I suppose you could push them around from beneath if the stuff bleow isn’t in the way. My wife has it pretty full now. Letting gravity do all the work is quite convenient :-))

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UPDATE: I made a couple of sticks to push the front of the shelf up against the bottom of the upper shelf to keep the cans in their place for travel. They fit quite snugly!! I pulled the 5er over a couple miles of rough logging road, then over some paved roads that are a bit like roller coaster tracks from all the flooding and subsequent sinking last winter. Total of 90 miles. All the cans stayed in their tracks. The only ones that moved were in the extra wide track at the back for taller cans. They did not fall out, the ends were through the viewing slots. One little can of pineapple juice did fall to the shelf below. Guess I’ll have to retrain the little woman on can sizes :-)) None on the floor outside of the cabinet. Only the normal cabinet catches were holding the doors shut.

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We have some more miles on the can shelf with it held up tight against the shelf above to keep the cans in place. It works very well. The only ones that move are the ones with the wider track for taller cans.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.