Good morning Betsy, My sister had a device in one of her kitchens which sounds something like what you want. It was a platform, in this case probably 16 by 12 inches mounted on a series of levers and springs not unlike those you might see for supporting a computer keyboard under a work surface. You open the cupboard door and this thing swings out and up on the levers and counterbalancing springs until it came up level with the counter top. I suppose it would serve the purpose you had in mind. This device was in her kitchen and she never liked it because it used up the entire cupboard cavity and she didn't have the sort of device she would want to put there.
At the time it never occurred to me that it might serve home for a big mixer, I never tested it to determine if it might carry anything that heavy. One concern I would have is that door has to remain open while the platform is in use. I am pretty sure I would forget it being there and do myself an injury. Keeping something like a big mixer off of the surface when not in use though would be appealing, one only uses such a machine only occasionally, Few of us would use it even daily. ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:14 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet Aloha All, I hear tell that there is a cabinet designed to hold a kitchenaid stand mixer. From what I can tell, it has some sort of a shelf in a pull-out cupboard and the shelf is on a spring that lifts the mixer up when pull open. I would love to get the mixer off of my counter, but wonder if anyone has one of these or has seen one. The mixer weighs about thirty pounds so I don't like having to move it around to clean. Thanks, Betsy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
