[Shop-talk] Overhead, retractable kitchen storage?

[David Scheidt]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
> I've been tasked with building a stationary shelf to hold a Kitchen Aid mixer
> overhead. Knowing the inhabitants, this recipe has all the ingredients for a
> greasy lazy reach and falling on a head. I'd like to build a shelf that can be
> lowered to use the mixer, then raised up out of the way, mixer staying on it.
> I see all the mechanisms for storing the mixer on a shelf inside a base
> cabinet, but nothing for overhead storage.

Rev a shelf make some things that make the contents of a wall cabinet
reachable by swinging out and down.  Might work for a mixer.  Might
not.
http://www.rev-a-shelf.com/Common/Products.aspx?Class=Wall%20Accessories&Family=Chrome%20Accessories&Category=Pull-Down%20Shelving%20System&Series=5PD%20Series&PartNo=5PD-24CR
doesn't give any useful specifications, like, oh, how much weight it can handle.