Mikey
Aspiring Old Fart, EE, computer & networking geek
This may be a stretch for a "remodeling" forum, but WTH. I've got about 30 lineal feet of what appear to be very-well-built-on-site oak cabinets in the kitchen. Unfortunately, they were built with fixed shelves at almost exactly the wrong height. I'd like to remove these shelves and install some kind of adjustable-height shelves. I would like to remove them without totally destroying the cabinetwork, obviously. I do not have access to the rear of the cabinets.
They are fastened in with countersunk finishing nails, and glued as well, based on preliminary research and destruction of a vanity cabinet already removed and replaced. If I could get the nails out, I think there'd be hope for removing the shelves without too much damage. A gazillion-Tesla magnet comes to mind, but a more practical tool might be a very small holesaw, say 1/4" in diameter or so, which I could use to cut around the nail and thus get at the head with some kind of puller, and fill in the hole with a dowel later. Unfortunately, they don't seem to make holesaws this small. Or skinny nail pullers, for that matter, but first things first.
Another problem is that all these shelves are at the same level, so I can't figure out how adjoining shelves were both nailed into the same vertical divider, although I'm nearly certain they are.
Any ideas?
They are fastened in with countersunk finishing nails, and glued as well, based on preliminary research and destruction of a vanity cabinet already removed and replaced. If I could get the nails out, I think there'd be hope for removing the shelves without too much damage. A gazillion-Tesla magnet comes to mind, but a more practical tool might be a very small holesaw, say 1/4" in diameter or so, which I could use to cut around the nail and thus get at the head with some kind of puller, and fill in the hole with a dowel later. Unfortunately, they don't seem to make holesaws this small. Or skinny nail pullers, for that matter, but first things first.
Another problem is that all these shelves are at the same level, so I can't figure out how adjoining shelves were both nailed into the same vertical divider, although I'm nearly certain they are.
Any ideas?