Thread: Lining a lazy Susan cupboard

Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/04/2012 5:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:

>>
>> I don't HAVE a circle. It's the pie shaped one.
>>
>
>
> And in what world are pies not round?

Squarepieos. Its in the Oval Celeauri solar system just beyond Flatappleos.

Nancy2 wrote:
> On Apr 4, 5:19 pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>> On Apr 3, 9:51 pm, "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>>>> "sf" <s...@geemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>>>> On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:48:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>> <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> The shape I have has a big wedge out of it. How about I ask
>>>>>> another question then. Does anyone know where I can get shelf
>>>>>> paper made for this
>>>>>> type of shelf? In other words, extra wide? That is my problem.
>>>>>> Trying to
>>>>>> get something that is big enough. Someone suggested floor tiles
>>>>>> but in thinking about that, that would be a big waste because of
>>>>>> the rounded edge.
>>>>>> And a real PITA I think to cut to size and install. I really
>>>>>> would like to
>>>>>> have something that is all one piece. But it doesn't seem like
>>>>>> that is going to happen.
>>
>>>>> Some craft stores, fabric stores and old fashioned Five & Dimes
>>>>> sell oil cloth. I think I've seen something clear with a peel off
>>>>> backing tucked in with the oil cloth, try calling around to
>>>>> places like that.
>>
>>>> I have not seen any of that around in years! I can't remember now
>>>> where I was living when I did see it. Perhaps in CA? I do remember
>>>> seeing it in rolls on big racks. We are going to Hobby Lobby
>>>> tomorrow. I will look there. But I don't remember seeing any.
>>>> Thanks. I was thinking of getting flannel backed table cloths but
>>>> again that would result in a lot of waste.
>>
>>> There is self-stick clear plastic (and "frosted" style, too)
>>> available in nearly every fabric store and also in home stores like
>>> Menard's, Lowe's, etc. Like sf said, just call around.
>>
>> I will look at Hobby Lobby.
>
> They may have it, but I'd head for more of a true fabric shop.

They had it but it was super expensive so I will only use that as a last
resort.

Pico Rico <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Pennyaline" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:4f7b38eb$0$52267$[email protected]..
>> On 4/3/2012 8:35 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "The Cook"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news[email protected]..
>>>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 19:20:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Janet"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]..
>>>>>> In article<jld6vv$kjl$[email protected]>, [email protected]
>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bull wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article<jlcd7b$l3t$[email protected]>,
>>>>>>>> "Julie Bove"<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Bull"<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But how do you make the pattern? What is it made of and how
>>>>>>>>> do you do it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The ones I have are a circle with a wedge cut out and have a
>>>>>>>> lip all the way around. Measure the diameter of the circle
>>>>>>>> and cut one. when you have the circle make a split to the
>>>>>>>> center for the post. Cut out the wedge. Tweak the pattern
>>>>>>>> until it fits. Then trace to the liner cut another one. Takes
>>>>>>>> a little time but not that hard to do. My house was built
>>>>>>>> about 1990 and those were the thing then. There are much
>>>>>>>> better storage solutions today - but I'm not taking mine out
>>>>>>>> because I am never changing the cabinets. I know what's in
>>>>>>>> there and don't have a problem with it. It is way better than
>>>>>>>> a "dead space" corner. Mine are in the lower cabinets only.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do I measure the diamater of the circle?
>>>>>>> I am not good with math.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jesus christ, you don't need to be good at maths to read a
>>>>>> number on a
>>>>>> tape measure.
>>>>>
>>>>> But you do to know what diameter is. And I don't know.
>>>>
>>>> Diameter is the measurement around the outside of the circle.
>>>
>>> Thank you. That would be pretty hard to measure seeing as how I
>>> can't access all of it at once.
>>
>>
>> Listen Julie, the diameter of a circle is its full width across--the
>> length of a straight line running between two points that bisects the
>> center and creates two equal 180 degree arcs. The distance around the
>> outside of a circle is its circumference.
>
> Julie is allergic to geometry.

Incorrect. It's not an allergy, it's geometry intolerance.

;-)

get butcher papaer or brown paper bags, peice together a pattern from that,
make sure it fits, then put pattern on real liner, cut and poof there you
are, Lees
"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have two of those lazy Susan type cupboards where the roundish shelves
>just sort of go around and around. The cupboard is not a complete circle.
>I had previously lined them with white Contact paper but that didn't work
>so well. I couldn't get a piece that was the right size so I wound up
>piecing some together. It looked like crap. I decided to remove the paper
>in the flour cupboard after I discovered the weevils. That cupboard has
>since had pretty much everything replaced except for the salt.
>
> The other cupboard has mainly canned goods but the liner is old looking
> and starting to rip.
>
> I have bought some of that spongy liner with the holes in it in the hopes
> that it will keep things from sliding. One problem I've had is stuff
> flying off the sides as the shelves spin around.
>
> But how to cut it? This might be easier to install because it is more
> flexible. I had purchased some white liner online that just didn't work
> at all. It was very stiff and slick and even when cut in pieces there
> turned out not to be enough of it. I am not sure the stuff I have now is
> big enough to be able to put just one piece in. I don't really know how
> to explain it but the curved design is baffling me. Also the fact that I
> can't access the entire cupboard at once. I can only get to like...half
> of it or so.
>
> Any ideas? Or hmmm... Maybe I could pay my nephew to do the lining for
> me. He's had a heck of a lot more math than I have.
>