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javiwa

Replacing Showplace shelf pins: Jakuval or Kompy..help!

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Well, this probably ranks as the most trivial thing I've ever posted about, but my hands are torn up and sore trying to remove these danged things! I'm trying to reposition the cabinet shelves from their original factory spots, and am having an impossible time. Yup, have already watched SP's how-to video (is that not a statement itself, that they felt the need to put out a video?!)...no help. They make it look so easy, but my plastic clips don't give way as easily as shown.

Even when the installer was here originally and I asked him to show me how it's done, he frustratingly fiddled with it for a minute, mumbled how much he hated these things, and left me with, "Yeah, good luck with that."

Jakuval: You mentioned in a very old post that while you've lobbied SP to please stop using these clips (to no avail), you just snap them off and replace them for your customers ahead of time. Can you please tell me how you snap them off or otherwise remove them with the shelf in place? The plastic isn't brittle enough to snap; and when I go at the tabs with a pair of pliers, the end up being a twisted, mangled, sharp-edged mess.

Kompy: If you can offer any advice, I'd appreciate it.

I've already purchased metal/nickel shelf pins to install instead. TIA!



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  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I take a 1/2" chisel, place it on the tab that sticks out on the top and tap it with a hammer to break the tab. Be careful!!! Don't need to break all of em. Once the shelf is a little loose the other ones behave.

    Comments (9)

    • PRO
      10 years ago

      Use a flathead screwdriver, push in on the tab on the left back clip. Use your left hand to push up the shelf slightly. Keep pressure on the shelf and use the screwdriver to push in the tab on the front left clip. Push the shelf up and it will be free.

      Once you do it a couple times, it's not that difficult. If you're left handed, start at the right back clip.

      javiwa thanked Taylor's Cabinets & Interiors

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    • 10 years ago

      Thanks for the assist! A chisel...yikes -- though, that's about the only tool I didn't pull out yet.

      Taylor's -- No matter how hard I push that tab in, I just can't get the shelf to clear it. And I'm so concerned I'll lose grip of the screwdriver and gouge my cabinets.

      Thanks again!

    • 10 years ago

      Do what my clients do, make it the dealers problem.

      javiwa thanked jakuval
    • 10 years ago

      I appreciate these creative solutions. We were disappointed to find these awful shelf pins in our expensive cabinets. I scoured the Denver-Boulder area, and couldn't find replacement pins that fit. When I contacted the woman who sold us our cabinetry, she told me to use a screwdriver, "per Showplace's instructions." Difficult and frustrating. I gave up and used them, only because I had no choice.

      javiwa thanked ckahmah
    • PRO
      10 years ago

      ckahmah- don't understand why you can't find the pins; they take a standard 5 mm pin (though if I buy a pack of different pins from SWP they appear to be 4mm?) Anyway I was at a job and forgot to bring some and picked up a pack at nearby Lowes -in the hardware aisle-drawers with specialty hardware. However a quick google search will get you lots of options-a bit cheaper.

      Jak

      javiwa thanked MarkJames & Co
    • 10 years ago
      last modified: 10 years ago

      I bought a box of pins from Lowes that had a wider base, but the stems were too long to fit the depth of the pre-drilled holes. Ended up with the Everbilt 48-pak of 5 mm "Spoon Shelf Supports", nickel plated from Home Depot.

      Haven't yet gotten around to replacing them, as I first need to deal with my fuzzy edge bands!


      I'm just really not happy with Showplace's quality, really.


    • PRO
      10 years ago

      That's bad, I better not start seeing that.

      javiwa thanked MarkJames & Co
    • 10 years ago

      Well, you likely won't, since they're probably all in MY kitchen! When we had issues early on, during installation, the SP regional rep stopped by -- will need to include him on my email to my dealer.

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