and by the time its fully extended , your turkey will be done.

Hi Freddy, The guide rails are called drawer slide guide rails and can be purchased at most hardware stores. The unit has built in limit switches that will stop it when fully extended or retracted. If you wish to stop the unit automatically prior to it hitting the limit switch you can use an external limit switch to achieve this.

Why use a battery and not a power supply? You can get a 12VDC power supply that will work fairly easily, and then you don't have to worry about charging it, or having a dead battery when you need your spices. Also, because it's a 12" actuator you can only move 12", however, if you can incorporate a gear box you can make use of the entire spice rack. For example, a 2:1 gear box will give you access to 24" of spice rack. Heck, use a 4:1 gear box and you can sub a 6" actuator, get 24" of spice rack access, and the whole thing will fully extend in half the time.

The finished product looks amazing. As a matter of convenience, I'd wire the actuator into the home's electrical system using a low-voltage power supply and I'd place the rocker switch somewhere above the counter top.

Really great job! Love the top as a cutting board! Genius!

I respect all of yours that DIY build it with linear actuator. I get ideas!

cool. I used a 200lb 8" linear actuator on my 50 hp outboard as a power trim cylinder. Just coated it in epoxy marine paint. Works great and cost me 130 bucks compared to 5 or 6 hundred for a power trim motor, pump and cylinder kit. Also no chance of dripping hydraulic oil in the lake.

Hey This is seriously very awesome, it just solved one of my biggest problem in the kitchen

WoW!!! Great work!!!

Pop a rubber seal round the worktop part of the spice rack so as to stop any water ingress from the sink.... I love playing with these motors myself with my kids 24v trucks.... I built her a trailer that has side pods that come out like the real big motor homes have. Look amazing and yet super cheap to make...

Nice!!! Will it be possible for me to get a schematic guide in terms of dimensions and type of part used. I will like to try it as a mini school project. I hope you guys can help. Thanks

Where do I find guide rails like those that attach to the sides of the walls? What are the called?

Will Will. Nicely done. Of course this must be one of your first projects. From the comments it appears you missed a few thing. Like speed, space, location and power supply. If you’re reading this let me know if you have updated this project! I think the craftsmanship is great.

How are you going to clean the chopping board?

You should include in your will a nonstop coffin actuator, be quite funny driving past the cemetary and seeing a casket bobbing up and down. That would put a whole new meaning to pushing daisies ..!!! :)

if the battery dies then i cant get salt for my instant taters, where are the jumper cables!

Great find here, I'm going to copy the engineering for my work bench, to hide a Jointer.

thanks for the video, nice!

mmm doesnt hold much and it really close to the sink so its going to get full of rubish and water. Not realy sure of the point if it to honest.

Nice job.....I was wondering are the guides in the back drawer slides?

I'm wanting to do the same thing except it'll be a drill press coming up from a work bench. I don't have a massive area to turn into a work shop and I don't have have enough room on my work for a drill press and a miter saw and still be able to work comfortably. I figured. So I don't have to set it up a and take down every time, some thing like this would be a huge space saver and still be somewhat convenient. Of cours I plan on it seating flush when down and my set up will vary to keep it stable when I'm using it and pressing down. It obviously cant have any wiggle. So my question to you after all this is what kinda of tracks are you using and do have any suggestions? I've already erasures, researched, and purchased the hardware. The good thing is this is all one big new project. I haven't built the work bench , which allows me to build around this idea. I'm even thinking of doing something similar with the miter saw. These are coolest things I've stumbled across. There's so many mindless applications for them. I love it. Again any suggestions would be appreciated.

This really helped my get a great idea of how im going to build my rising desk. Thanks alot

Is it really necessary to have those 2 metal guide sliders on the back when they don't really serve any structural load transfer or support? Trying to design one my self and was wondering if I can just do without them and cut grooves into the wood frame. Thanks.

To see it in action skip to 2:36 [I recommend that for future videos you put the completed product at the start of the video then do the explanation of how you put it together at the end.]

Could I do this inside my camper would the actuator stop once it hits the bottom or is this measurement precise

I wish there were builders, contractors, mill workers in NYC that would be intelligent enough to work with this.

Guess it'll work same for coming down from upper cabinet ?

Hi I'm considering making a lift cabinet as a gift for a friend for their iMac monitor, it's the bigger size monitor screen. I was thinking of use two linear motorised actuators, but not sure of the size etc. that I would need, any advice please? The monitor will sit in a frame and the frame will move.

it would be interesting if u show how to install them one by one.....

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If you turn off the DC the actuator stops in the half way or the spice rack close because its weight?

In theory, can this design be inverted so that the shelf drops down from a cupboard rather than coming up from beneath the counter? Also, could it be tailored for a larger payload (cans of soup, beans, etc)? This would be so perfect for my kitchen!

Nice. I'd still use a normal cabinet with glass door for my spices, easier, and would look cool if I had a variety of them. For something else maybe this would be ok.

Hey, what would I need in order to be able to control force, so let's say it's some kind of actuator that can pull max force of 100lbs but if I set it half way then I can still pull the full range of actuator range but it would be 50 lbs, quarter setting 25lbs, ect.??? So like a shock absorber but with on the fly resistance control?

Could u llz share the link for track guides used in this project?

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I would like to build the same for my travel trailer. Where did you get the supplies from

Can gas struts be used instead? I believe that’s what they are called- the arms that open the trunk upwards of a car.

hello.What kind of engine model have used in that shelf??

Great!

could you please tell me the specs of actuator and the circuits you used there.....

Nice men.nice!

If i connect direct voltage how much amps should i give to that actuator

Can you spin the bottom and top brackets

Did this myself but it stores our Ninja air fryer out of site in a space behind the cupboards.

What? No IOS or Blue Tooth APP for that? I need to be able to have it already UP when I arrive home in my car.

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I dont tend to put a cutting board at the back of a bench to cut things.

ON a 1 to 10 rate, it rates an 11 on the cool factor, but not worth the trouble to build for such limited space for the spices.

Why not use a short/cheaper actuator and a scissor system?

How long would that battery last

I have 50-60 spices. This is too much effort for 5 measly spices!!!

gr8 food for thought .. I can think of many applications .. thanks as for the Archie Bunker type comments .. lame brains !!

What's with the music? It makes it sound like you invented the most amazing thing in history.

svp comment je peux calculer le couple de ce verin ?

Eight years later... has that cutting board even been used? Cool idea.👍🏻 But for organization freaks, the amount of wasted space is triggering 👌🏻

I was going to say almost verbatim what Treddian said, like use a walwart for the 12 volts

Where is i Wil buying it

water！you should hide it in the wall

so when the bat dies im left cooking with no salt? or ill have to manually open the door reach alllllll the way down while looking in the dark for the salt. yes i dont need this in my life. theres better uses for those linear actuators.

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Only battery not electric??

I'm going to make one of these except for my guns. Like that one video, except the drawer in that video costs 8999 USD.

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Then why not put a gun rack in your kitchen and turn it into a hidden armory? lol

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Alexa, turn down the music!

Good effort on your part, but unfortunately that looks a little underwhelming. If I were to go through the large effort of building something like that, it would have a lot more spice space than that, and even perhaps behave like a lazy Susan.

Doesnt seem logical to put it right next to the sink.

"cutting board"... really? who's willing to lean all the way over to the rear of the counter, to cut meat, veggies, fruit, etc. etc. on a piece of wood that cannot be put in the sink, washed, & rinsed? so yer just guna ... what? wipe it with clorox multi-surface pre-soaked "towelettes" ??? how u guna rinse the cleaning chemicals off of that nice absorbant wood surface? or do you like clorox flavored pork-chops served with clorox flavored broccoli florets? oh i can see it now ... a very neat n tidy teenager spills grape juice, V8, pepsi, milk, water,... and they'll get it sopped up before it runs down & finds its way into the piston, the gearbox, the switch & wiring, i here coke & pepsi are super good for 12 volt batteries! sorry Mr. Skinny jeans man-bun, but that is a major fail project, not very well thought out. just sayin

Takes up a much larger space below the counter than it provides on top and its sad you guys have every type of actuator available to you and it takes 15 seconds to lift a few 2 ounce jars 1 foot. Besides the inconvenience of having to charge the battery or wire a converter.... you can find more practical, convenient and creative uses for your products I’m sure.

Lot of expense to fit maximum of a dozen spices bottles. And to damn slow. If I want a spice I want now not in 20 seconds. What a waste of space

cutting board is an awkward location. Requires user to lean. The gap between the cutting board and counter is not perfectly sealed, so when cleaning the board aand counter water will seep through (assuming you use water and soap and not just a damp cloth like a degenerate).