The kitchen machine fits inside the cabinet – but only just.
The cabinet is designed so that each shelf can be positioned using three different shelf pin holes.
At the lowest setting, the machine just about fits. In everyday use, however, taking it out and putting it back would quickly become quite cumbersome.
We also did not want to give up one of the shelves. The easiest solution would therefore be to add another shelf position about 3 cm further down.
That meant drilling one additional hole in all four corners of the already assembled cabinet – and ideally, all four holes should end up at exactly the same height.
So I took a few measurements and quickly designed a drilling jig.
The drilling jig has two tapered pins that fit into the existing shelf pin holes. Another cylindrical hole is positioned 3 cm away and acts as a guide for a 5 mm drill bit.
Originally, I wanted to make the drilling template fairly thin. I eventually decided to increase its thickness to 10 mm so that it would also guide the drill bit and help keep the hole perpendicular to the cabinet wall.
The only thing still missing was a depth stop, so I would not accidentally drill all the way through the side of the cabinet. I found a suitable design on MakerWorld and printed the version for a 5 mm drill bit. I already had the required screw and nut on hand.
The kitchen machine now has enough clearance and can be taken out and put back without any hassle.
