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   wrick2003 | Apr 28, 2003 03:03pm | #1

   why not just temporarily attach a level 1x4 to the wall where the bottom of the cabs will go. the 1x4 is attached to the studs, is already level, and you have to pick up the boxes anyway to get them onto the jack.

   good luck     rg

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   TomT226 | Apr 28, 2003 07:40pm | #2

   Ricky,

   I do that on unfinished walls, but these walls are already textured and primed. Just looking for a way not to ding up stuff I'd have to repair.

   Thanks.

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   r_ignacki | Apr 29, 2003 12:37am | #3

   one way I saw a guy install his base cabinets first. Than he put a 2' square piece of plywood on the base cabinet under the wall cabinet he was about to install. On top of that he put a wood box with leg levelers, than on top of that he put the wall cabinet, turned the leg levelers up to where he wanted it, and secured the cabinet.

    That box was sized for a typical 30" tall wall cabinet, and to have the cabinet end up at 7'. Doesn't cover all conditions/ designs, maybe he had more boxes.

   Me?, I strain my back installing the upper cabinets first, and get help for the 2' deep over-the-reefer cabinet.

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   JeffBuck | Apr 29, 2003 01:40am | #4

   I like putting the uppers first..on a ledger...that said...Dad always puts the base's first......then sets his homemade box on top...and uses one or two shims on that if need be.

   Gil-lift makes a nice floor model cab life I'd love to get. Runs about $600 (I think)...not bad at all.....rolling base is removable to set it on lowers(I think..again).

   They advertise in FHb and JLC every now and then.

   Jeff

   Buck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

    Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite                  

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   wrick2003 | Apr 29, 2003 04:53am | #7

   i saw a box once that was different lengths on 3 sides  to accomodate different heights from the base cabs. i presume they were something like 17", 19", 21". 

   it looked pretty handy, and if a fella had a couple of them, he could use them for scaffolding when taping nine foot+  ceilings, or tool crates, lunch thrones, etc.

   btw, do most people here put the cabs together first, or install them one at a time on the wall?

   good luck     rg

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   CAGIV | Apr 29, 2003 05:24am | #8

   On the cabs,

   Depends how many people I am working with, I prefer to hang them all at once, easier to line up and assemble on the ground and faster in my opinion,

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   CAGIV | Apr 29, 2003 02:05am | #5

   try searching:

   Cabinet Pro from E-Z Spread N' Lift Industries

   Gillift by Telpro

   The 3rd hand

   Little Hand

   All names from a recent article in Tools of the Trade Magazine I read, I can give you specifics from the article if you can't find what your looking on the web.

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   steve | Apr 29, 2003 04:25am | #6

   draw a level line at 54 inches then take two 2 foot scraps of anything screw to the wall below the lower cabinets height even with the level line and bingo

   do it every day, works great