Securing microwave ?

[alan H]

Ok all you clever guys & gals
Does anyone have a simple / clever way of securing your microwave inside a cabinet don't want to reinvent something that probably has been done a million times
While our microwave is inside a cabinet ... I have noticed it shifts around
Looking for ideas
This great group always comes up with something
Thanks in advance


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[mary and bob]

I put a heavy rubber mat under our microwave. It is the full size of the cabinet

[alan H]

Interesting
As that all you did to keep it from sliding around
Hey i noticed you are from ny
Where about i grew up in the catskills


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[mary and bob]

Alan; we are in Chatham, east side of the Hudson River, about 20 miles south of Albany

[alan H]

I know exactly where that is i lived about 30 miles east of binghamton



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[Byron Kinnaman]

The best way to keep a microwave oven from getting damaged while traveling is leave it on counter at home.

[gordon2]

Originally Posted by Byron Kinnaman

The best way to keep a microwave oven from getting damaged while traveling is leave it on counter at home.

In fact, leave the entire camper at home.. that way its safe. Come on guy, why do you reply if you have nothing constructive to say? (not just here either). I left this forum once out of frustration, hope I don't give up on it again.

Anyway, back to the question.. here and here are few ideas.

[alan H]

Thanks Gordon
I can only hope those that respond this was get same treatment when they post something



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[steve dunham]

My microwave sat so low in the cabinet space that the microwave door hit the bottom on the cut out. I built a platform out of pegboard with rubber feet on the bottom, the size of the cabinet bottom .(The pegboard allows air circulation.)
I took some wooden trim and framed in a space the size of the microwave on the top . I can now get the door open and the microwave stays in place maintaining air space on the sides and in the rear. We tried a rubber mat but the microwave still moved a bit but it would be an easier solution. Leaving your microwave at home is another simple solution but not one that I would accept .
We like having a microwave , bathroom / shower , A/C , Television
DVD ,furnace ,refrigerator etc but to each their own.

[alan H]

Well to those that offered some positive response thanks
I figured out something


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[floyd]

Mine is secured with screws into the front feet, another way is to buy a nylon belt/strap and screw that to the cabinet floor with the strap over the microwave.
One very important hint....
Do not transport with the plate in place. The glass plate will bounce and flatten the little plastic wheels on the carousel. It will then make obnoxious squealing noises. You can put a thick hand towel under it or take it out altogether.

[C&G in FL]

Originally Posted by floyd

One very important hint....
Do not transport with the plate in place. The glass plate will bounce and flatten the little plastic wheels on the carousel. It will then make obnoxious squealing noises. You can put a thick hand towel under it or take it out altogether.

Good tip Floyd. Thanks!


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[redbarron55]

I cut a thin board with holes drilled to math the placement of the front feet of my microwave. This was screwed down to the shelf to keep it from moving horizontally.
I then cut a small board to fit over the top of the oven and attached it with screws through the sides of the shelf vertical sides. This keeps it from going up and down.
Kept in place up and down, side to side, front to back and it is there until I unscrew the top hold down board.

[Carl Pa]

you can also jaz it up with a microwave frame for about $18.00 at camping world. I think Casita or Scamp have brackets for attaching the micro to the shelf in the cabinet. Just search Microwave frame at camping world site Good luck. Carl

[gordon2]

Good tip about the platter.. I have used both the original packing cardboard and a thick towel (wrapping the platter in the towel and putting the entire thing in the mic.)

Also don't forgot to check the manual for required (or recommended) clearances. A good amount of heat and moisture can come out when cooking.

BTW, I removed the Scamp door. It was never going to help to contain the oven if it become unattached and it was also getting in the way all the time.

[Jack Walter]

Originally Posted by alan H

I know exactly where that is i lived about 30 miles east of binghamton

Deposit? My wife is from Hancock.

I have a bungee cord hooked to a pair of eye bolts holding the microwave in place. The eye bolts are threaded through a pair of holes in the shelf.

That's a good tip about the glass plate.

[mary and bob]

[QUOTE=steve dunham;586139]My microwave sat so low in the cabinet space that the microwave door hit the bottom on the cut out.

Steve, we also had a problem with the microwave door hitting the bottom of the cut out, but it was because they didn't get the cut straight. I recut the opening to resolve that problem. The other option would have been to put something under the microwave to raise it up. It can move a little on the rubber mat, but never does much.

[steve dunham]

[QUOTE=mary and bob;586170]

Originally Posted by steve dunham

My microwave sat so low in the cabinet space that the microwave door hit the bottom on the cut out.

Steve, we also had a problem with the microwave door hitting the bottom of the cut out, but it was because they didn't get the cut straight. I recut the opening to resolve that problem. The other option would have been to put something under the microwave to raise it up. It can move a little on the rubber mat, but never does much.

Bob you bring up a good point . In both my Scamp and Casita the cabinet cutouts look they were done by a Beaver on drugs and with bad teeth . You would think by now they would have built a jig / fixture and routed out the openings. Instead they hang the door crooked to coverup the sloppy , out of square hole. In my case if I would have recut the hole the door would not have covered .

[Timber Wolf]

I built in a smallish microwave as part of my Scamp kitchen remodel. I sized the space to allow for appropriate air flow for cooling. Then I screwed appropriately sized blocks/shims in place to bear against the microwaves "feet" to keep the microwave from sliding backwards. Also blocks on top to keep it from bouncing. Once the trim was screwed on the front it is captive, and very useful when we have shore power.

I have enjoyed and learned a great deal on this forum but tire of the boorish comments of some.

[alan H]

Jack
Yup deposit ny
Hancock was always our sports competion
My family had a very good
Hardware store /plumbing business in Deposit
Ed Hartz & Sons... It was in business about 80 yrs
Ask her if she ever heard of it unless she moved from Hancock as a child
This just proves how small a world it really is


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