happykraut
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The DW was not happy with the two 4.5 in shelves in the pantry. Hence the following:
This
is what it looked like before I started this project. I removed this 
heavy bulky shelf unit from the door. The second shelf unit was on aluminum tracks. I removed the tracks and shelf. Next I removed both 4.5in shelves. This is done quite easily by prying up the thin plywood from both shelves and then removing the frame. Part of the frame can be used later for the four 4in brackets. I had two white wire rack shelves 
left over from a job that I had done many years ago. Home Depot, Lowe's etc carries these
shelves. Normal installation in a home closet is to mount them with the lip pointing down. However, in this case, I installed them with the lip pointing up to keep stuff from falling out. After cutting the shelves to width, use these
to fasten the shelves to the back of the pantry. Before you fasten them, make four of theses 
and slide them onto the front sides of the shelves. Just a plain block of wood could also be used to hold up the front of the shelves. Fasten the shelves to the back wall using three c-clamps. 
Fasten the front of the shelves 
using two blocks per shelf. Since I installed the shelves upside down, I used 4mm coroplast 
and cut it in four strips and laid it between the protruding ribs going down the middle of the shelves from side to side. This way I had a smooth surface 
on the shelves. The finished mod looks like this. 
A full 12 inches of depth per shelf.
This
is what it looked like before I started this project. I removed this heavy bulky shelf unit from the door. The second shelf unit was on aluminum tracks. I removed the tracks and shelf. Next I removed both 4.5in shelves. This is done quite easily by prying up the thin plywood from both shelves and then removing the frame. Part of the frame can be used later for the four 4in brackets. I had two white wire rack shelves left over from a job that I had done many years ago. Home Depot, Lowe's etc carries these shelves. Normal installation in a home closet is to mount them with the lip pointing down. However, in this case, I installed them with the lip pointing up to keep stuff from falling out. After cutting the shelves to width, use these
to fasten the shelves to the back of the pantry. Before you fasten them, make four of theses and slide them onto the front sides of the shelves. Just a plain block of wood could also be used to hold up the front of the shelves. Fasten the shelves to the back wall using three c-clamps. Fasten the front of the shelves using two blocks per shelf. Since I installed the shelves upside down, I used 4mm coroplast and cut it in four strips and laid it between the protruding ribs going down the middle of the shelves from side to side. This way I had a smooth surface on the shelves. The finished mod looks like this. A full 12 inches of depth per shelf.
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