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    Where to get replacement parts like rollers and hinges for metal kitchen cabinets?

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    Posted by: Pam Kueber • July 25, 2008

    Hey Pam,

    I am building a new house and I am doing a 50’s theme kitchen. I have a 60″ Beauty Queen sink base cabinet that needs to be restored. I am trying to find some replacement plastic rollers for the drawers and some new hinge springs as well as the rubber bump stops for the doors. Thanks, John

    Hey John, thanks for the question. Sorry, but am not a hardware person – and man, do I get a lot of questions just like this one. Fortunately, among Retro Renovation Readers we have many bright lights, so Readers: Any idea where John can look for itsy bitsy replacement parts?

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    1. Joe says

      October 17, 2016 at 7:46 pm

      I bought more cabinets than I needed and cannibalized parts from the extra ones
      Missing two rollers though…and figuring out a work around.

      Reply
      • Bill says

        January 17, 2017 at 7:15 pm

        How many rollers do uou need? Do you have any extra hinges?

        Reply
        • pam kueber says

          January 18, 2017 at 8:19 am

          Please, no buying/selling on the blog or it becomes chaos.

          Reply
    2. Christine Llewellyn says

      June 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm

      i need new cabinet door thumb pulls. can you help me?

      Reply
    3. jorge pino says

      February 22, 2019 at 11:23 am

      i need to replace some of the doors kitchen cabinets hinges made out of metal.they aree getting broken

      Reply
      • Pam Kueber says

        February 22, 2019 at 11:47 am

        I don’t have an answer, jorge. Read through the comments — some readers have tried various things…

        Reply
      • Bob says

        April 7, 2019 at 10:15 am

        Did you find any sources. We are also looking for hinges and rollers for Beauty Queen.

        Reply
    4. Anne McQuary says

      August 22, 2019 at 1:44 am

      I was painting our 1940’s metal kitchen cabinets and had taken one side down and two of the hinges broke. They are inset pivot hinges I believe. I am having a crazy time trying to figure out how to replace them! I don’t really want to scavenge for parts, but I do want my cupboard doors back up! Any suggestions about where to look to scavenge for doors, or has anyone had them made? I’m wondering if a metal smith could make them?

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      • Pam Kueber says

        August 22, 2019 at 1:05 pm

        pivot hinge
        pivot hinges
        i tend to think the answer is somewhere in that universe

        Reply
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