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We recently purchased a baker's cabinet that looks like the one in the picture attached. My question is about the large bin on the bottom right of the base. The bin is not attached in any way to the cabinet and does not have any kind of stop piece to keep it from falling forward. Is this how the cabinet was originally constructed or are we missing some kind of hardware? Any information you can give us is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi Rhonda
Nice to hear from you.
This is what we call a Hoosier here in Canada but you are right its a bakers cabinet.
The Hoosier name was a company name I believe.
The bin of course should not just fall forward and there sure is something missing.
I believe whats missing is an interior wood or metal stop.
Just a small block of wood or metal (maybe two) on the inside space either left or right or both sides that allows the bin to only come forward so far then the blocks stop it.
If you can take the bin out from the front great. Then look on the interior sides for tell tale clues that something was glued or screwed in there.
If you find this, then you will have to remove the back to replace what was there as you will not get the bin back in otherwise I fear.
Now this is all just speculation on my part as its been quite a few years since I've had my hands on one of these and my memory is not what it was LOL.
So get the drawer out and your flashlight and have a look.
Kind Regards
Eileen
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