Rolling Kitchen Island

Come on over to our blog for the full post and more reveal pics! >> http://realitydaydream.com/2016/02/custom-diy-rolling-kitchen-island.html Take a look at the plans to help map your way through the project. You Can download a PDF of the plans in the EXTRA section

Cut the sheet goods, you will notice on the print that we capped most things with a 1/2" of poplar. If you don't want to do this it is fine but you will need to make some adjustments to the cut diagram.

Cut 1/2" Stripes of Poplar and cap required pieces of plywood.

Using a flushing bit on a router, flush trim all the poplar caps.

Using a "T" square, mark locations for drilling per drilling instructions in the prints.

Drill the through holes and counterbores per prints.

We uses a Kreg Foreman to drill the required pocket holes.

Cut the four rails for the wide shelves. Then route the bottom edges with a 1/4" round over bit.

Glue and screw the fronts onto the shelves. You may need to clean up the ends with a table saw.

We chose to sand and prime/paint prior to assembly. If you have helpers this is a great project for them.

Mark off where all the boards go using a "T" square and measuring out 3/8" both ways from the drilling locations you marked out earlier.

Tape off where the boards will be going.

Cut notches per the print out of the two vertical dividers.

Cut the stiles and rails out of poplar.

Cut the Stub tenons with a Precision miter gauge.

Glue stub tenons and clamp drawer fronts.

Prime parts

paint smaller, hard to reach areas like the narrow shelves.

Cut the Upper and lower Rolling island rails.

Attach the lower rails to the bottom shelf. If either of the rails overhang you will want to trim them up on the table saw.

• Remove the tape, and start to assemble. we started with the narrow shelves. Assembling them to the left vertical divider.
• Then we attached the left side the the bottom of the rolling cabinet.
• Next we attached the wide shelves and the vertical divider between them.

Then attach the right side and the two top rails.

Paints

Cut a 1/2" groove in the drawer sides and drawer fronts.

Assemble drawer. We used a teflon tape on the bottom of the drawer to reduce friction.

The choices for tops on this rolling island are virtually endless. We will be posting about ours sometime in the future at www.thesawdustmaker.com.

using a 1" thick piece of wood as a spacer attach the 4 wheels to make the cart mobile.