CUSTOM BUTCHER BLOCK CART

A CUSTOM HANDMADE ROLLING BUTCHER BLOCK KITCHEN CART WITH PREMIUM SELECT & EXOTIC WOODS

A FRIEND ASKED IF I COULD DO SOMETHING NICE FOR HIS LADY SINCE THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE & JUST MOVED INTO IT AND THIS IS WHAT WAS REQUESTED. . . . . BEFORE GETTING INTO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY... UNDERSTANDABLY, THE PRICE OF PREMIUM LUMBER CAN BE OVERWHELMING, SO DECISIONS, PLANS, DRAWINGS & LISTS HAD TO BE MADE. MAKING ONE OF THESE HAS A SPECIFIC PROCESS & TIMING PROCESSTHAT TAKES LONGER THEN YOU THINK.. SPECIFIC STEPS WITHIN SPECIFIC TIMES RELATING TO WHATS GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL OR NOT OR JUST PLACED IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE AND THATS IT.. . WELL, THIS ONE WAS A BIT MORE THAN THAT. AT THAT TIME, I TOOK MY TIME TO FIND OUT MY OPTIONS FOR THE SELECTIONS OF WOOD THATS A VAILIBLE TO ME IN MY AREA & EASY ACCESSABILITY TO WHAT I WANTED. BUT FIRST , I TOOK A LOOK IN WHAT I HAD PERSONALLY WITHIN MY STOCK... SO, NOT ONLY DID I HAVE EXTREMLY NICE NO KNOT YELLOW HEAVY PINE FOR LEGS, BUT ALSO A FEW PICKINGS OF EXOTICS, LIKE ZEBRAWOOD & ANOTHER TYPE OF PINE FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE BUTCHER BLOCK TOP WAS A PIECE I CUT TO SIZE FROM A 3FT X 6FT X 1.5" THICK PREFABRICATED UNTREATED SLAB OF WHITE BIRCH THAT I HAD . BIRCH CAN BE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH , SO MANY OTHERS HESITATE TO EVEN TRY. SO, RESPECT YOUR WOOD, TREAT IT NICELY AND PREVENT DISASTERIOUS SITUATIONS. ITS IMPORTANT, AND DOING SO SAVES MONEY & HEADACHES IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. I DONT LIKE MAKING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, SO IN ADDITION TO THIS AS I WENT INTO THIS CUSTOM BUILD, I ADDED A TOP SHELF WITH ZEBRA WOOD RAILS & ADDED ACCENTED PLUGS ON BOTH LEVELS. AS FOR COLOR, I LIGHTLY STAINED THE LEGS & APRONS, THATS IT. THE REMAINING WAS CLEAR COATED WITH A MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LACQUER, SINCE I ENJOY WORKING WITH FAR MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE. BUT THE SURFACES & BLOCK TOP WERE FINISHED WITH 3 LAYERS OF TUNG OIL, WHICH WERE ALSO CURED IN THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME. I ALSO FOUND CASTORS THAT WILL HOLD NICELY