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Great lid supports that are made in the USA. These lid supports hold the lid at any angle and prevent the toy box lid from smashing my daughters fingers.
An Amazing Lift System and Gold Hardware Lift This Kitchen to the Highest Level
As if the ultra-white walls and cabinets in this kitchen weren’t enough each day to wake you up and keep you that way for the next 3 days, then some super strong java made from the coffee caddy here just might. A quick first glance had me thinking this caddy was sitting atop a butcher block cutting board, not unlike one of the many we have for sale here at www.WoodworkerExpress.com.
I really can’t overstate just how fabulous their incorporation of gold finished hardware works in harmony with this bright white kitchen backdrop. From a design perspective, I would’ve expected a satin nickel finish…always a trustworthy option but, here, the choice was made to ‘go for the gold’…where have we heard that before?
You’ve also got to appreciate the amazing Lift System just above the caddy. I’m not sure if (m)any of you have had a chance to actually use one of these but, they are undeniably great! I’m just fascinated by how smooth, streamlined (and strong) they design these units to be. The arms on these are designed so precisely…they’re practically scientific in their make-up. We carry all of the top Lift Systems brands currently getting it done at a high level,… those top performers include: Blum, Grass and Salice. We’ve also got EZ configuration wizards on our site to help with the planning of your order and fulfillment of the right unit including ALL of the accompanying parts.
If you like Gold (and Lift Systems)…we’re your one-stop shop…can’t you tell?
Re-craft Your Kitchen Into The Room You Don’t Want to Leave
The saying, as clichéd as it may be, is that the kitchen is the most social room in the house. It’s also typically the room with the most food and drink available, so perhaps it’s not too much of a stretch to figure out why. Do consider that there are no rules that I’m aware of prohibiting food intake from occurring in the mud or laundry rooms, so don’t let that stop you. But let’s talk about what’s really important, re-crafting your own kitchen into a room that both you and your guests won’t want to move from.
So many niceties here; so let’s start literally at the top with this amazing stainless steel cooking hood and vent. Woodworker Express is home to a huge assortment of range hoods, liners and accessories – a real one stop shop! A range hood can send your kitchen’s clout through the ceiling….it’s like the fireplace of the kitchen; everyone wants to be near it! The variety of matching horizontal and vertical oil rubbed bronze pulls on display here makes this kitchen a real winner. Additionally, the matching faucet and stainless sink duo (and related accessories) suggest this kitchen has a grand plan that none of us know about…yet fully support! Is anyone surprised that I haven’t yet mentioned our friendly feline here? I’m inclined to believe s/he is just about ready to dive into the sink…likely for a long-awaited and much anticipated Jacuzzi session. That’s what all the cats that I know do, anyways. Look, we could sit here and talk about cats all day, but this kitchen is truly amazing and www.WoodworkerExpress.com is where awesome kitchens get their ‘sizzle’. It’s also where the core of these decorative kitchen staples are found – both ON TOP of the counters as well as beneath them. At www.WoodworkerExpress.com, we’re all about the hidden organization and the flamboyant upgraded touches, so shop www.WoodworkerExpress.com this year and find all that glitters! And re-craft your kitchen into the room that no one wants to leave.
Achieve Kitchen Nirvana with New Organizers and Decorative Hardware
We’re just past two months into a new year and that makes it a great time to kick things off with a bang from a decorative standpoint. So, let’s start off with a refresher: www.WoodworkerExpress.com is THE place to shop for achieving overall Kitchen Nirvana! Our fantastic selection and amazingly large inventory of the greatest kitchen organizers and decorative hardware brands and products available is second to none.
Shall we analyze this photo? We’re definitely onboard here with this roll-out pantry organizer. If you want to talk about utilizing your storage space to the fullest, then this is ground zero for sure! You can ‘page through’ the shelves holding your dry goods like it’s an old Sears catalog….am I dating myself here? I mean, really, when you combine the shelving racks attached to the back of the doors along with the rotating carousel within, you are REALLY maximizing your storage space. I wouldn’t be surprised if having this piece installed also helps increase the home’s value…so nice!
Perched atop all of this and throughout the kitchen, we also see snow white cabinets…all perfectly outfitted with vertically-oriented satin nickel appliance pulls for a Class A look. Combine that with intra-cabinet LED lighting and BANG, you’ve got an amazing looking kitchen. This and all kitchens are the sum of its parts and that includes: organizers, fasteners, finishes, hardware, and so on….all of which are found at: www.WoodworkerExpress.com.
Closet Organization Accessories Are A Hit for Keeping A Clean Closet
Who out there wears shirts? What about pants? These are rhetorical questions, of course… or are they? On display here is a closet whose storage and organization scheme has been well thought out and outfitted appropriately with great closet organization accessories. Were this my own closet on display, I’d have to do some significant clothes shopping to be able to fully utilize all of the organizational capabilities we see here.
Admittedly, when I’m not wearing a Woodworker Express shirt full-time (see header photo above), I’m likely wearing a garment adorned with the logo of a sports team or a heavy rock band. These aren’t really what I’d consider “closet accessory worthy”…at least when compared to these considerably dressier work shirts and slacks shown in the picture. I think I might be in the minority here when it comes to being a ‘dressy’ dresser, of which I am NOT, but the closet organization accessories for sure are a hit and you can find them all for sale at www.WoodworkerExpress.com.
On display here: Closet tubing in a variety of finishes to ensure your ability to match things up in a very subtle or even fantastically creative way. The retractable Tie and Belt Rack you’ll notice, further checks off the ‘specialized closet organization accessories’ box in a very satisfying way. A fabulously smooth and quiet protraction/retraction movement makes this an item no closet should be without…whether you are a fancy dresser, or not!
See you next week…in the meantime: shop www.WoodworkerExpress.com, your best source for closet organization, cabinet hardware and woodworking needs.
When barrel-aging homebrewed beverages at home, it’s always important to be able to move your barrel around once it’s filled. Whether your beverage is beer, wine, cider, or mead, once you fill the barrel, it’s heavy stuff and not easy to move. Building a Rolling Barrel Stand can make your life easier by putting your filled barrel on wheels.
Finished Rolling Barrel Stand with 15-Gallon Barrel
Building a Rolling Barrel Stand doesn’t have to be a difficult project and, with the right parts and tools, you can build it quickly and make it strong enough to support the extra weight that comes from a filled barrel.
The Rolling Barrel Stand in this Do-It-Yourself project keeps your barrel fairly low to the ground but high enough to make it easier to move and work with the contents. It also sits on wheels facing upwards so you can gently roll the barrel contents whenever you need to mix things up a bit.
Our project is designed to hold a 15-gallon barrel and the project is constructed on top of a rolling dolly that supports up to 1000 lbs. (The 1000 lb. capacity is overkill for this project but efficient in that the dolly half of the project comes already assembled when you purchase it). We attach additional supports to raise the barrel up and provide more stability. The intention of our additional supports is to provide added stability and focus the weight of the barrel straight down through the center, and strongest part, of our rolling barrel stand.
Getting Technical: Barrel and Fluid Weight Math
Before we start a project like this, we need to make sure the parts we are putting together can support the weight of the materials we are putting on top of it. Our finished Rolling Barrel Stand needs to support the 15-gallon barrel and its contents without falling apart.
We know from picking up an empty 15-gallon wooden barrel that it can weigh roughly 30 – 40 lbs. (this is purely a guestimate from me picking up a barrel from my last project. While my guesstimate may be off, the structure we’ll build here should be more than enough to support our filled barrel. This number is provided to support the math below. Weigh your own empty barrel to get a more precise measurement.)
Water, by itself, weighs 8.33 lbs. per gallon and brewed beverages are made up mostly of water.
A 15-gallon barrel holds about 15 gallons of volume but some can hold as much as 16-17 gallons depending on the barrel maker. If we take the worst case scenario and say our barrel holds 17 gallons, we can then say, roughly, that…
17 gallons of fluid in the barrel x 8.33 lbs. / gal = 141.6 lbs of liquid will be stored in the barrel
Note: I used 2-1/2″ casters for this project. If you change the casters size, make sure to adjust your measurements in or out depending on the size of the casters. For example, if you use a 3″ caster instead of the 2-1/2″ caster, that is 1/2″ more in size times 2 casters giving you 1″ to adjust. Therefore, you would have to adjust your main support pieces to be 1″ larger to accommodate the extra inch… 21-1/2″ L instead of 20-1/2′ L and vice versa if your casters were smaller than 2-1/2″.
(optional) Scrap piece of wood for support in assembly step
(optional) Step drill bit or countersink drill bit for more finished look when attaching angled blocks
Materials Preparation
Note: I have built this Rolling Barrel Stand project two different ways and modeled the measurements and calculations for this project from those projects. You may adjust these measurements for your own design but, my measurements are provided now as a guide and starting point.
Our 15-gallon barrel is about 16″ wide at the point it makes contact with the rollers of the finished project. We want our barrel raised a bit higher to make it easy to roll and support strongly.
Cut two (2) 20-1/2″ L main support pieces from the 4×4 wood
From the same 4×4 piece of wood, cut four (4) 4-1/2″ L pieces that are 3-1/2″ at a 45° angle with an additional inch of length remaining (see illustration below).
Sizing of the end blocks the casters are mounted to
Assembly of the Rolling Barrel Stand
The support pieces, angled blocks, and casters are assembled together to form a cradle for your barrel that allows you to rock your barrel for various mixing functions.
1. Mount the support pieces to the dolly: The two main support pieces are mounted across the dolly inside the carpeted end pieces of the dolly. Center the first support piece across the dolly on the inside of the dolly’s open space pressing the support piece tightly against the carpeted end piece of the dolly. Secure it with clamps or have a friend hold this piece steady. Flip the dolly over, pre-drill 2-3 holes through the dolly and support piece on each side and then drive 3-1/2″ screws through the bottom of the dolly and into the 20-1/2″ support pieces. Repeat with the 2nd support piece on the other side of the dolly against the carpeted end. Flip the dolly back over.
2. Mount the angled blocks: These pieces are mounted to our support pieces and then the upward facing casters are mounted to them. The extra inch of space is added to the blocks to support the screw lengths used in this project. Mount your angled blocks to the support pieces with the angled ends facing inward. Secure blocks with 3-1/2″ screws. Be sure to secure the blocks to the supports along the center lines so as not to interfere with the placement and mounting of the casters in the next step. Also, for a clean look, try to keep the angled pieces flush to the outside of your support pieces when mounting. (I had a friend hold a scrap piece of wood flat against the outside of the support piece while I pushed my angled piece up against that scrap wood and then I secured it.)
We know our support piece is 20-1/2″ L and the angled piece of wood is 4-1/2″ L and we use one angled piece on each side of our support piece… so, 4-1/2″ + 4-1/2″ = 9″ leaving us with 11-1/2″ on the inside from one lower end of the angle to the next. (See Angled Blocks Illustration A)
Be sure to secure the angled blocks on the inside of the support piece and on the outside. Screw through the pieces into the support pieces. Use a step drill bit or countersink drill bit if you want a more finished look. (See Angled Blocks Illustration B)
Angled Blocks Illustration A – Distance between angled blocksAngled Blocks Illustration B – Securing points for angled blocks
3. Mount the casters to the angled blocks: The last step is to mount the casters to the angled blocks. Place a caster on the angled block resting the bottom against the support piece. Mark and pre-drill the four holes for the caster. Then, attach the caster to the angled blocks with the 1″ screws (add washers if you don’t have wide enough heads on your screws to cover the holes). Repeat for all 4 casters.
Mounting the casters
After all of the casters have been secured, your Rolling Barrel Stand is ready to be used to hold your barrel.
Completely Assembled ProjectSide view of Barrel sitting on CastersRolling Barrel Stand project with Full Barrel on top
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Kevin Wojdak has been a homebrewer since 2008 and, like most homebrewers, builds equipment he needs to support the hobby. He is also the Communications Officer for the Urban Knaves of Grain (UKG) Homebrew Club, DuPage County, Illinois and a member of the Technical Team for the Drunk Monk Challenge Homebrew Competition taking place annually in March.
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