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Utility Meets Versatility

Make the most of your kitchen space with a portable kitchen counter and a place for additional

storage. Construction is easy, and Simpson Strong-Tie

connectors ensure that your kitchen island

is sturdy and solid.

Mobile Kitchen Island

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TOOLS YOU NEED

• Power saw (hand or table)

• Power drill with Phillips bit

• Pencil

• Tape measure

• Speed square

• Clamps

• Sander or sandpaper

• ½" drill bit

• Painter’s tape

• Rags for applying cutting block oil

• Nail gun or hammer

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. CUT LUMBER TO SIZE.

Use straight cuts.

2. ATTACH LEGS TO CONNECTORS.

Attach RTC2Z connector 5" down

from the top of each leg (A) with SD8

screws. Position legs so their wider

sides face each other.

3. INSTALL HANGER ROD.

Using a ½" drill bit, create holes 9"

from the top of each leg and 1" from

the outside of the island. Insert metal

rod and place S hooks in preferred

orientation (facing in or out).

4. ATTACH RAILS AND CASTERS.

Attach upper front rail (B), upper back

rail (C) and upper side rails (D) to

RTC2Z connectors with SD8 wafer-

head screws. Attach lower front rail (B),

lower back rail (C) and lower side rails

(E) to legs with (16) 2" Deck-Drive™

DSV Wood screws. After lower front

and back rails are attached to lower

side rails (E), install rolling casters to

side rails, front and back rails and legs

with 2" DSV screws. Use two screws

per leg and one screw for the back rail

and side rail.

5. ATTACH UPPER SHELF.

Assemble widths of 1x6 lumber pieces

sufﬁcient to form the 24" (wide) x 20"

(long) upper shelf (F). Begin at ends,

notching end pieces to ﬁt around legs.

Measure gap in middle of shelf, and

cut center piece to ﬁll it (see blow-

up illustration at left). Hammer 2"

ﬁnish nails through shelf pieces into

supporting rails.

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Summary of content (2 pages)

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Utility Meets Versatility TM Mobile Kitchen Island Make the most of your kitchen space with a portable kitchen counter and a place for additional storage. Construction is easy, and Simpson Strong-Tie® connectors ensure that your kitchen island is sturdy and solid. TOOLS YOU NEED Check out our installation and building-tip videos at diydoneright.
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Materials and Cutting Diagram TM Mobile Kitchen Island FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW G G I I F F ≠ ≠ ≠ F F B I F F ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ A ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ ≠ (Installation Instructions continued) D ≠ A ≠ A 7. ATTACH BOTTOM SHELF. Clamp bottom shelf (H) to bottom rails. Turn island over and place A21 connectors midway along each bottom rail. For each connector, screw two 1" pan-head wood screws into rail and two more into bottom of shelf. A H H B E 6. ATTACH TOP SHELF.