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Catskill Craftsmen Drop Leaf Utility Cart with Drop Leaf, White Base with Natural Top |  | Brand: Catskill Craftsmen
Category: Kitchen
Department: Home and Kitchen
List Price: $264.00
Buy New: $169.00
as of 9/5/2010 10:37 PDT details
You Save: $95.00 (36%)
New (2) from $169.00
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 21944
Color: White
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 70
Dimensions (in): 26 x 34.5 x 34
MPN: 16755
Model: 16755
UPC: 010246167559
EAN: 0010246167559
ASIN: B002PY7PDY
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
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| Features:
| • | Assembly Required. | | • | Overall Dimensions Assembled:34.5 in. wide by 26 in. deep by 34 in. high. Overall Dimensions with drop leaf down: 34.5 wide by 16 in. deep by 34 in. high. | | • | Open Shelf Dimensions: 27 in. wide by 13.75 in. deep by 8.5 in. high. | | • | Interior Cabinet Dimensions: 27 in. wide by 13 in. deep by 15.75 in. high. | | • | Interior Drawer Dimensions: 25.5 in. wide by 11.25 in. deep by 3 in. high. |
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Product Description
16755 This kitchen island has a classic design and rugged construction that reflect Catskill Craftmen's commitment to quality. This piece offers a towel bar, a 10'' drop leaf, and a knife rack to give you all of convenience of having the room and supplies you need in one area. Its clean white finish will complement any decor; it will certainly be at home in your kitchen! Features: -Constructed from rubberwood and MDF -Solid hardwood top with a natural finish -10'' drop leaf -White lacquer finish on base -Open and Enclosed storage areas -One large storage drawer -Cabinet enclosed storage area -Knife Rack -Towel Bar -Locking casters -Imported -Dimensions with drop leaf up: 34'' H x 34.5'' W x 26'' D -Dimensions with drop leaf down: 34'' H x 34.5'' W x 16'' D
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sturdier than expected April 25, 2010
Cooper (Huntington Beach, CA, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I actually bought this for my classroom and have really enjoyed it. It's a good height and I love the drop leaf and extra storage. It was a little difficult to put together since the directions were only pictures, but after a couple hours it was together and sturdy A few pieces were dinged during shipping, but nothing noticeable once it was all together. It looks very nice and clean in person. The knife block is not a typical one,and I probably wouldn't use it in the kitchen. I also wish the leaf supports were a little more sturdy for my purposes, but it would work fine in a kitchen. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase, especially at this price!
 Good Value But Some Warts March 4, 2010
Opera Fan (Philadelphia, PA United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
It is made of wood (not composite board), but that wood is laminated with a white vinyl finish, not painted. One of my pieces came with three parallel slits in the laminate that would face out and front. I requested a replacement on the manufacturer's website on a Sunday afternoon and the piece arrived by Priority Mail on Wednesday. The top is lacquered wood, so you will want a cutting board any time you use a knife during prep work. It was well packed--the defective piece went into the box that way. Assembly is always the hard part with this sort of furniture. It was harder than good Ikea pieces and not as hard as the worst I've done over many years. It looks nice when assembled.
Make sure you have Goo Gone and some soft paper towels at hand because all the pieces have sticky labels. Goo Gone will remove the glue but not harm the laminate. Other solvents are deadly for laminate.
The instructions are almost all pictures with a few cautionary words here and there. Caution: don't use a power screwdriver. I have arthritis in my hands, and I have a cordless power drill/screwdriver with 22 torque settings. Using the lowest setting VERY slowly I was successful--but you do this at your own risk. My hands are too weak on their own.
Some of the screws are nearly impossible to set, even with the power tool, because the holes are not drilled deep enough. The parts list distinguishes between the two slightly different crossbars called 2 and 2(i). It fails to distinguish between the differences in the two crossbars numbered 3: the one with two grooves should be called 3(i). Get a rubber mallet and also an old towel as a cushion to use under each crossbar when you find that you must hammer in the pins.
The other caution is not to tighten the eight bolts that hold the side panels to the cross bars. Insufficient instructions! You should tighten the bottom four well enough to allow you to insert the casters and set the partly assembled cart upright on the floor. The upper four should be less tight. They illustrate putting both the base and mid panels in place at the same time before inserting the casters. Don't do it. Put the base panel in and also the bottom back panel, then tighten the bottom bolts enough to hold the base panel in place. Then the casters go in (rubber mallet help here) and the cart can stand up.
You now may even need to loosen the upper cross bar (the one to which you have already attached the door magnets). Being able to rotate this crossbar a good bit is ESSENTIAL to getting the doors on. Otherwise, you'll never have the clearance to get the hinges in place.
Re-orient the upper crossbar and tighten the bolts enough to hold the doors in place. Insert the mid panel and the upper back panel. NOW tighten all eight bolts to final position. The two side panels of the have an UP and a DOWN (look at the hole spacing) that is not labeled anywhere! Put the drawer together carefully because you must get all the screws lined up with their predrilled holes. Don't tighten any screws until all of them have been properly started. The knife rack is just a little slit between the edge of the top and the outside of the box you attach.
The main problem and the weakest link in this assembly is attaching the top. You have to align holes on the UNDER side of the top with holes in the support bars (that you attached to the side panels way back in the beginning), then set screws from BENEATH the support bars up into the top. But the drawer guides are in your way--I had no choice but to take them off. AND, there is simply not enough working room to screw in the rear screws all the way. You cannot leave any of the four screws sticking out because they will prevent the drawer from going onto its glides and and/or from pushing all the way in. I had to go buy shorter screws--none that I had on hand was the right size. Catskill Craftsmen really need to rethink how this assembly works!!!!
sturdy cart January 10, 2010
martha (Minnesota)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this cart because Catskill makes some really nice hardwood carts and this one was inexpensive. The site is not explicit that this cart is not hardwood, it is fiberboard laminated with a white material. The site said it is a lacquer finish but that implies a painted finish, not a laminate. The top is wood. The rest is not.
That said, it is a very well made sturdy cart. I only cried once when putting it together.
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