Something I've been wanting to do...

If you have looked at my blog, you can see that further back I had created an "Lineberry Style" glass coffee table and renovated an original Lineberry.

They are part of home and a true icon of nostalgic Americana. A bit of history on the Lineberry Cart: 

Charles Francis Lineberry founded the Lineberry Foundry & Machine Company in N. Wilkesboro, NC. in 1900, but the company didn’t start to manufacture factory ‘trucks’ as he called them until around 1942.

For much of the 1900s, Lineberry Foundry and Machine Co. sold three-wheel carts to furniture, textile and other factories across the Southeast about as fast as the company could produce them in North Wilkesboro and later in Wilkesboro.

Most of these factories are closed but the sturdy Lineberry carts used in them to move parts and materials are now in great demand for restoration and use as residential coffee tables. They’re also called railroad carts because they were originally used in train depots for transporting baggage.

Lineberry carts, made of oak with cast iron wheels, bolts, and plates, are the latest retro / steam punk trend and are sold all over the internet refurbished or UN-refurbished for those wishing to tackle the project themselves.

I fell for these carts and wanted one for the longest, so after some surfing on the web I got one and parts for another. All that you can see for yourself on the blog.

But another thing was I wanted a little version for something to place either my ipad whilst charging or any other little knick knack that I could think of.

Simple right? All I have to do is make a mini version! 

Okay, so mini wheels, timber, screws, nails and voila! 

 

 

 

I've used mahogany and camphor laurel slats, original cast iron wheels with brass clips and nails and an aluminum bar with brass plate holder.

I am really happy with the way it came out. You can see the detail in the pics of even the small bar across with the nut & washer just like they used to do:

 

In my next version, I'm going to try the corner brackets as well as the axle brackets.