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Here are a couple of pictures of a cart I'm making to house some Special Purpose Tools -- Bandsaw, Belt Sander, Jointer, and Strip Sander. It's patterned after Shipwright's model -- Thanks for the idea Paul M.

I just need to add a bit of finish.

The base is 24" x 36" and made from 2x4s joined at the four corners by half lap joints. The rest is made of 3/4" birch plywood -- used a bit over a full sheet and about half a sheet of 1/4" birch plywood. The three-drawer cabinet is 20" wide by 24" high. The Cherry drawer fronts are about 14", 6" and 4" high, with the drawer boxes sized accordingly to fit using 22" KV-type drawer slides. The drawer boxes also are 3/4 birch ply fronts, backs and sides, with 1/4" birch ply bottoms. The drawer parts were all glued together for strength. The back of the cabinet also is 1/4" birch ply.

I used birch banding to cover the edges of the plywood, attaching it with white glue and an iron for setting the glue.

Now I just need to get rid of some things in the shop (tools) so I'll be able to roll the cart somewhere.

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Nice job and a lot prettier than mine too.

Paul M

Howdy,

Very nice, well done.

Best,
mike

Very nice, and I much appreciated the description of the assembly methods.

I like that.

Now you've made me have to rethink the hodge-podge method of storage I'm using right now for my various tools.

Very nice!
I think that needs to be my next project

foxtrapper wrote:I like that.

Now you've made me have to rethink the hodge-podge method of storage I'm using right now for my various tools.

Me too. PennView: when can you drop it off at my place? :-D

Thanks all!

I have a number of other photos I took while building the cart, but it was getting late yesterday when I started this thread and I didn't feel like resizing some other photos then to meet forum requirements. So if anyone is interested in some aspect of the cart assembly, let me know.

Great job! Has made me rethink my storage cabinet. Since I have two bandsaws, mine storage unit will be somewhat different. Don't have it all drawn up yet. But, will get it done this summer. Thanks for sharing.