Cart for Special Purpose Tools

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Wed May 05, 2010 10:17 pm

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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shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Wed May 05, 2010 10:24 pm

Nice job and a lot prettier than mine too.

Paul M

friscomike · Post by **friscomike** » Wed May 05, 2010 10:47 pm

Howdy,

Very nice, well done.

Best,
mike

paulrussell · Post by **paulrussell** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:09 pm

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

foxtrapper · Post by **foxtrapper** » Thu May 06, 2010 8:21 am

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.

gregf · Post by **gregf** » Thu May 06, 2010 9:07 am

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

paulrussell · Post by **paulrussell** » Thu May 06, 2010 10:22 am

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

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Thu May 06, 2010 12:02 pm

Nice job, thanks for sharing.

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Thu May 06, 2010 12:13 pm

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.

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Fri May 07, 2010 12:32 am

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.