How to Make a Rolling Plywood Lumber Storage Cart with Clamp Rack
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- A rolling lumber cart fit for any woodshop! This is a modified version of the original Wood Smith plans
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I bought one off Marketplace for $25. Had to take apart to get into the basement…..then daughter and family moved in (100% welcome…see granddaughter every day). Finally have room for reassembly and this helps do that.
Wow... I just discover that I can buy a moving dolly rated for heavy weight on sale just for the casters.....The greater tip ever specially since where I live, they are super expensive; even on sale! Great build as well. We'll be doing a steel tubing structure since ply is so expensive now days
I love the clamp rack idea, I’m definitely going to use that on my lumber rack.
Thanks for sharing your process! I like how everyone has a different way of doing it, but they're all still effective. Your clamp rack on the cart is smart as well.
I had to replay this to rethink what you said," FIVE sheets of 3/4" plywood" seams like four sheets to many. Still a nice project.
Front, sides, shelves, dividers......It takes 5 sheets, i built the same cart..
I love how this is a simple $400 rack in today's prices... looks great tough.
Very nice job! The only thing for me as I have a basement shop n recently carried 3 sheets of 3/4 plywood down n it about killed me. That stuff is heavy lol. Dunno about 5 sheets. A garage workshop is nice. Looking to build a 30’ x 40’ shop this Spring. Anyway I like the cart a lot. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing
Crackerjack 30’x 40’ ? That sounds like a nice shop in the making. Envious and happy for you at the same time.
I found this video about six months after it was initially released and built it for my workshop, as I was looking to be able to store a lot of lumber and have the ability to move it out of the way to reach my other lumber. As is readily apparent, it holds a LOT of lumber and plywood. It's also great for hold short "scrap," including pallet wood that I've collected. However, I've found that, even when half-full of material, it is HEAVY and difficult to move. I used quality casters in anticipation of this and they've held up well to date, but moving it is not for the weak. I think it's perfect for a large shop, something along the size of a garage bay or bigger, but not so much for a smaller shop like mine.
I have been looking to build a rack. I read several instances where even with the best casters, if the rack is mostly loaded and sits for too long without being moved, the casters are shot. The rubber/coating whatever it is called gets flattened. Something to think about. I was thinking for scraps maybe this is a good idea, If I had to store the 7 or 8 sheets of plywood I have still standing up in the shop, those sheets plus all the scraps and the longer pieces that go in the middle the horizontal way, would make it too heavy to move and probably jeopardize the integrity of the wheels. Looking for thoughts on this. Granted you would not want to normally run out and pickup up 5 to 10 sheets of plywood and let it sit forever. I bought a bunch in anticipation of building another workbench that I just did not get to yet.
I like the way you did the clamp rack. As a mater of fact it is all great. nice job
What are the length and width of this finish project. I’ve watched a lot of these and like yours the most. Better than Steve Ramsey and others. Good job.
I actually started my rack today. Great build. Came out really nice
Outstanding! Thanks for the cut-sheet and video. I'll be replicating it soon.
Aw dang I just finished mine based on Steve Ramsey's, I didn't bother looking further than his plans. There's a lot of things I like more about this design.
Same
Great job. Making one this weekend and I like what you did here. Keep it up.
That's a thought, but I suppose de dividers should be put in place before theirs front panel. Would be easier.
Very clear video. Thanks. 👴🏻🇦🇺
The dividers are smaller at the bottom than they are at the top. How do you cut the board at the correct angle?
Wow Very well Scripted & executed video! Subbed & Liked! Nice Rolling Lumber Cart Build. Looking forward to checking out all your videos. Have A Super Blessed Week!..... Gus
Great video - just enough info to get me going with enough left out to make figuring out the details of assembly fun. Of course, I made a mistake here and there but it looks great and fits perfectly in my shop. One question though - What kind of wheels did you use??? The plywood is so heavy and once I loaded up the cart my wheels I can barley move it! I had four 3” swivel casters then added two more in the middle. Now I’m planning to go to four 4” casters but I’m wondering if it would be better to make two of them non-swivel? Or should I jump to 5”?? I’d appreciate any advice you can provide.
I just have 4 x 3” swiveling castors. It is a little heavy I totally agree. I don’t move mine often but if I did I would upgrade to 4” castors as well.
Looks like Steve Ramsey’s
What you need is a full-auto bump stock sander assault drill.
What is that and where can I buy one?!?!
Well done.
This is really clear, thanks. Can I ask what the carriage bolts are for? Are they holding the castors?
Hello and thank you for the reply. You are correct, the carriage bolts are for the castors.
Well done
Subscribed! Keep going on!
+juul crienen Thank you! Stay tuned.
Love it man!
David Dzado Hey David, just because he based his design off of Steve’s design of woodworking for mere morals doesn’t mean he stole it, and if you’re insinuating that the world of woodworking, design, and building things out of wood is confined to UA-cam channels, It would be best to start expanding your paradigm. I see these kind of ignorant comments all the time, or people like to attribute a design of something to certain UA-camr’s, just because they might be the first ones to debut it on UA-cam. In this instance, Steve’s design might be one of the more popular designs for a lumbar storage cart, But that certainly doesn’t mean that he is the first person to build it, and design it the way that he did. You have no idea if he took design elements from popular woodworking, or fine woodworking, or someone he saw on Instagram, or heck maybe he’s got woodworking friends and a friend of His built a cart like that. I don’t mean to come across as a ragging on you, I just see this comment a lot and it seems to not take an account the wide world of woodworking that is out there. Cheers!
+David Dzado Hi David, the original plans aren't Steve's either. He made some great modifications to it. I made my own changes as well and we have different viewers and presentation styles. Here are the "original" plans FYI: www.shopnotes.com/issues/055/extras/roll-around-store-all/
good work
I build one like that and used it for ten years. one question, how are those casters working out? they looked a little small. I loaded my cart so full I had to go out and buy larger casters after a couple of months.
+Russ Veinot
The castors didn't come with a rating but seem to be working just fine. Though the cart doesn't actually move around a lot.
Nice!
Well done! Have just one question, was there a purpose in making a radius on those dividers vs. just cutting them on a 90 or 45? Or just aesthetic?
+StriveFor Selflessness
I wish I could say they serve some sort of function but they don't. Completely aesthetic.
Thx for watching!
Well it does look nicer for sure:) I also wanted to add, I liked how how you also put a 5 degree on the side of the hardwood storage as well so as to encourage the pieces to lean towards the center instead of poking out in all directions. Little things like that seem to make all the difference in the things I build as well. Much appreciated. Going to the yard to get materials to build mine right now.........literally.
Why five 3/4" panels?? I dont understand....
Nice
I can see from your website article the overall length of your cart is 6'. Can you tell me the width of the base? Thanks.
What are the spacing of the dados on the bottom/base etc?
I've never seen anyone to use OSB to do this? Why? It would be less expensive
I did just that. WAYYYY cheaper.
That was going through my head and then I saw your comment... Pretty sure because of the whole great minds thing, lol. I would out money on it that it's a "made for youtube" type deal.
I built mine out of OSB. Just be careful sliding the boards in so they don't chip up the OSB. I'm building a full 8 ft long cart for under a $100 including the casters.
Have you a link buy the 90 degree giant guide?
Nothing fancy, just a regular old drywall square! www.homedepot.ca/product/empire-48-in-drywall-t-square/1000811812
How did you staple the dividers, the ones in the middle?
Good question! The outside edge of the dividers you can easily run your eye down and end nail them accordingly. the inside edge is a little more tricky. I toe nailed them with an appropriately sized brad nail buy sneaking my brad nail gun upside-down into the compartment. Hopefully that made sense.