Building A Rolling Lumber Cart

2 1 2 pocket hole screws.

Building a rolling lumber cart.

These 2 casters work great. Dividers installed via dadoes and secured with wood glue and spax wood screws. This lumber cart solves much of my storage problems and after building it i discovered that it holds a lot more wood than my old rack and takes up less space. The solution is a rolling plywood cart that stores full sheets horizontally.

If you plan to leave your scrap wood in one spot all the time you can skip this step. Lumber cart pdf build your lumber cart using these free downloadable plans. But i wanted a rolling lumber cart that i could wheel out of the way when i needed to access the space behind it. Here are a few work in progress photos.

After searching online for ideas i used sketchup to design a cart only to. It will hold full sheets of plywood as well as other miscellaneous wood. Storage cart for lumber build this awesome rolling scrap wood storage cart using the free instructions at the link. Just missing two shelves in this photo.

I did not deviate at least not intentionally from the original build plans. Whether your shop is big or small it s sure handy to have a cart or two for moving stacks of parts from one machine to another. Sketchup file update. Building the rolling lumber cart.

Load up your new lumber cart. First i cut a piece of 3 4 plywood to 24 x 72 for the bottom. 2 1 2 wood screws. Kreg rip cut optional kreg accucut optional pocket hole jig.

1 1 4 wood screws. Valinskas for drawing out a cutting diagram. Build a simple rolling shop cart to transport heavy toolboxes and pieces of wood from one end of the shop to the other. Mobile lumber cart almost complete.

I saw a lot of pictures of lumber carts all over the interwebs so compiled a bunch of those ideas together and figured out the size based on my workspace and the materials i had on hand at the time. All you need is a sheet of 3 4 in. Add casters for a rolling lumber cart. Lumber storage cart dividers.

Assemble the bottom of scrap wood cart.