Plywood Storage Cart

[chopnhack]

I finished this up the other day and it has really helped clean the garage. Exciting to see more space in there! So far it has been stable and easy to move around despite being well over 500 lbs. I was able to push it up the driveway fairly easily. I am thinking about adding on a panel cutting grid to this as well...

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[dbhost]

Looks good... Is the HF ratcheting bar clamp there for a purpose, or is it just to give it somewhere to live?

[chopnhack]

The plywood that is on that side decided to potato chip 2 days after buying it so currently the clamp is keeping those pieces against the frame and keeping the 3 sheets of laminate flat against the frame as well.

[greenacres2]

Thanks for the picture--i've got a 30" x 72" skid in the garage that i've been looking at since i saw the other thread last week. Yours tells me that the 30" base is wide enough for a "jump start" on plywood cart. Looks like yours is maybe 32" wide??

earl

[chopnhack]

It's actually 24" since I have to store this when finished on one side of the garage and still let vehicles in.

[toolguy1000]

niely done. wish i had the room for something like that. but then i'd have to give up the pleasure of continually moving, and tripping over, project materials and scraps.

[dbhost]

I see it... Try flipping the sheets around and pulling the center in... I see you are in Florida, so you, like me, live in a Steam box year round anyway... Gonna be hard keeping that plywood from twisting...

[JR]

I see it... Try flipping the sheets around and pulling the center in... I see you are in Florida, so you, like me, live in a Steam box year round anyway... Gonna be hard keeping that plywood from twisting...

I have a different problem - earthquakes. SWMBO made add a hinged panel to keep the plywood strack from toppling onto her car. It also has a chain fixing the cart to the wall with a caribiner.

I like the little wedges in the bottom to cause the plywood to tilt. Nice detail. And the center storage is a great idea, too. I think you need more screws, though, chipnhack.

JR

[dbhost]

You know, I was getting ready to do a build on a different design lumber cart before Chop came up with this one... Now I am in a bit of a quandry... I really like this design... But it sure does look heavy...

[chopnhack]

It may be hard to see JR, but those little wedges actually aided the assembly of the cart. I usually work solo so I needed a way to keep the plywood sides raised while assembling the cart. The wedges capture the plywood between themselves and a sheet laid flat down the center. It was a tight fit and I needed a mallet to persuade some of the cupped areas to untwist. I used a 2x4 temporarily at either end, think gable roof framing. As for the screws... well I sometimes get carried away :P but its just habit, down here roof sheathing is nailed on every 4"-6". I figure there are about 2lbs of screws in the cart.

Dave, its heavy, but its moves well. I was vertically challenged for the area I want to store this in otherwise I may have gone with the 5" casters, but these 4" ones from BORG are great. Very smooth and like I said fully loaded I pushed it up the incline of my driveway by myself and I have a lip between the driveway and garage - probably about 3/8-1/2" - no problem.

The more I look at the cart, the less likely it is that I will be able to mount the panel cutting station to the top... I would have to raise it up sufficiently to clear the outermost upright piece of ply being stored... Gonna have to play with sketchup and make some more room in the garage!

[Ed62]

Nice job. That should help keep things in place and easily accessible.

Ed

[chopnhack]

Thanks Ed, that's what I am hoping for!

[wardprobst]

Nice work, I'm gonna have to steal some of your ideas
I'll be putting all terrain tires on my version as it has to roll across the yard for loading from the driveway. I'll try to post some pics later.
DP