Sheet Goods and Wood Storage Cart

That’s a great design, I like it a lot. I’ve got to make one for my shop as well,
thanks for showing it.

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to my “to do list” it goes… excelent!

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Hey randy Price, that storage cart is well “PRICELESS ” (couldn’t resist) ! Quite sure You are asking Your self why didn’t I make this along time ago ? Nothing like having that perfect length of scrap at Your ready, nice project !

-- Rob,Gaithersburg,MD,One mans trash is another mans woodshop treasure !!

Very nice storage unit. I like the way you added the “cradles” to the racks. It makes them more useful.

-- -Willing to try

Wow I know the feeling of a shop being next to useless because of too much wood taking up space. Just picked up a nice Lumber cart myself yesterday. Wow does it make a difference in the flow and usability of the shop. You did a fantastic job building yours.

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looks great… much better than my current storage scheme.. of leaning it all against various walls…

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I love that design. I have been wanting to build a storage cart as well. I might have to “borrow” some design features of yours – if you don’t mind…

Thanks for sharing.

Really nice. I’ve seen these before made with a sheet of ply for the sheet goods side. I like your design, lighter weight and less expensive to build. I need to make one of these! thanks for the idea!

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I recently sold my Unisaw, as I have been using my Festool TS-55 for pretty much all cutting, so the Unisaw’s expansive horizontal table, which used to hold all my shorter pieces of hardwood (large pieces lean against the shop wall, of course) is no longer available. When the Unisaw left, the shorts were piled on the floor (or on top of who knows what else is hiding underneath them). I also have sheet goods (in the 3’ – 4’ range) leaning against a bandsaw. Consequently, I have had a lumber storage cart on my “to do” list, and I like this design, as it looks like it will work with both my “shorts” and sheet goods. Do you have dimensions? Length and width of the base, and height of verticals, along with their top and bottom lengths (to get the “lean” angle) would be great. It looks like you used “shelf standards” on the back of the verticals, and the shelves are a great touch.

Thanks for all the comments.

A Google Sketchup file of this project (pretty close to as built) can be downloaded via the link below. You can get dimensions, etc. from it.

https://files.me.com/randy.price/2d3t8r

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Thanks for posting the Sketchup file. Now, I’ll have to look through my cutoff sheet goods and see if I have what I’ll need. From the Sketchup file I noticed that you extended the vertical supports all the way down to the underlying base. Upon looking at the photo of the bottom of the cart, it looks like you did that on the actual cart. While I’m sure that that added to the strength of the unit, didn’t that make it a bit tricky to fit the bottom (with the verticals extending through it)?

I’ve added some assembly tips above which I hope answers Sandy’s questions.

Thanks,

Randy

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Thanks for the additional drawings and excellent explanation. Very clever technique, particularly with the self-aligning method for incorporating the center vertical member.

Sandy

This is an excellent idea. I’m going to rush home and make one!

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