Rolling Tool Caddy

Very impressive, Charlie M. Rolling clamp carts are common, but usually quite large and cumbersome. Yours is more versatile for storage options, and would carry all the clamps necessary for most projects. And it’s beautiful wood, too. Nicely done! Looks like a nice magazine article to me.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

Briliant! I guess that means I need to get out in the shop and putter around some more.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Call me slow but what is SWMBO

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Charlie, what a great project. I was thinking I would like a set of the plans and then realized that would probably mean you getting a catscan or lobotomy so I guess I’ll just have to wing it too. Really nice job, thanks for sharing.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Oooooh, a magazine article, eh Barbs? I’ll get my beard trimmed for the photo shoot.

Obi. SWMBO is the acronym we use over at the woodworking newsgroup for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I think you can figure it out from there. :-)

Chip, you can have my brain….I don’t use it very often anyway.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

A very practical project. I like the idea of being able to roll it out of the way or to where you are working. Nice…

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I love the rack. Very practical and has “craftsman” written all over it.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

I want one! I have to put one on my too do list.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

brilliant!!
this would definitely solve our “where do we put the clamps” problem!!
And it would be handy for where ever we were working! Yup. Like it

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Charlie – I like what you’ve created. I find that some of my favorite projects are not for the house, but for the shop. I have been known to spend more time on building jigs than the project the jig is for. Shop projects seem to have more value to the woodworker – especially when they look like furniture!

Charlie. Very nice and useful. Is it going to collect dust in your shop though.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

well of course it will…. everything collects dust in the shop. That’s a sign of the shop being used and well lived in (as opposed to dust being the sign of a house not being lived in.)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I think Karson was just ribbing me a little there because of what I said in the story about the wife not wanting any more dust collectors in the house.

Actually, I share my “shop” with the washer and dryer, and no matter how often I clean the dust from them, I never seem to pass her white glove inspection. :-(

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Maybe you need to build a little room/cover for the washer and dryer that can be closed off. At least it should keep most of the dust out.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

It looks like pretty well planned cabinet.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Excellent project. I really need to spend some quality time just sitting and staring at some wood. It sounds like it could work wonders in a LumberJocks life.

-- Making sawdust is what I do best

Looks like I will have to build one of these also. It looks like it would be helpful

-- vlee2@ford.com

Great idea. It’s nice to have tools close at hand. I bet it helps keep your shop more organized.

Its nice to see someone else from Louisiana here.

Larry

I made a larger square tower on wheels, but it’s still unfinished (no doors) and a bit unwieldy (blame the floor). But still useful. I think I’d be better off with something like this. That would let me keep everything handy, and keep some surfaces free.

Great design, great project. (Maybe we can get Bob do do a sketch-up plan of this as well, so we can all have our own cadd like Charlie!)

I can use the larger unit for those things I’d need less often.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

It works out pretty well….especially since I was pretty much running out of wall space to hang things, which was causing my workbench to get stacked up with the most frequently used tools.

As far as plans go, every time I’ve ever tried to follow a set I end up going off on a tangent and never end up with what I set out to build. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Going through the LJ archives I noticed this project of yours and decided I was going make one for myself. This is a great idea. Great craftsman ship. More than likely mine will not be this good. But, I do need to get a whole lot more organized with my tools.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thanks. My shop is my garage, so needless to say I have to move things around a lot. It really helps to be able to roll my most-used tools over to wherever I’m assembling something.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Really neat Charlie, Could you make mine with a handle to pick it up (I can’t roll anything in my shop because of the clutter) and maybe add a bee I mean cup holder.

Geat Job,

Bill

-- Make Dust

Like many of us, floor and wall space are premium areas. Everything has a pallace because it HAS TO. No extra room at this point, have even started moving less used tools, wood and supplies to the basement. Sometimes I even sell items (ebay) I have too many off. This is a handy workshop project, congrats on the design.

-- Bob A in NJ

I like it more as a clamp cart.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

this is a great project …I’ve really got to get off this site for awile so I can build something in my shop again instead of filling my head with more prjects from here ! LOL Great job Charlie

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

VERY NICE JOB!!!
Could you please give us the rough demensions? H” x W”x L”

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Thanks!

It is roughly 40”H x 28”W x 12” deep.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I like it … I’ll trade you wood for it ! >grin<

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

I’m building a copy of your cart ( about 3/4 done) could you give me the measurements for the clamp slots?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

John, without waiting till I get home to put a tape measure on them, I’d say about 1” deep by 1/4” wide. Size is not really critical…. I just made them deep enough to accommodate the clamp bar, and wide enough that it slips in easily without much fumbling around.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Thanks Charlie I’ll post pictures when I get mine done.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................