During the construction of a project there is often a need for organizing and storing parts. This is obvously a temporary need because as the work progresses, you construct parts and then assemble them.
I like to use a 4’ scaffold as a mobile cart to store and organize the parts that I have made.
I bought my scaffold for $99 although I have noticed that the price has risen on them over the last couple of years. It comes with steel platform shelves to stand on and I used plywood to make more shelves. If it is not in use and I need more room, the shelves are removed so it can be folded and put in the storage room.
There are some nice storage carts on the market but I can still use this on a remodeling job as a scaffold. So it serves a dual purpose as it works well in the shop and in the field.
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-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com
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WayneC
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#1 posted 1184 days ago
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
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Taigert
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#2 posted 1184 days ago
Great use of your scaffolding. But the way my luck is it would be on a job site at the same time I need it in the shop.
I have a couple of Rubermaid Carts in the shop they only have the two shelves, but seem to do the job fairly well.
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Scott Bryan
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#3 posted 1184 days ago
Good idea, Todd.
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#4 posted 1183 days ago
Looking good Todd.
Everything looks so nice and neat.
Lee
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#5 posted 1183 days ago
that is A great idea…in my shop I am not sure the cart would work because it is so small…but the concept of one place, like a rack or shelf for the parts not being used in a given point but is out of the way of the main work space is a good idea…
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a1Jim
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#6 posted 1183 days ago
Good thinking Todd
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#7 posted 1183 days ago
Very handy!!!
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#8 posted 1183 days ago
Smart and useful Todd, did you find what you and I were talking about?
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#9 posted 1182 days ago
Looks good, Todd.
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GMman
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#10 posted 1182 days ago
Todd great job, but I see that your plywood is bending some will that make your boards bend too?
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#11 posted 1182 days ago
Gman- The boards are suspended on two points and they span those two point on their own. They are short and they will not be laying there for very long so I am not concerned.
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Marius
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#12 posted 1179 days ago
Todd, can you email me at mariusstpierre@hotmail.com
regarding the chatroom i dedicated to LJ it would be nice if there would be a community of people there i think on the Lumber Jocks page if there was a link
something like a clickable link
in the main body of the page…..... like a TAB
HOME – PROJECTS – BLOGS – CHATROOM
the link to the chatroom is
http://www.buzzen.net/chatui.aspx?rm=lumber%20jocks
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#13 posted 1179 days ago
Good tip Todd, thanks.
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Marius
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#14 posted 1178 days ago
can we get a shot of your vacuum system… the one behind the NICE cart :D
is it a ‘through blower’ and into bag type? or vacuum??
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#15 posted 1163 days ago
Great idea Todd.
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