Love the sacrificial top idea. I've been thinking about ways to add clamp downs to the top without drilling lots of holes and spending too many dollars on Festool clamps. Having a sacrificial top means I can drywall screw blocks to the top and not worry. For example, if I'm laminating somethings together I could use some strips across the lamination and screw those to the top. Lots of ideas why a throw away/easily reproducible top would be a useful. For an added challenge, no metal fasteners in the top at all.

I'd like to be able to store all my smaller wood working tools in one spot. Clamps, squares, pencils, sharpies, skilsaw blades, circular/table saw blades, drill bits, chuck keys, hole saws, straight edges, router bits, sand paper, tape, screws, etc. It's needs to be mobile, so lockable (or retractable) casters. The same height as my table saw so I can use it as an outfeed table. Maybe a screw/clamp on miter saw station.

-Steve

 

Cart build starts today! I'm excited!

 

How many iterations will it go through???

My guess: 5.5

 

I haven't read all of the replies, but has anyone suggested a flip-up support on the back side of the cart for sheet goods. The cart could then be used to move plywood around the shop and also as an infeed table for ripping plywood on the table saw.

http://americanwoodworker.com/blogs/techniques/archive/2010/01/19/working-alone-with-plywood.aspx

 

I needed an extension for my large assembly table, so I built this one last month.

 

Here is a cart that was designed to fit under the wing of my tablesaw. It features storage and a downdraft sanding area. It also works well as an assembly table. I have found it one of the most used features of my shop.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/39656

 

Wow- those are some nice looking carts!

Mine is almost done. I tried to pack as many features into it as possible, but now I am already thinking of other stuff that it would have been nice to include. I suppose that's just the way it goes with these things…

 

That looks more like an engineers office than a wood shop…. wow

 

Either someone got a good deal on a ton of oak filing cabinets or someone got a good deal on a ton of oak!

 

Either that or someone simply built his own shop cabinets using plain old oak plywood. Even the face frames are oak plywood. Plenty fancy enough for shop cabinets.

 

How about adding a Ron Paulk top?

 

MOBILE every one! It needs the best wheel system one can find and the best wheel lock as well. Otherwise it's a piece of shop furniture.

 

I tried out a combo move around DIY "cart" before. Had air compressor, fold out wings for cutting 4'x8' plywood sheets, kreg jig storage, glue/paint/chemical storage, paper, torsion box top for assembly, 4" wheels..etc. It's gone now as my needs have changed (salvaged parts for other projects). It was a BEAST to move around even on 4" wheels. I have learned, such carts do not exist for long in my shop as times change, things get in the way, a better idea, etc. Or maybe because I'm still a novice at wood working, I'm learning as I go which means change.

 

MOBILE every one! It needs the best wheel system one can find and the best wheel lock as well. Otherwise it s a piece of shop furniture.

- pontic

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