Building A Rolling Lumber Cart

This would allow me to roll the entire cart to my truck for easier unloading and it would also allow the sheets to be picked directly off the cart while only taking up eight feet of wall space.

Building a rolling lumber cart.

The dimensions i ended up with is 5 wide 3 high and 20 deep. I saw a lot of pictures of lumber carts all over the interwebs so compiled a bunch of those ideas together and figured out the size based on my workspace and the materials i had on hand at the time. After searching online for ideas i used sketchup to design a cart only to. 2 1 2 pocket hole screws.

Storage cart for lumber build this awesome rolling scrap wood storage cart using the free instructions at the link. I did not deviate at least not intentionally from the original build plans. Lumber storage cart dividers. The solution is a rolling plywood cart that stores full sheets horizontally.

All you need is a sheet of 3 4 in. But i wanted a rolling lumber cart that i could wheel out of the way when i needed to access the space behind it. Build a simple rolling shop cart to transport heavy toolboxes and pieces of wood from one end of the shop to the other. Assemble the bottom of scrap wood cart.

Building the rolling lumber cart. It will hold full sheets of plywood as well as other miscellaneous wood. Load up your new lumber cart. Dividers installed via dadoes and secured with wood glue and spax wood screws.

Sketchup file update. 2 1 2 wood screws. These 2 casters work great. Valinskas for drawing out a cutting diagram.

Here are a few work in progress photos. Kreg rip cut optional kreg accucut optional pocket hole jig. Just missing two shelves in this photo. 1 1 4 wood screws.

Mobile lumber cart almost complete. This lumber cart solves much of my storage problems and after building it i discovered that it holds a lot more wood than my old rack and takes up less space. Whether your shop is big or small it s sure handy to have a cart or two for moving stacks of parts from one machine to another. First i cut a piece of 3 4 plywood to 24 x 72 for the bottom.

Lumber cart pdf build your lumber cart using these free downloadable plans.