Rolling Lumber Cart

The biggest problem for me has been finding a good way to store plywood and other sheet goods.

Rolling lumber cart.

Build this awesome rolling scrap wood storage cart using the free instructions at this how tutorial. 1 16 of 294 results for lumber cart little giant pt 2436 5py steel panel truck with swivel casters and wood end 1000 lbs load capacity 24 width x 36 length 4 1 out of 5 stars 51. Posted on february 16 2018 may 14 2018 author jim categories storage for your workshop and garage tags diy do it yourself. Mobile lumber cart almost complete.

Make a rolling lumber cart. These 2 casters work great. Dividers installed via dadoes and secured with wood glue and spax wood screws. Just missing two shelves in this photo.

Load up your new lumber cart. Free plans to build a storage cart for lumber. If you plan to leave your scrap wood in one spot all the time you can skip this step. But i wanted a rolling lumber cart that i could wheel out of the way when i needed to access the space behind it.

This week i finally decided to do something about the less than adequate storage system i have been using for my lumber. I built my plywood cart out of 3 4 plywood and screws but didn t use any wood glue. This post contains affiliate links 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. Building the rolling lumber cart.

I did not deviate at least not intentionally from the original build plans. Finally to finish off the cart i added a short rail onto the plywood side of the cart to keep the plywood from sliding off. I still need to completely reconfigure my shop but won t do that until the studio is complete so this cart is a temporary solution. But this little rail will help keep slanting boards from slipping off the bottom of the cart.

Lumber storage cart dividers. This won t prevent the plywood from falling over you will need to slant your plywood toward the middle frame. Add casters for a rolling lumber cart. I ll eventually pull this cart apart and it will become more scrap wood.