Introduction: DIY Tool Cart / Kitchen Island
In the workshop, it's a tool cart.
In the kitchen, it can be a small island.
It's a very practical tool.
Supplies
- birch plywood 18mm (3/4"), 12mm(1/2"), 3mm(1/8")
- 2x4 lumber
- Melamine Faced Chipboard
- MDF
- hinges
- chest trunk latches
- steel pipe
- handles
- L-shaped stainless steel bracket
- wheels
Step 1: The Main Frame
I made two rectangular frames from recycled pallets and painted them black.
The base plate is 18mm birch plywood, which is strong, and the back plate is also 18mm.
They are the main structure connecting the black frames on the left and right sides.
The drawer part is two upright 18mm plywood and the back panel.
I made some dado for the drawers.
The upper layer is 12mm birch plywood.
The tabletop is a cheap welfare item bought from IKEA. It's an 18mm thick Melamine Faced Chipboard. I use two hinges and two chest trunk latches under it to let me open it and access everything.
The wheels are 3-inch universal wheels.
The maximum weight is 200kg total.
Step 2: The Drawers
Dennis (Hooked on wood) has shared an awesome design of drawers.
I followed his method.
Every 70mm is the unit height of a drawer, 140mm is twice the height, and so on.
Each dado is 10X6mm.
The drawer bottom is 450X430x9mm MDF, slightly smaller than the Dado, and can easily slide in.
The frame is 12mm birch plywood, with a height of 55mm.
The panel is also 12mm thick, with a height of 68mm.
The gap between drawers is 2mm.
The drawer can be easily taken out and placed on the table, and all the necessary parts are available.
The advantage of not using metal slide rails is to save money and reduce weight, but also disadvantages.
The drawer may fall out accidentally. Pay special careful when using it, or take some measures to prevent it from falling out.
Regarding this, I have worked out an excellent method.
I glued two wood pieces at the end of the drawer, with a length of 40mm and a height of about 3mm, and drilled a 2mm hole near the exit.
Get 30mm of the 2.0 wire, remove the PVC, bend it 90 degrees, and insert it into the 2mm hole.
When the drawer is pulled out, the wood piece at the end will blocked by the copper wire to prevent the drawer from falling.
When you need to take out the entire drawer, you only need to remove the copper wire, tools free.
Step 3: The Shelf
The right half is an open space where larger things can be placed.
Use 18mm birch plywood, divided into upper and lower layers.
The shelf pin is 5mm in diameter, so I want to mill semicircular grooves on the plywood.
This is where my secret weapon comes in because my router table fence can be connected to the saw table for micro-adjusting.
With a 6mm straight knife and the workpiece clamped, I only need to move the fence to achieve the goal.
Step 4: Clamps Rack
A piece of 18mm birch plywood, was cut out of several grooves, and then secured with L shaped stainless steel bracket.
Commonly used clamps are concentrated in the left space.
Step 5: Trolley Handle
The hollow round iron rod is a recycled clothes drying rack, cut into 40cm and connected to the tool cart body with birch plywood.
Step 6: French Cleat
Under the handle, I make a French Cleat, which can be flexibly set to anything you want.
There is a simple shelf there currently.
Step 7: Conclusion
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Thanks for watching.
