Mobile Workbench

Large, useless, furniture is the worst to get rid of. Your significant other wants it out of the house, no one on Craigslist wants it, and it's expensive and hard, especially with two coupes, to take to the dump, not to mention wasteful and hard on the ol' environment. This was my predicament when we moved into our new house recently. The previous owners left an old, useless desk in one of the rooms. With a few parts I had laying around and very little time I up-cycled this collection of scrap wood into a useful mobile workbench that I can roll around my garage. No more walking back and forth from my project to the other side of the garage where I keep my tools.

Step 1: Materials & Tools

Materials

• Desk - Free - If you don't have an extra desk or bench sitting around check craigslist, you probably can find one for free or very cheap. Thrift stores are another option.
• Caster Wheels - ? - I had some casters in my scrap parts box, I'm sure your local hardware store carries them, even an office supply store might carry replacements for chairs.
• 2x2 or Scrap Wood - Free - I used pieces off of a spare 2x2 post from my deck. The size of the piece will depend on how your desk is constructed. At a minimum it will need to be thick enough that you can press the entire post of the caster into it and have the caster clear the bottom of the desk.
• Wood Screws - Size/construction of desk will determine total number needed and size.

Tools

• Drill
• Drill Bit - The size of the bit should be just under the size of the post on the caster wheels. You won't need a really tight press because the weight of the desk will keep the wheels in but if your holes are too big the wheels will wobble and eventually break the support.
• Driver Bit - Philips or Standard? Look at your screws.
• Hammer - You might need this to press the casters into their holes.
• Scarp boards or some sort of short platform - Used to get the desk back on it's wheels without breaking them off.

Comments

[TheGeekFather]

I do the same thing all the time. I usually don't get something as nice as your desk. Only thing is I would have used heavier duty casters but since the ones you had were already in your possession I'll give you a pass on them. ;) Free is Free. And you now have a nice utility cart.

[bwrussell]

Yeah, if I was buying casters i would go with rubberized industrial casrers but i had these.