Building a Wooden Utility Cart for UNDER $30
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2025
- A utility cart is a great way to move tools around your garage or workshop. It can also be used for gardening, in the kitchen, or about anywhere else you can imagine storing small tools or supplies.
I built this cart for just under $30 using 2x4s and a movers dolly. I wanted to share it with you so that you could have the opportunity to build one as well.
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Great simple, fun project. Definitely something my son and I will build over his Christmas break. Thanks for sharing.
Great build and the ability to build that cart from 2x4 slats is awesome.
Nice design and use of low cost materials.
Got the opportunity to build this over the past week. This was very helpful. Thank you 🙏
Love using the harbor freight dolly! On my small workbench/cart I added some french cleat slots on the side so I could hang what ever tool I was needing for the project I was working on. It has been very helpful
Edit: I am horrible at grammer
Good idea, I was hoping somebody would bring up a French cleat holder.
I was looking for something like this using only what I have on hand, Imma stealing your idea! Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder.
You are so relatable. Love your projects and how you strive to do a great job with little expense...
Thank you Thomas
Got the chance to build this. Thanks for sharing this idea!!
Just beautiful!!
I do like this cart. I'm actually waiting it out; I ordered a Dowel Jig X on Black Friday from Massca. It was on a backorder, but supposed to be here next month for my birthday. I'm thinking about using it to fancy up some if the corner joinery with contrasting wood dowels. I was also going to replace your wood handle with a metal one, and use some fancier casters.. I'm turning mine into a bar cart for using out on the patio this summer!
That sounds like some great upgrades and a good use for the cart.
I really like the way you think! I have a HF furniture dolly just taking up space. Now I have a project 🙂
very nicely done. would have never thought of ripping down 2x4's for a cart. looks cool with the paint good.
Thank you John
Great idea for Christmas! Thanks!
Loved this build! Thanks for sharing!
Heck, I think I'm just gonna go buy their larger furniture dolly and build directly onto it! For $18, I'll have 4 good casters and a strong base.
For the top shelf, I was thinking you could add vertical strips perpendicular to the ones already on it. You could put them underneath so they are out of sight, but the wood would be able to hold much heavier objects. Another thought would be rectangular buckets on the sides to hold loose fasteners or whatever else. And add a cup holder just because lol. I am a first time viewer but you have gained a viewer for life!
Great Project! Merry Christmas to your family and thanks again for your creativity.
Thanks Michael and Merry Christmas to you
Yet again your creativity shines through with another awesome project! The step by step instructions make it so helpful for anyone to follow and build their own. Merry Christmas and much love to you and your family!
Thank you, you are just so kind. Merry Christmas
Undoubtably the most frugal way to buy casters! Been doing that for year. Just have to remember if you want to put them back on the frames, they're metric.
Great to know, thank you.
Nice work! Appreciate the lesson!
Great build honesty for the tray slats since it's basically quarter sawn the expansion would be in the thickness not the width
loved it man!
You could build a side shelf on it for screw drivers or spray cans on it too
That is a good idea, thanks
Wow, you did a great job. 🤩
Thank you very much
Cool project.
Game changer!
Great project....ideal for using pallet wood. Really liked it.
I would love to build this to my specific size needs. I am also wanting to make it a single bottom shelf with a drawer on the top that can double as a countertop space rather than a cart space. Any ideas? I really like the cost effective, minimal material, and lighter weight design of this project!
Nice Work. Old Skids will be Cheaper.
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That was a lot of work. I was hoping for something simple without all the expensive tools.
All you need is a table saw, glue and screws. The Brad nails only help. The chisel is only for aesthetic purposes. You don't even need to sand. If you don't have all the tools, simplify it 🤷
Most of what he uses is convenience tools. All you really need is a saw, circular is fine but so is a handsaw. As for the Brad nailer you can just hand hammer small nails for the added strength. You can even use screws if you value functionality over looks. You'll just want to do a pilot hole cause of how thin the strips are. Is there anything else you're concerned about?
I forgot to add you'd need to change your stock wood to not need to rip strips.
@@sscalf31 $30 plus $50,000 workshop
Awesome project to watch! When it comes to making cuts less than 3/4" on my saw, my accuracy isn't that great and my wood isn't straight either so I wouldn't be able to do this one without resolving that, but some day for sure!
I really hope you can figure that out.
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Amazing 👍
Great project. Appreciate it. Plans available?
How can 2x4 be ripped? What tools are used/needed. I have a single 12" mitre saw, jig saw & table saw
Would love to know how you would make a foldable version!
That definitely sounds like it would be a big challenge
I would love to build one! But I don't have a means of ripping 2 x 4s down.
This cart looks suitable for silk printers to store paint, screens, squeegees, etc.
What do you think weight limit is on that? I've not watched your video all the way through still watching but thats my main question I know I'm looking for haven't heard it yet
Not sure on the weight limit. I have had several paint cans of various weights sitting on the lower shelves for several weeks without any issues. I just make sure that the weight is evenly distributed across the shelves for the best longevity.
So far my cart is doing well, but I just have to remember that it is just wood and does have a limit to it's strength.
I love these videos. Here's how to make this super awesome "easy" project - just get this lumber and then bring it to your personal shop where you have $1000s worth of heavy equipment to rip and cut the wood down with. None of these woodworking videos geared at people seem to care or take this into account. As long as they get the views, I guess.
You can do all these cuts with a $200 circular saw and a straight fence jig. This is cool, straight forward good quality content man.
Lumber like "tubafour" (2x4") is almost always mentioned in how many, but not how long they are? Is there a standard length in the USA, when nothing else is mentioned?
Here in Denmark, we have lumber like "tubafours" in up to 11 different standard lengths, from 2,4 m (almost 8 ft) to 5,4 m (almost 18 ft).
Just asking, because I'm going to build super versatile cart as soon as I again can work in my tiny, insulated, but not heated(!!) workshop without having to wear multiple pairs of pants, shirts, jackets, gloves, etc, which is about or over 50 F.
Only in the summer the temp inside my shop AND my house are above 60-65 F !!
In the US, the standard length is 8 ft or 96 inches. I'm not sure what that is in metric. Hope that helps
@@SpecificLove7 Thank you SO much, it helps me a lot. And thank you for all your videos, and all the tips & tricks.
And the inspiration! Fx. this cart, with so much room for individual things we can add, fx. a small drawer under the top, or different materials to use, and/or much, much more to fit our individual use and choice. Thank you, thank you so much for all you give (y)
Merry Christmas to the family, and a happy and productive New Year
In the US you can get 2x4 in quite a few lengths 8 feet is most common but can get in 2 foot increments
Isn't it cheaper to buy a sheet of plywood for your surfaces than labor and cost of saw to rip 1/4 inch strips of 2x4? Unless your labor is worthless. Great video, thanks.
It might be, but I was hoping to show what is possible without.
@@SpecificLove7 Got it.
I bought a rickety cart from Harbor Freight for $40 seven years ago. My nightmare: the nuts & bolts work themselves apart, and the thing disintegrates, spilling everything all over the floor.
Dumbest thing I ever bought-it holds my welding gear-I could’ve welded a solid one for less
Which brad nailer are you using?
a Ryobi 18 gauge 18-volt
Great video!!! Do you have an aftermarket tip on the nailer? I have the P322 and am looking for a softer tip for it.@@SpecificLove7
@1:32 -- thought i lost my left speaker -- LOL
the recording process had some issues
ouch how do videos end up with sound in only one ear? my right ear is suffering extreme torture lol seems to only be a few minutes near beginning but ouch....
Ouch? One of your ears isn't even hearing anything 😅
@@jimmyjohnson6496 it is the video not my ears. the first part of it literally only had sound processing through the right speaker only, wearing headphones meant only the right ear got blasted with sound until it equalized. there are lots of videos with sound that is only in the left or right speaker sometimes it is only for a short time sometimes entire video. not pleasant when wearing headphones.
$30 but requires $5,000 in tools
When there's a will, there's a way 🙂
Ese carrito lo haces con medidas de una zapatera o de burro de planchar con sus 2 laterales 1 semi curva y la otra rectangular y ya tienes 3 muebles en 1
Carrito auxiliar para la ropa, para llevar la comida a tu enfermo o a tus abuelos etc, o
Zapatera, o
Burro de planchar
Órale mujeres anímense a realizar este carrito salva columnas ahorra tiempo, dinero y esfuerzo a pero ponle ruedas más grandes (8 pulgadas) si te lo llevas al súper, para poner la bañera del bebé, tiene un buen de servicios auxiliares para poner encima a tú perro y le cortes el pelo