I like the drop in board idea if you want a full flat top ..I am sure you have seen the cheap carts where they mill / router out the big slot in the board for a hand hole taking away half of the strength of the wood
Thanks for showing us how you did this! I'm going to add one thing and that may make a difference to some of us, and that is checking for the rotation arc of the caster mechanism so that it stays within the footprint of the platform. That's something that may help get multiple platforms closer together or a platform closer to the wall. Lastly, I will probably take some of mine and put lightweight carpet on them for furniture moving.
Sharing info that you Know from your working life is where it’s at I agree... Those dollies are ultra heavy duty and will last a lifetime...good stuffff...stay safe....
Does my soul good to see someone actually laying out the screw positions nice and neat instead of the willy-nilly disorder that drives me crazy........I keep a trim router set up with a small roundover bit and my router table is generally set up with a larger one. Seems like I have 50 router bits but 95% of the time I'm using the roundover.
Yes I’ve always thought that when you lay out the screws nice and neat you don’t notice them and when they are all crazy they stick out like a sore thumb! 👍💥 🔨 Thats cool you have the routers set up like that too. Super handy and ready to roll.
I love it, on it already have my 2/4's for the bottom base. Thank you for sharing your knowledge may continue blessing you to be able to share how to do it 😊
Great one Jon-san, I really like the middle board you put in there as well. Very useful - not only for moving equipment around, but for moving the kids around as well. Thanks for another stellar episode my friend!!!
Hi Jon☺, nice carts , apart from moving things easy they make excellent fun for kids to mess about on,ask how I know,lol, thanks for the video Jon,I hope the weather's being good to you, we've got snow here tday, not much but the roads are bad. Stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart.uk.
Right on! 👍Thanks Stuart! ❄️ ❄️ We have not had any yet where I live here On Bainbridge Island. But we usually get a few good storms. I’ve got some fire wood 🪵 ready to go!
Great looking carts and your right about how useful they are. I been using HF carts because they are cheap but you know what? They perform like cheap. Thanks for sharing and I am going to build one.
I don't have enough heavy stuff to keep on dollies to need more than the cheapies yet, but I definitely should cut out some panels to make the cheapies more useful in the meantime. Thanks for the vid!
Jon, the one thing I see missing, is where I'm located in Central Pennsylvania , are most of the carts I have used or seen have carpet on the tops of them or even a ruff rubber matting of a old belting material so that what your moving doesn't slip off. Nice job on them !!
These are awesome, thanks so much for sharing. Can you describe how you might build a vertical shelving unit atop one of these? For say, something like heavy vintage stereo equipment and vinyl albums?
Hi Mina! Right On! 🙌 Thanks for watching! I have an extensive album collection myself! I think to build a shelf unit I would build it out of 3/4 finished plywood on with plywood shelving. You could make a 2” shelf nosing to help with deflection but the shelves won’t be very long which is good. I would make all of the shelves fixed and not adjustable. That would be a strong unit. Of course you could design it many ways depending on the aesthetic you have in your home or studio. Hope that helps!
Sweet. Where do I find those heavy duty casters you like best, low profile type as its for a garage refrig stand so we can move it around easy??? Thank you in advance.
Hi! I found these casters on ebay but I have also bought new casters from Service Caster Corp. they have a great selection. Hope that helps! Right On! 🙌
Hi Daniel! Sorry about that. I had to edit out some music that turned out to be copyrighted. In a couple parts I was talking with music in the background and I had to cover that up! Bummer I know. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Jon
The Grex guns are great! Built a couple of furniture dollies similar to yours for the Thriftshop of the CCRC we live in. They loved them. Enjoy your work.
