Greetings,
My shop space is clipped so I need to keep everything on wheels. I wanted to post this since these are working nicely. Someone may find this useful.
This is a wood, non-welded construction. The method is some joinery on inexpensive 2x4s and using the 1000 lb Harbor Freight furniture dolly for casters. Here are the two build sequences.
Total cost minus labor is 14$ (4$ for 2x4s and 10$ for dolly, includes free light).
The vertical cabinet shown weighs about 200 lbs empty. Some calculations indicate this should hold about 600 lbs pretty easily.
Regards
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This is a miter with inserted 1/2 tenon. You can see my DIY tenon jig. After the glue up, I route the edge line to prepare for the dolly wheels.
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This is the final build out. I have simple template for drilling the castor holes. Drill them from both sides partway to keep good lineup. With the 2x4 construction, I was able to reuse the HF 10 mm cap head bolts to remount the castors.
After this is done, I use the leftover wood and make squares for practice.
My shop space is clipped so I need to keep everything on wheels. I wanted to post this since these are working nicely. Someone may find this useful.
This is a wood, non-welded construction. The method is some joinery on inexpensive 2x4s and using the 1000 lb Harbor Freight furniture dolly for casters. Here are the two build sequences.
Total cost minus labor is 14$ (4$ for 2x4s and 10$ for dolly, includes free light).
The vertical cabinet shown weighs about 200 lbs empty. Some calculations indicate this should hold about 600 lbs pretty easily.
Regards
This is a miter with inserted 1/2 tenon. You can see my DIY tenon jig. After the glue up, I route the edge line to prepare for the dolly wheels.
This is the final build out. I have simple template for drilling the castor holes. Drill them from both sides partway to keep good lineup. With the 2x4 construction, I was able to reuse the HF 10 mm cap head bolts to remount the castors.
After this is done, I use the leftover wood and make squares for practice.
