Entry-Level Shop Cart
A solid core door and a pair of sawhorses make a great extra worksurface. However, you can do even better. You can make a shop cart like this one in about an hour or so.
Two sections of the door form a back and bottom. These are joined with screws, and large shelf brackets into an L shape. You can see this in the drawing below. A pair of shelf standards, a handful of smaller brackets, and plywood shelves provide vertical storage options. The spacious bottom holds heavy, bulky items. A set of heavy-duty casters makes it all mobile.
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| A solid core door and a pair of sawhorses make a great extra worksurface. However, you can do even better. You can make a shop cart like this one in about an hour or so. |
There is one detail to point out in particular. I notched the shelves so that they fit tight against the back of the cart (shown in the inset photo), as I didn’t want items falling off the back of the shelves. The locations for the brackets, standards, and notches are shown in detail ‘a.’
Keep in mind that this works for solid core doors. A hollow core door doesn’t have anything substantial for screws to connect to inside. Hence “hollow core.” -Kent Borcherding Hazel Green, Wisconsin
