WOOD Magazine – October 01, 2019

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his sturdy shop helper holds its ground

in use and picks up like a wheelbarrow

for easy moving. First, build a case to

house the inset drawers, then add beefy legs

and a top. Drawers for dust-free storage

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complete the project. We used 1^1 ∕ 2 "-thick

construction lumber for all solid-wood

parts, except the drawer boxes, planing it to

1 1 ∕ 4 " to clean up the faces and bring it to uni-

form thickness.

½" washer ½" hex bolt 6" long

½" washer

½" lock nut

6" wheel

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Build the case

1

Cut the case panels (A), edging (B, C),

and rails (D) [Materials List, Drawing 1]. Glue

the edging and rails to the panels.

2

Cut the risers (E). Laminate two pairs of

risers to make the case ends. Glue the

center riser and case ends to the case bottom

(A/B/D).

3

Cut the back (F) and glue it to the riser

(E) ends and rail (D) edge.

4

Glue the top assembly (A/B/C) to the

bottom assembly.

Tip! To e n s u re

uniformity and save

time, plane stock for all

parts of the same

thickness at the same

time. Then cut parts

from this stock as

needed.

1 CASE ASSEMBLY