WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 In this video I want to give you a tour of a project that I designed a number of years ago 00:07.000 --> 00:13.000 I call it my clamp cart. I use it for a lot of things other than just storing my clamps, but you can see it here 00:13.000 --> 00:19.000 This is the same rolling clamp cart that you've seen me use all through the course videos 00:19.000 --> 00:28.000 It's got some old paint and glue on it and things. It's seen some miles since I originally built it, just before this photo 00:28.000 --> 00:35.000 But it still works just as well. I'd really recommend you consider this project. It's quite easy to build, too 00:35.000 --> 00:42.000 So the first thing to notice is that the cart is built around these blue wooden bins 00:42.000 --> 00:47.000 There are two here. They're stackable bins. And then there's two more on the other side, too 00:47.000 --> 00:56.000 Those hold small clamps and things. I would urge you to get your stackable plastic containers first, before you start building 00:56.000 --> 01:03.000 Don't go ahead and just start cutting things according to the plans and materials list that I've provided 01:03.000 --> 01:07.000 because you may not be able to find the right size of boxes to fit 01:07.000 --> 01:14.000 So start with the boxes, and then make some, if necessary, make some adjustments to the size of the cart itself 01:14.000 --> 01:20.000 You probably won't have to do much at all. It's just a little thing, but important to remember early on 01:21.000 --> 01:26.000 Another thing I'd like you to look at here is this wall, this piece you see here 01:26.000 --> 01:33.000 The main purpose of this is to provide an anchor point for some carriage bolts 01:33.000 --> 01:44.000 There's one here, there's one here, and there's one here. These carriage bolts are long. They're so long, in fact, that I had to put a coupler on them 01:44.000 --> 01:57.000 You can just see the little end of the coupler here. Just so that it's long enough, so I can put three clamps on each, the bolt continues in 01:57.000 --> 02:05.000 This is the bolt, this is the connector. The connector connects to threaded rod, about here or so 02:05.000 --> 02:12.000 and then goes on into this wall, and there's a nut and washer on both sides 02:12.000 --> 02:18.000 So it pinches the wall, holds this rigid, so you can put your clamps on it 02:18.000 --> 02:26.000 These are half-inch diameter bolts, and I wouldn't go any smaller. Nice and beefy, and they last well 02:26.000 --> 02:30.000 Another thing you need to know about is the top. It's removable 02:30.000 --> 02:37.000 It's not glued in place, held only with structural screws, so it's easy to replace when the time comes 02:37.000 --> 02:42.000 And the time will come, because you're going to get glue, you're going to get paint on it 02:42.000 --> 02:50.000 you're going to maybe chip the surface, because as I said, this is much more than just a storage place for clamps 02:50.000 --> 02:57.000 It's actually a really great assembly cart as well, when you're putting together projects 02:57.000 --> 03:11.000 Look down here. You see these are casters, they're lockable casters. A couple of things to say. First of all, get the good ones 03:11.000 --> 03:20.000 These have actual rubber wheels, so they roll very well. Don't get the little wee hard plastic kind, the cheap kind you see on a lot of things 03:20.000 --> 03:27.000 You'll want something substantial, fairly large in diameter, rubber wheels, and lockable 03:27.000 --> 03:32.000 That little lever there, you push that down with your foot, it locks the caster 03:33.000 --> 03:41.000 There is a habit of putting steerable casters, like this here at this end, this can swivel, this caster can swivel around 03:41.000 --> 03:52.000 Steerable casters at one end, so say here and here, but then fixed casters, so they can't swivel, at the other end 03:52.000 --> 03:58.000 I don't know why anybody does that, because it just makes it a lot harder to push this thing around 03:58.000 --> 04:05.000 I strongly recommend swiveling casters on both ends. It works very well 04:05.000 --> 04:12.000 There's no drawback, and there are only pluses. And just before I finish up, let's take a look at the plans 04:12.000 --> 04:17.000 I have a few things to point out there. So, this should look familiar 04:17.000 --> 04:30.000 When you're actually assembling this thing, what you want to do is you want to start with this piece, and this piece, and this piece 04:30.000 --> 04:35.000 And you want to join them together into a kind of an H-shaped arrangement 04:35.000 --> 04:43.000 That would be your first step. Then you're going to flip these things upside down, and you're going to put on the bottom 04:43.000 --> 04:51.000 Now, the bottom can be glued in place, and I recommend that, because glue and screws are always better when you can use them 04:51.000 --> 04:58.000 And there's no reason you'd want to make the bottom removable from the divider and the sides here 04:58.000 --> 05:02.000 The top is a different matter. As I said, I put mine on without any glue 05:02.000 --> 05:12.000 I haven't had a moment's trouble with it, but the lack of glue does allow me the option of replacing that top quite easily 05:12.000 --> 05:17.000 Or just flipping it over, too. I mean, you flip it over, you're going to have a nice new surface, nice and smooth 05:17.000 --> 05:26.000 So, that's something to consider as well. Do you remember I mentioned the carriage bolts for holding those clamps 05:26.000 --> 05:33.000 The clamps are actually called hand screws, wooden hand screws. I really like them a lot 05:33.000 --> 05:38.000 Here's the carriage bolt. Here's that coupler I was telling you about 05:38.000 --> 05:50.000 And then a chunk of threaded rod completes the extension, and you can just barely see a bolt here and a bolt there on both sides of that divider 05:50.000 --> 05:57.000 So, there you go. Oh, three-quarter inch thick plywood. I used Baltic birch plywood, which is a wonderful plywood 05:57.000 --> 06:06.000 I've talked about this before in the course, but you can use just three-quarter inch good two sides plywood 06:06.000 --> 06:13.000 That would work fine. That's a softwood plywood, but kind of refined surfaces, you know, good two sides 06:13.000 --> 06:21.000 You can save a little money and get good one side plywood and put all the ugly unsanded faces inwards 06:21.000 --> 06:26.000 You could even make this cart out of three-quarter inch thick sheathing grade plywood 06:26.000 --> 06:36.000 So, that's roughish on both sides, but no matter. If you want to economize as much as possible, that's the thing to do 06:36.000 --> 06:41.000 But either way, no matter what you make this thing out of, I think you're going to like it a lot