Mobile Tablesaw Cart
I purchased a new tablesaw to use in my Weekend Woodworker course. It’s a good-quality, affordable saw, but it didn’t come with a stand. What to do? I decided to build a mobile tablesaw cart.
It wasn’t too difficult to make, and it’s on casters so I can easily roll it wherever I want. I made it with two drawers for my tablesaw accessories. Handy!
I made the cart the same height as my worktable so I could slide the long pieces of wood I’m working on directly from my saw platform to the adjacent table.
The construction is pretty simple—just a basic cabinet. I cut all the frame pieces out of solid pine lumber and joined them together with pocket screws.
I screwed all four side frames together.
I cut some scrap plywood pieces to use as spacers for positioning the middle stretcher on the face frame. This helps keep the frame square so the drawers will fit and slide smoothly.
I screwed plywood panels inside the rear and sides of the frame and screwed drawer runners to them.
I made the drawers by cutting rabbet joints on the ends of plywood boards, gluing and tacking them together, and dropping in thin plywood bottoms.
I made the drawers about 1/8-inch narrower than the drawer openings so the drawers wouldn’t bind and would slide smoothly.
I added paste wax to reduce friction when opening the drawers.
I screwed on false fronts to the drawers and added some drawer pulls.
Installed casters. (Love those casters!)
Plopped my tablesaw on the cabinet and anchored it down.
Another job well done (if I do say so myself)!
Now it’s your turn. Make a mobile tablesaw cart yourself!
Thanks for watching!
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October 2, 2017 @ 3:21 am
Are you ok? I ask because you do not look well. On the bright side, nice plan. Thanks!
October 6, 2017 @ 10:22 am
I found it interesting that you used your old table saw to make a bench for your new saw. Just giving you a hard time. Great project. Good job showing how to make simple drawers.
October 23, 2017 @ 5:56 am
I’m curious why you would make a frame then line it with 3/4″ plywood. Wouldn’t the 3/4 do just fine by itself with some 2″ screws?
November 20, 2017 @ 1:33 pm
I thought something similar to the above poster. Overall though, this is a great tutorial. I’m probably going to make this myself for one of my spaces. To make things more precise and introduce some finer detailing I’d like to employ a CNC router for cutting – at this point it’s a matter of getting one. I found a program that shows you how to build one at home for three figures and I’ve been reading up on it a bit — on this page, for example, the guy says that he put together this machine for under $300. Have you heard of it? Thanks again for the guide.
January 9, 2018 @ 11:13 pm
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December 3, 2017 @ 7:44 pm
Newbie here and learning a lot.
Appreciate the Sketchup and PDF plans.
Looking fwd to trying this soon –
Thank you!
January 9, 2018 @ 11:15 pm
The above poster that is
January 13, 2018 @ 7:10 am
Steve, sorry to see you gave up your weekly project videos. Really enjoyed them and learned things even if I did not build the project. I Did build quite a few of them and enjoyed it. So I guess I won’t be finding anything new now.
March 5, 2018 @ 5:09 pm
I made this cart out of reclaimed wood and it works perfectly! It looks terrible, but is fully functional and fits my needs. Thank you for the idea and the idea!
August 20, 2018 @ 9:29 am
Thanks for the amazing post! This really takes woodworking to the next level and help anyone become a pro.
The way this piece is designed truly makes it very easy to build and also has great style.
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September 8, 2018 @ 1:26 am
Question, is there on your furniture projects chairs on the weight capacity or is there a formula for figuring that out
Thanks
Ron
September 22, 2018 @ 2:35 am
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