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Just finished a cart to haul my few cars and engines out to the layout.
My wife is an elementry school teacher and her school was tossing out these rickety carts that they had (original design guaranteed they fell apart at some point). I saved a few from the dumpster and with the help of some all thread rod corrected the disintegration factor. Some 3/8ths plywood cut to size made the shelves and I managed to cut 3 sets of grooves in each for the wheels to sit in. Cutting the plywood grooves on my cheapie table saw was a learning experience but someone more knowledgable than myself showed me the trick with painters tape to keep the cuts from looking like I did them with a chain saw.
Some thin masonite for sides and many coats of paint later it came out okay. I need to replace the cheap plastic wheels with something that rolls better but so far I've not had any luck finding 3/8ths treaded post (fine thread) wheels at the local Osh and big box stores.
Best,
TJ

My wife is an elementry school teacher and her school was tossing out these rickety carts that they had (original design guaranteed they fell apart at some point). I saved a few from the dumpster and with the help of some all thread rod corrected the disintegration factor. Some 3/8ths plywood cut to size made the shelves and I managed to cut 3 sets of grooves in each for the wheels to sit in. Cutting the plywood grooves on my cheapie table saw was a learning experience but someone more knowledgable than myself showed me the trick with painters tape to keep the cuts from looking like I did them with a chain saw.

Some thin masonite for sides and many coats of paint later it came out okay. I need to replace the cheap plastic wheels with something that rolls better but so far I've not had any luck finding 3/8ths treaded post (fine thread) wheels at the local Osh and big box stores.
Best,
TJ