Candy Cart Revisit with upgrades and build information
43Revisited the Candy Cart with its new upgrades to make it lighter and more versatile.
Below are the measures for each piece, pause the video at the still shot section for a look at each piece individually. A lot of the materials were scavenged or reused parts or from the cull lumber section of Home Depot, we are the Random Junk Channel after all so we made this as cheap as possible without sacrificing structural integrity. If I can I will blueprint it and post the information on Facebook and Intsagram.
(" = inches / ' = feet)
Materials used;
1/8" MDF 4'x8' sheet
2"x1" pine strips - several, usually come between 8' & 12' long
3"x1" pine strips - need about 13' for current build
4"x1" pine strips - about 16' needed
Corrugated sheet metal 4'x6' sheet
3/8" aluminum rod, 2 quantity at 4' long
3/8" steel rod at 4' foot long
1-1/4" steel square stock - three 8' pieces
2"x1" hard wood, 2' long
1"x1" square wood stock, three 8' pieces
2-1/2"x1-1/2" board - used old fence slats for deck risers
2"x3" for deck risers
4 small pieces of all thread or cut bolts
4 wing nuts
4 axle nuts
2 rear/2 front wheels/casters
Closet dowel rod
Rivets
Wood Glue
1/2", 1-1/4" & 2-1/2" screws
Wood screw hole caps
Edging material or trim material
Grommets and wire optional for lighting
Base or Bottom;
Axle: 3/8" rod that was threaded at ends, 33" long
Axle Block: 2-1/8" wide by 8" long
Axle Spacer: 2" long by 1-1/2" tall by 3/4" thick
Rear Wheels: 16" X 1.75"
Front Caster Block: 5-3/4" tall by 24-1/2" long by 2-1/2" thick
Casters are old chair casters, any caster should work as long as you measure the above block for level cart height
Deck is 49" long by 25-7/8" wide MDF. A 2"x1" frame was glued and screwed to the MDF around the edges and 3 across the bottom side. On the topside of the base, the 2"x1" is around the edges with small boxes made to fit the uprights and deck supports.
Top Deck:;
49"x25-7/8" MDF with 2"x1" frame around the bottom of the deck with boxes made for the deck supports. The deck has a rectangular set of holes cut in it to pass through the uprights. Hole is 5-3/4" long by 1-1/2" wide. The top lip of the deck is a 3"x1" screwed and glued around the edges. Handle is a closet dowel rod cut to 27" long, the ends that hold it in measures 9" long by 2-1/2" tall by 1/2" thick. The edge of deck to inside edge of dowel rod handle has a gap of 2-1/2".
Deck Supports;
The deck supports are 2"x3" beams cut to 19-7/8" tall with the 4"x1" strips screwed to two sides, the 4"x1" are cut to 17" tall.
Uprights;
1-1/4" square steel stock. The uprights are 60" tall and 5-9/16" wide, the gap between the two sides is 3". The top that protrudes out past the top spacer for the roof bracket to slide on is 1-1/2". The shelf guides are 1-1/4" square steel stock cut at a 66 degree angle to the width of the upright and welded on. A hole is drilled all the way through to allow a bolt or pin to allow shelf slide to stay in. If you want to run wires through it, the grommets are 3/8"
Roof;
The roof bracket is 47-3/4" long by 5-13/16" wide welded into a rectangle with each corner having a 1-3/8" hollow square to slide down over the uprights. The 4 roof support bars are 10" long pieces of 1-1/4" steel square stock cut to a 66 degree angle and welded on. Small pieces of all thread was welded on for the corrugated roof.
Corrugated roof was cut and riveted together on the center to have the corrugation face the direction needed. If you use a corrugated roof you may find pieces long enough for your needs. The corrugated roof measures 50" long by 16" tall and the bottom edge has the protective trim material.
Shelves;
Are made from MDF cut into 5 pieces to make a box. They are 44-1/2" long by 8" wide by 3" tall. 1"x1" pieces line the inside bottom of the box and corners to provide rigidity. Box is glued and screwed with 1/2" screws. The slides that fit into the angled pieces are hardwood 2"x1" cut to 6" long and screwed to bottom of box with a strip of MDF to add a gap between slide and bottom of shelf. The hardwood pieced were trimmed to fit into the 1-1/4" square steel stock.
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