Hey there! I'm Sujata, Miurie's handy mom and in today's video I would like to show
you how I built this small portable tool caddy with lots of storage in the form
of these are four shallow drawers, storage on the side stprage on the back and of
course storage on the top. So you want to know how I built it, keep watching
Everything needed to build this cart came from my shop itself
including the lumber which came from my scrap bin I did all the ripping and
cutting of the cabinet and drawer parts to size on my table saw
now that all the drawer pieces and all the frame pieces have been cut to size
now is the time to start assembly so for the assembly I'll start with putting
the frame together so to attach the top to the cabinet I'll be using these cleats
first I turned the cabinet sides upside down and then to attach the cleats for
the top I used this one inch thick scrap piece of lumber to offset the cleats
from the top edge that way the top would set inside the sides leaving about
quarter inch lip on both sides so there will be a smaller lip at the top of the
cabinet to keep the stuff from falling over yeah
so I'll get adding these stretchers to the cabinet with pocket screws
I'll cut this to size later on but the width is just right so now I can see
ya
I used slat wall on the back of the cabinet then again I used the slat wall
because I had it on hand
you can also use pegboard instead or even plain wood if you don't have or
don't want to use either one of these so this is upside-down so I will be
attaching this now I trimmed the front edge of the melamine top with solid pine it's
always a good idea to clean the glue squeeze out with a wet rag before it
dries out I'll be making four shallow drawers for the small tools and hardware
for a portable use I am going to install the slides before I made that rods I'll
install the slides and then measure between the slides and then build the
exact width drawers to drill holes in the stands I'll be using this self
centring drill bit it's also called a hinge drill bit so
this helps keep the hole right in the middle rather than you know deviating on
sideways I built the drawers with simple rabbet
and butt joints first made rabbits on the two sides and then to measure for
the front and back of the drawers I installed the drawer part of the slides on two
scrap pieces of lumber and attached those to the cabinet for exact measurements of
the back and front parts once all the pieces were cut to size
Assembly of the drawers went pretty quickly especially with my shop made
corner supports
to attach the quarter-inch thick plywood fake fronts to the drawers I started
with the bottom drawer and worked my way up to the top drawer keeping about quarter inch
gap in between
I had to take out the cabinet top to attach the fake front to the top drawer
finally I filled the nail holes with the drywall compound sanded smooth when dry
and gave the drawer fronts two coats of white paint
for no particular reason I gave the cabinet two coats of teal color paint I
think I'm in love with this color or maybe I have a gallon full in my stash
and I just want to use it. For the side of the cabinet I made a small melamine
shelf with two holes for the tool holders
I used plastic glass for size reference and made two holes in the shelf with
hole saw in my drill press also I trimmed this shelf with solid pine which
I had painted to match the cabinet then I installed the shelf on the side of the
cabinet on L-brackets. First I installed the brackets and then fixed the shelf on the
brackets with screws on the underside
and finally I attached the top to the cabinet with screws on both sides so now
let's see how it has come together finally
this bin and these hooks I bought at a store closing sale yeah
that's pretty much about it this candy is all finished and only thing now
left to do is fill it up with hardware and small tools and yeah I'm really
happy the way this has turned out and it will keep me a lot more organized when
I'm working outside of my shop which happens quite a lot these days so I'll
be putting together plans for this daddy pretty soon so check back later if
you're interested to build one for yourself I hope you guys like this video
and if you have any questions regarding this project or any other project of
mine shoot me a comment and I will definitely get back to you so that's all
for today's video guys I'll see ya next until then take care