Nice work! Are you going to paint that plywood or cover it with the black vinyl or what?Got some slides from the trash. Made a slide out tray
I just saw these paper towel and tray at the local store today. They had all the colors. Not sure if they are new but giving them a try. Magnetic so we'll see.
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Great idea as long as the cart is only moved smoothly or not moved much at all. However if it's ever vehicle transported, or moved over bumpy areas, just remember that all the drawers could open and, depending how it's loaded, possibly risks it toppling over. With that in mind, a nice modification.
Well it still has the drawer locks that go through the back of the box so with the lid closed, the drawers won’t open. But you are correct about the slides with the lid open. Luckily my shop is smooth and flat
...I actually thought of that and went out and checked my cart to be sure. I came back in and thought I hadn't hit the enter button yet and just hit the back button and thought my post had gone into the bit bucket. Hrummphh! )DOH!
Well, now I have to go out and do mine as well. Did you really use a file?... or some kind of grinder-sander-electric-thingie. (don't be intimidated by my use of technical nomenclature
and yeah just a basic ******* file I had. Probably took 45 minutes to do every drawer. You can go pretty hard at first but just make sure to check it every so often, go slower as you’re getting closer. I learned that if you can open the drawer with your hand on the same side of the lock but not the opposite side, you’re super close and just need a tiny bit more. Now all of mine open with my hand anywhere on the handle. Any changes that you want to make to the bottom should be done first before the assembly, such as cutting out the front of the bottom shelf and reinforcing the metal below the cutout...or changing to different casters and any changes needed by that change. The only thing I wish I had done before the assembly that I ended up doing after the assembly (two at a time
) was paint the heads of the carriage bolts black.Ok, I'm done.
1. Removed lid activated drawer locks
2. Snap On Hinges
3. Grommets in all the screw driver holes
4. Door Trim all the upper and lower edges including lid
5. Remove US General Badge
6. Cut and enforce bottom shelf to store dewalt metal cases
7. Enclose right panel with trim
8. Install 13 amp power outlet
9. Hoffman 150lb side folding shelf
10. Install hooks and hanging bar on back
11. 20 inch magnetic bars on lid (modified)
12. Matt's Plier Racks !!!
~~ Done ~~
Late to the party, or shall I say back to the party. I got the gen1 5-drawer cart back when they were $149. Always wanted a black one. When I saw the $169 coupon for the gen2 I went & got me one. The gen1 does feel like it was better built. Gen2 top lid feels flimsier, measured the thickness & it is thinner. Drawer liners included with the gen2 are really thin compared to the gen1 but whatever, I'll just make new ones. This time I got the folding side table. I also have two trays for spray cans or whatever. Just need to add the door edge trim again.
Thanks to whoever posted on how they drilled out the rivets to access the drawer locks. I did the same. Cut them on my bandsaw using the work stop so both are exactly the same length & sit just slightly below the covers. I drilled holes in the cut off pieces before sticking them back into the covers in case for some reason I ever need to pull them back out. I had planned on giving my gen1 cart to my buddy but just before loading it into my truck I decided to keep it. Now that I'm keeping the red one I guess I'll do the same to it.
I just ordered them so we'll see what happens.
I think I f'd up though. Qty 1 is for one set of hinges? I ordered 2 not realizing it said "set". Oh well.
It looked like $11 something each on their website which would probably be about $30 for the pair with truck mark up. If that's for the pair I would do it for sure
. But to my credit, I managed to share photos of my work (unlike darkzero) without including background shots of my nice lathe and vertical mill with a right angle indexing chuck, nor my bandsaw. (darkzero, you ****!) Probably mentioned elsewhere in this huge thread, if so then enjoy the echo.
