3-in-1 Planer / Jointer Flip Top Tool Cart

how's it going guys welcome back to the Patriot DIY channel in this video I'm

going to show you how to build this three in one flip top planer and jointer cart

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all right guys now this is going to be one for any of us that have small shops or struggle to find

space for our tools in the shop now I was lucky enough recently to pick up a planer and a jointer

that's really going to expand the capability in my shop but the struggle with every new tool is

where am I going to put it now one solution that a lot of guys use to solve that problem is a flip

top tool cart it allows you to have one tool on one side one tool on the other and you flip it

whenever you need that specific tool this car is a similar idea but instead of having a tool on both

sides of the flip mechanism I'm going to leave one side as just a flat work surface and the reason

for that is my plan is to just wheel this cart up underneath a workbench and out of the way when I'm

not using it and then whenever I need it I just wheel it out from under the workbench flip the top

and I have my planer and jointer ready to go then when you're done everything packs up nicely and

slides back under the workbench now if the flip top function of this cart looks familiar to you

it's because I'm using the Fishers design for that flip top function the rest of the cart and

the application of it is my own spin on that this is a design that I think is really going

to be beneficial to a lot of you guys that struggle with the same problems I do so if

that sounds interesting to you guys make sure you hit that subscribe button down below hit

that notification Bell and give us a thumbs up now I am going to walk you through step

by step how I built this cart I'm also going to provide digital plans in the description

below if you want to build this for yourself as well as links to all the tools you see using in

this video and real quick guys before we get into building this car if you're interested in

what planer and jointer I'm using this is the 13 inch spiral cutter head planer from win and this

is the eight inch spiral head jointer from Wynn these are really nice most effective options and

I will link to those in the description below now that's not talking about it let's get to building

all right guys we're going to start out by cutting down our plywood and

we're going to be using our cut sheets from the plans link below

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I'm cutting all these down with my wind track saw and no I'm not sponsored by wind they just

happen to make some quality woodworking tools at a price I can afford [Music]

foreign to cut the shape for the flip top portion of our cart I'm just going to measure and mark

down our shape and then we're going to cut it with a combination of the bandsaw and jigsaw [Music]

now we're going to drill a hole to accept the black iron pipe

that's going to be the center of our flipping mechanism [Music]

and we just repeat that same process for the other side of our cart [Music]

now we're ready to assemble our pieces a corner clamp works great for holding these in the correct

orientation while we get everything assembled and to fasten these together I'm just going to add a

little wood glue and then I'm going to countersink and run some screws in from the bottom of the cart

after determining the tool length I'm just going to use a piece of wood as a spacer to

find the location of the middle section of our cart now we attach the planer side of the cart

and before flipping it over I'm going to go ahead and put the casters on the bottom you

don't see it here but I did add a little extra blocking where I attach the wheels [Music]

foreign the top section the height of this is going to be dependent on the workbench

that you're going to be rolling this car underneath and I'm going to attach this

with some wood glue nails and screws I had planned on just using pocket screws for this

but I wasn't satisfied with that so I ended up driving screws in from the other side [Music]

now we need to cut down some plywood on the table saw that's going to act as some

support for the flip side of our cart to help keep those side pieces exactly where we want

them and to attach these I'm just using pocket screws and you need to make sure

the height you choose for these supports will still allow your tool to flip [Music]

now we're going to prepare the top surface of the cart and we're going to start by taking

these two by fours over to the table saw and cutting off the rounded edges [Music]

and then we'll drill the hole for our pipe [Music]

I'm also going to cut some notches in a couple

of these so we can route our wires through on the inside

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and now we're ready to start assembling that with wood glue and screws [Music]

then we're going to test fit our pipe we've cut this into two sections

and we're going to be joining it in the Middle with a t-connector

and then we'll add a couple two by four supports [Music]

to make sure our pipe doesn't rotate inside of this platform I'm going to glue in a piece of

plywood for blocking and then I'm going to secure it with a pipe strap [Music] foreign

and before completing the Assembly of our flip service we're going to

go ahead and get it put into the cart [Music]

and she's flipping nicely

once I've got this fitted into place I'm going to cut off any excess pipe with an

angle grinder you'll want to make sure you smooth out these surfaces

since you are going to be passing an electrical wire through this [Music]

and now to destroy a perfectly good power strip I'm going to route that

wire through the tee and out the side of our pipe and then secure the power strip [Music]

we'll add a couple flanges on the outside to help support the pipe [Music]

and now we're ready to get our planer mounted to the top of the cart

I'm going to Mark and drill these holes [Music] With a Little Help from my shop

buddies I'm going to use a forstner bit to drill a hole for the power cord

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now we can cut the other surface of our flip top this was cut a little oversized

so we can go back and cut in some wings that are going to interface with the side walls

we're going to fit that into place and then add

the back part of our flip cart with some glue and Brad nails

we'll line up the top and then countersink and attach that wood screws [Music]

we want to easily be able to access the power strip on the inside of this so for the other side

of our cart instead of using screws we're going to attach this with magnets [Music]

now we're going to wire on a new plug for our power strip

you'll just want to make sure you follow the instructions the black wire goes to the

brass screw the white wire goes to the silver screw and the ground goes to the green screw

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now to add our latches onto the side these are just window sash latches

we'll add one on one side to secure the cart when it's flipped in One Direction and another

one on the opposite end to secure it when the Tool is flipped up [Music]

now we can set our planer in place and wire that in I've just cut out a small section

of pipe so we can run this wire in from the opposite side and plug it into our power strip

and we want to add some storage to this cart so I'm going to go back over to the table saw

and start cutting out some drawers we'll cut them down to size on the miter saw if you haven't seen

our video for the miter station build I'll put a link to that right here at the top of the screen

these drawers will be assembled using pocket screws and glue and we

get to use our brand new work surface to assemble these a strap clamp works great

for assembling boxes like this I will link to that in the description below

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our drawer slides and install the drawers now I'm going to run through this pretty

quick but I will be making a future video explaining how to build drawers and install

them so if you haven't done it yet guys make sure you hit that subscribe button [Music]

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seem to be working great so now we're going to move on to the faces of the drawers I found

that poker cards work great to use as shims and spacers to get these lined up perfectly [Music]

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cable management and my partner is going to help me out finding

the location for these hooks [Music]

all right guys our three in one cart is done we have it plugged into a

power source now let's just test her out starting with the planer

planer is good to go let's check out the jointer

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all right guys now I'm going to give you a close-up look at some of the features of

the cart now that it's finished and a couple things that I added to make it a little bit

more functional so you'll notice here I have a pin that goes through the side wall of the cart into

the flip top that's just an additional safety mechanism in case one of these latches fails

or if you forget to latch it or something like that this pin will prevent the top from flipping

on you also just added a couple hooks here facing in opposite direction so we can wind up the power

cord for the latches these are just window sash latches there's a few different style of these

and of course I will link to all of this stuff in the description now a lot of guys you see building

a cart like this will put a drawer down here in the bottom that serves a couple purposes it adds

some support between these two sides of the cart it also just gives you some storage under there

unfortunately I wasn't able to do that because of the height I needed this cart so that I can

roll it under my workbench and the height of the planer when it it's flipped I just didn't have

enough room to add the drawer down there and so I went a different route just added some partial

side walls here that's going to give us that extra support now you're still not losing that storage

capability of course over here on the jointer side of our cart we did add two drawers in here

and over here on the jointer side guys you'll see I did Route the power cord for the jointer

back into the cart so we can plug in both tools at the same time I am calling this the three in one

cart guys because you are getting three functions you're getting the function of the tool underneath

the tool on the side and on the top you can decide do you want to put a tool up here or do you want

to leave it flat like I did as you saw in the video this also makes a nice extra work surface

in your shop if you need that let me know what you guys think in the comment section Below guys and

don't forget I will have digital plans for this cart Linked In the description below if you want

to build one for yourself and as always guys if you want to help support the channel you can use

our links in the description for all the tools and everything you saw us using in this video

today thanks for watching guys please like share and subscribe and we'll see you next time [Music]

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