Building A Cheap Yet Sturdy Flip Top Tool Stand

Fast forward 3 years later from the posting of this video $30 for plywood sheet sounds wonderful. Now going $60 -$70 a sheet now in my local area at Lowes. 2x4’s still a better bargain.

The eye bolts should keep the sides from splaying out. That was my original concern.

Nice build and good for someone to make for cheap…but $15 for pdf plans after stating it was only $30 or $40 for the materials. 50% for just plans. Man

Nice simple build but don't you find the oscillating sander to be too high?

Just bought the plans following your brilliant video. Thanks. At last a flip cart using 2 x 4s instead of plywood.
I want to use it for my jointer and planer, both are very heavy. Do you think this will be strong enough?

Back up. How did you make that table saw slide?

Double all the prices though

Very good video. I built this after watching the video. Makes a very solid cart. The only thing I did different was to rip the top 2x4s down to 3” so the sides are even with the top.

This the best build - simple yet effective. Thanks for sharing. BTW, have a quick question - I noticed you use only pocket screws and no glue in the joinery. Now that you have it for more than 2 years, how's it holding up? Do you recommend using glue in addition to pocket holes? And in general are there any other tips, changes or improvements you would suggest? I am about to build one and hence asking. Thanks in advance for all you help.

Hey all, here’s some advice for anyone looking to do this on the cheap. Visit businesses that sell any type of industrial pipelines. Pipeline is stored using metal banding and made into bundles. To lift these stacked pipeline bundles (with a forklift), they are banded with a 4 or 8ft x 2”x6” boards. Some are even banded with 4x4s. I know this because I work at such a place. And up until 3 months ago, we threw perfectly good lumber in the dumpster. I now have a pretty good section of my garage stocked with FREE 2”x6” lumber. Another great place is a crate making facility. My brother works for one. He loads up people with free lumber from leftover crate jobs. A company is quoted a price for a crate. They are charged for entire sheets of plywood. So, they may use an entire sheet of plywood and 6 inches of another. The customer is billed for 2 sheets regardless. The rest goes in the trash. His company doesn’t care who takes it because they’ve been paid for the cost. It’s sad but not if people like us step in and prevent it from going into a landfill. Best of luck all!!!

Now the plywood 3/4" 4'x8' goes for over $70!

Very nice. Simple, strong, and inexpensive. After watching all the high dollar flip tables videos, it’s refreshing to see something like this.

Off topic, I have that same table saw and bought it used off Facebook marketplace. The person I bought it from did not have the out feed support anymore, so I'm making my own out of 3/4" steel tubing and plywood. Any chance you would my willing to measure yours for me and let me know the dimensions of the support piece. I need height, length, width and the angle of the the front bevel. I would greatly appreciate the information if you're willing to do the for me

Perfect. The brilliance is in the simplicity.

"2x4s are cheap" laughs in 2021 prices

Purchased the plans - very thorough. Best vid music ever.... Thanks!

And don’t forget 10 dollars for top secret plans.

This is perfect! Thank you for your generosity and sharing your knowledge sensei.

2X4 were $7.99 last I saw in Chicago HD.

Some good ideas

And now, plywood is up to $70 in the northeast.

Today's prices = $6.50 for each 2 x 4 and $30 per sheet for OSB. I might start trash picking.

I almost cried when he said 2x4's were like 3 bucks, i miss the old prices

Nice!!! Great job thank you.

Really like the nice simple design. Curious as to whether the lag bolts have held up bearing the weight of the spindle sander while it’s upside down

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Sure beats all the hassle of breaking down sheets of plywood. Would like to make one for my bench top drill press and bench top bandsaw. The combined weight of both is about 130 lbs. based on your experience do you think the style you built would be strong/sturdy enough for that. Thanks.

Nice job. Really simple straightforward design. I've watched a ton of mobile flip top cart videos and this seems the most achievable to me. Thanks!

What kind of assembly table do you have?

I wish it could be this cheep to build, where I’m from a piece of 2x4 8 foot long costs 8$

Nice build. Thanks

Cheapest and best I’ve seen. Thank ypu

Now that is workshop style furniture! Every video I've seen used mortise n tenons, draws in the base, I've even seen folks finishing a workbench for a shop! This is what I need, an inexpensive, safe, highly operable flip top bench!

What is on the non-tool side? SOme form of dust extraction box?

SPECIAL REQUEST
Kindly make table saw , and all cutting,sanding table in the form of MURPHY TABLE on wall, for space saving..
Thankful

I need to build one of these for my planer and spindle sander. Thanks for showing how to do it.

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Just bought the plan for this today...thanks so much Chris!

I bought the plans and built this. Two tweaks I made that made it easier to build and sturdier.

1. I didn’t put the plywood on the flip top until I got the pipe through all the holes. Being able to guide it made it easier.
2. Then I only put the plywood on one side. I flipped it over and put in two more 2x4’s running parallel to the pipe sandwiched between the two plywood pieces. It allowed me to screw my planer and jointer into 2x4’s and plywood instead of just plywood.
3. Once those two pieces of 2x4 are added I then put the last piece of plywood on.

Plans were pretty great but those tweaks made it easier.

This is exactly what I had envisioned building. Great step by step video!!

Nicely done

Pocket hole screws are great! Easy and strong joints.

I built almost exactly the same thing about a year ago. I had to put some 45deg braces on the bottom because it was a little wobbly. Super sturdy now though.

Excellent instructions.

I think I would have cut those knobs using the CNC... :)

Thanks for all your videos. They are great !
I think I will build a flip top like yours. Like the simplicity in your locking mechanism in the corners too.

but... why do you guys (US) still use phillips crews ?? 
They went extinct / obsolete many years ago. Torx was developed in 1967....

I too like to build stuff with 2x4s cause their cheap. If you skim the surface of the 2x4s on all 4 sides, planer or table saw, they actually finish up nicely. Like furniture look nice.
Next time you build another cart you should spend a few more mins prepping the 2x4s. You’ll be amazed the nice wood grain you get just by removing that surface layer.
Thanks for the video.