Dog Island Offcuts has made a couple of rolling carts with workbenches - we made version 1 that was combined with the Dewalt table saw for outfeed alignment.
And version 2 holds the three main Packout toolboxes.
I have been walking by the Milwaukee Rolling Drawer Tool Box at my local hardware store for weeks. And the gear acquisition syndrome finally got me. If we combine it with a 2-or-3 Drawer Tool Box, we have a core unit of tool storage that rolls, and is accessible without unstacking a bunch of toolboxes.
So we started the design work for a smaller, simpler workbench that goes on as an accessory to a Packout stack. The connection would be the Packout cleats that we already know and love.
Both of the original recipe Carts have the rolling wheels, the collapsible handle, and the tool drawer access available on the front of the cart. The workbench stows onto the back of the cart and unfolds into deployed mode onto the top of the cart case. This makes the cart easy to roll around, and all of the drawers are accessible immediately, both when the workbench is opened up and when it is stowed.
The Milwaukee design of the Rolling Drawer Tool Box and one of the Drawer units has the collapsible handle on the back. This prompted some new thinking as to where the workbench would live. Front or back? And how would we manage access to the drawers and to the handle?
What we ended up with is this:
The base for the workbench attaches to the Packout stack with OEM-adjacent cleats.
The workbench hinge point is off to the side, allowing access to the drawers and keeping the workbench out of the way of the wheels and the extendable handle.
We built a slider into the side of the workbench so that the center of gravity would stay low during transport.
And the workbench is sized a little wider than the top of the Packout, to let the legs fold down outside of the wheels and handle.
The top of the workbench is simple 1/2" plywood, with dog holes placed in an MFT grid for clamping and for layout functionality.
We could have used MDF, like the other Workbench ROlling Cart. Given the small size and simple construction of the workbench, it doesn’t need a seriously thick skin. We installed MFT dog holes, like the full-sized WRoC. But, I've been primarily using them for clamping things down with the dovetail / T-track / F Clamps and not with the higher-leverage tools like holdfasts or vertical hold down clamps.
So this is a simple little design. Aimed at a small workshop, or a tradesperson who rolls with a couple of toolboxes but wants a work surface at the job site. Smaller, faster, and simpler than the WRoC.
Plans for this workbench can be acquired here.
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