My flip-top cart

Building the flip cart was somewhat of a challenge. I used a combination of two different plans I found on YouTube. I used plans by Fisher's shop and DIY Montreal. I wanted the convenience of the single power cord plus the basic dimensions for the Dewalt 735 4 post planer and my Rigid sander. DIY had the same equipment and Fisher had the flip top I wanted. I added numerous improvements I have indicated below many of the photos. Let me make it very clear getting it square is of the utmost importance. Small errors hear and there will haunt you in the end, trust me it cost me twice as much in lumber as it should have.

The DIY Montreal is a very close cut for an 4' x 8' sheet of plywood, especially when you are trying to get the and cross panels square. I gave up and use 2 sheet and put the leftovers in my stash. One other note, the dimensions for the width are very close as can be seen in the photo when the plane is on the bottom. You must be real accurate placing the router on its base, it would be better to expand the base maybe 1/2 to an inch.

As you can see I added a flange bearing 2 bolt 7/8" with a 3/8" set screw to lock the pipe in place. I did this to make sure the top would not spread apart under weight and use, they also have grease fittings. The link is to Amazon where I bought the bearings. The pipe and center junction box I bought at Home Depot. The heavy duty threaded pipe was located the isle with the black iron gas pipe and the junction box was in the electrical isle. I also added two flange washers on each side of the flip top for a little extra spacing and I counter sunk machine screws flush to hold them in place, to keep the sides from rubing.

Because I upgraded the planer to Helical cutters I upgraded the outlet box to heavy duty 20 amp outlet and 12 gauge cord.

DIY used screws to hold the units to the top, I used bolts with blind nuts on the backside, see photos.

I also used the Fisher drawer design, it was a little higher and on drawer slides. By-the-way I purchased both sets of plans which helped a lot. I did not use their latching mechanisms I used toggle clamp latches from Amazon.

Once again be dead square on your cuts, a 1/8" here and an 1/8" there and when you get to the flip top it will be a challenge to have it flip evenly. I built the carcass first and made sure it was square than I built the flip top to the dimensions necessary for an even fit.