Laying it out and cutting the first few pieces.
At this point, I had enough materials to get stated, but it looked like it was going to be a huge challenge. I was following the “EZ-Built Hot Dog Cart” plans and I was watching the videos 2 or 3 videos ahead of where I actually was in the build process so I would have an idea of what was coming. next. By doing that, I was able to make a major change as I was building.
Frame of the cart according to the video.
As You can see from the next picture, the plans called for the frame to be exclusively built out of 2″ x 2″ strips. The plans called for the top 2 members be cut 6″ longer than the bottom members to make “handles” for maneuvering the cart. I was thinking that handles should be round not square for the shear comfort factor. I figured that I’d be using it for years to come so I might as well build it the way I wanted it.
Round handles, that’s what I’m talkin’ about.
So I got to wondering how I could cut the handles to be round. Sanding them would just take forever, so I decided to search out a wood shop to see if they could put the top 2 strips on a lathe to turn them so the ends would be round. Easy peasy, right? Wrong. As it turns out most wood shop lathes are only a couple of feet long and my pieces were 4½ feet long. It appeared that I was just going to have to deal with square handles. The last place I went was the woodworking/cabinet shop that was featured on the HGTV show Hometown Takeover. The fella there was really nice. He said that he couldn’t help me. After I thanked him and was walking to my truck, he stuck his head out the door and said “Hey…why couldn’t you use wheel barrow handles?” There was my answer. I thanked him and immediately jumped into the truck and off to Lowe’s I went. Lowe’s, of course, didn’t have them, so I ended up getting them from Home Depot. Now its on to the next step.🌭
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