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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Dimensional Lumber Woodworking.

If you have a concrete floor in your shop, you might want to build some rolly shelves.  They hold lots of stuff and can be moved to change the shape or usage of the room.



Here are some plans by our very own Davin Hoyt: Rolly Shelf Plan Download

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - at least 7 feet tall
  - at least 30 inches deep
  - at least 75 inches wide
  - very strong base and very strong connection to wheels
  - no plywood or man-made materials
  - no glue

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
- the wood you're starting with
- the construction partially underway
- the finished rolly shelf


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 I needed movable storage for my garage.  I used 2x4s and 3s for the frame.  2x6s for the shelves and ripped 2x6s for the walls.  All the lumber, nails, and some of the screws were salvaged.  The wheels were off a different version of “Rolly Shelf” that I use in my basement.  It’s dimensions are 75” wide, 31” deep, and 84.5” so it rolls under my 85” garage door tracks.
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I do not like the rolly shelves heretofore constructed by the others, so I made something accessible on all sides.  I created only one solid shelf bottom, because I need flexibility of purpose in the rest of the structure.  I wanted it stronger and lighter as well, so I made it a study in lap joints.  It is very strong, rolls, and meets the size requirements.



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Note: I like it but Rolly Shelves are strong vertical storage with wheels to move around when necessary.  You built a Rolly Platform. So the vertical frame you built to meet the height requirements is pointless.  Also in the video it looks like the bottom frame scrapes on the floor a bit depending on how the wheels swivel.


Thank you for catching the wheel malfunction, I moved the caster around the corner and it works much better, as shown in the photo below, clearance is now uniform across the bottom.  I included a photo of the full height of the rolly storage structure in use that includes two shelves (one on top and one on bottom) and one rack/shelf at about waist height, and a temporary drying rack on the left.  It was designed with flexibility of function in mind because my shop space is so limited.  This way I can set it up as a drying rack if needed, an auxiliary work bench (thus I used the casters that I did) if I unload the center shelf, or storage in between tasks.
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Note: I like it but Rolly Shelves are strong vertical storage with wheels to move around when necessary.  You built a Rolly Platform. So the vertical frame you built to meet the height requirements is pointless.  Also in the video it looks like the bottom frame scrapes on the floor a bit depending on how the wheels swivel.

 
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