How to Make a TV Stand Cart

Big screen televisions are top-heavy, unstable and should stay in one place. But smaller TVs are ideal for moving on their own wheels. You can roll them out to clean, move them to a different location or room to room. You can make a simple TV stand that works like a cart. It has casters, or "crazy " wheels that swivel and roll any direction. By extending the side-jambs of the cart to the floor, you can also hide the casters from view.

Instructions

1

Install a 3/4 inch dado blade on the saw. Raise the blade to a 3/8-inch height. Slide the fence over and lock it down 3 inches from the blade.

2

Place one of the 24-by-28-inch panels on the tables saw behind the blade, flush with the fence. The grain should be perpendicular to the blade.

3

Turn on the saw. Push the panel over the blade. Stop pushing when the panel is 6 inches past the blade. Spin the panel around 180 degrees and push it over the blade again. Do the other panel the same way. You should now have two panels with 3/8-by-3/4-inch dadoes running perpendicular to the grain, 3 inches from the top and 3 inches from the bottom.

4

Place the panels across two sawhorses, the dadoes facing up. Spread a layer of glue inside all four dadoes. Stand one 24-by-32-inch panel up vertically inside each dado. The dadoes will be tight enough to hold them upright.

5

Place the other 24-by-28-inch panel horizontally on top of the two vertical panels. Match up the dadoes with the edges of the vertical panels so that the horizontal panel drops onto the edges of the vertical panels.

6

Place two bar clamps on each side of the horizontal panel. Tighten to force the edges of the vertical panels into the corresponding dadoes of the horizontal panels. Wait one hour for the glue to dry. Remove the clamps.

7

Sand and round the corners and edges with 100-grit sandpaper attached to a hand block.

8

Stand the cart on either end with a 3-inch lip facing up. Place one caster in each corner behind the lip. Screw the casters to the cart with a cordless gun using 3/4-inch screws. Caster bases have holes in the base for this purpose. Flip the cart over on its wheels and place the TV on it.