Factory Cart Bench
I have been through a lot of factory carts in the past couple of years, all of which have been repurposed into coffee tables. Things changed a bit when we built our first factory cart bench. It came about when a customer that wanted to have a bench made sent me some pinterest photos and one happened to have industrial cart wheels on it. That was a gimme for me because I happen to have in my possession about 50 carts that are already bench height.
This is our official, first-ever factory cart bench.
We started by trimming the whole thing down from 28″ to 19″ in depth and cleaning all of the hardware. That was followed up by building the back and armrests out of wood we saved from other disassembled carts. After a little distressing around the new cuts and a light sanding overall, we stained all of the hard maple with a medium-dark brown stain before spraying a lacquer finish on the entire cart, including the hardware (I prefer the look of the hardware with a clear coat as opposed to black paint).
When the bench was almost finished, I told Chris (my wife) that I think we might need a factory cart bench in our house. She asked how much I charged for it and she then advised me that it would look much better in someone else’s home. I guess that is how it goes at the cobbler’s house too.
8 responses to “Factory Cart Bench”
Leave a Reply to Darren PapleyCancel reply
What’s Going on at WunderWoods
Everyone always asks what I do. Here's the answer. Click on the photo above for a short video tour and see all of the steps it takes to go from a tree to finished furniture.
Brilliant, Scott. I never would have thought of that.
Thanks David. It just worked out so nice that the carts are the right height.
Scott that is so cool I want one!!, you eluded to the price do you have another cart if so how much?
I do have a few more of that size. The cost is $1,100.
This is recycling at it’s very best. Now I want one.
Me too!
Great entry area piece. Do you have anything similar with storage under the bench?
Ray,
I haven’t done anything with storage below. It is a good idea because those carts sit pretty high and there is some room below. Additional storage will, however, make it look less like a cart.