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Laser Cutter Craft Cart: Organize Your Crafting Space Efficiently

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Enhance your crafting space with our DIY Laser Cutter Craft Cart guide! Learn to build a mobile cart that makes ventilating your laser engraver easy and efficient. Quick assembly, perfect for any crafter. Start building your own versatile craft cart today!

A photo of a DIY laser cutter craft painted in blue and gold. There are cubbies to store different items.

I recently upgraded my crafting setup and needed a mobile solution for my laser engraver, which requires ventilation to prevent toxin buildup indoors. Instead of investing in costly air purification systems, I opted to vent it directly outdoors.

A mobile cart proved to be the perfect fit, allowing me to easily move the engraver near the window for use and away when not needed. This project was both quick and straightforward to assemble.

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DIY Laser Cutter Craft Cart

Project Supplies

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Cut your wood for the top and sides, as well as for your shelves, if desired. Sometimes I do it all at once and sometimes I do it as I work my way through. But it’s generally easier to cut it all at the beginning.

Step 2: Add pocket holes to the bottom of your top and bottom cuts. Also add them to your shelf sides (the bottoms so they don’t show as easily).

Photo of the equally cut plywood boards that are for the sides of the craft cart.

Step 3: Build your box frame (tops and sides). Use the pocket hole screws to assemble, but also use wood glue.

A photo of the assembled outer frame of the craft cart with the shelves sitting on top.

Step 4: Attach your shelves at your desired height” again, use pocket hole screws and adhesive.

Step 5: Paint or stain/poly.

A photo of laser cutter craft painted in blue and gold.

Step 6: Attach your casters (wheels).

I added mine before painting and probably didn’t paint the bottom of the cart because I’m impatient and whatever. But theoretically, you should paint that too.

Wheels added to the bottom of the craft cart. I recommend adding these after you paint- not before like I did.

And that’s it- finished!

A photo of the completed craft cart. The cart has wheels, is painted blue and gold, and has a laser engraver on top. There are cubbies for storing wood, supplies, and acrylic for the laser cutter.

A close up photo of the completed craft cart. The cart is painted blue and gold, and there are cubbies for storing wood, supplies, and acrylic for the laser cutter.

After I was finished, I did have a few issues that I wanted to fix. I added some storage to the sides and some screw hooks to hang things from.

A photo of the completed craft cart. I glued clips onto the side to hold information about the laser engraver settings.

I also wish I’d strategized about the placement of the openings. The depth of this needed to be pretty deep to accommodate the size of my laser engraver, it’s but it would probably be better if it was deeper or shallower in terms of actually storing some of the supplies.

For example, I was able to fit normal size laser engraving wood panels in some of these areas, but there’s a big gap of space that isn’t quite big enough for a second set of panels.

I think if I redid this I would make it a little deeper and strategize the storage space a little better.

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A photo of the completed craft cart. The cart has wheels, is painted blue and gold, and has a laser engraver on top. There are cubbies for storing wood, supplies, and acrylic for the laser cutter.

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