Getting there.

Good thing, too. Sun is breaking out and I can hear the green growing. The push mower will need an assisting sickle. (Not this serpette, which is just modeling the handle I’m copying.)

To make the shop-vac fit nicely inside the square cart, I had to remove the backpack which holds the accessories. Since I was just making things up as I went, I figured I'd deal with it at the end. Dealing with it turned out to be very simple! I drilled a hole in the top and using the screw that was holding the backpack to the shop-vac I attached the backpack to the cart top! Perfect!

Now I can use it to clean up the mess!

The top drops on and will stay in place without any fastening. The whole cart now takes up much less floor space than the shop-vac-bucket contraption, and it rolls around a lot easier too! #woodworking

But I need a hole in the top for the bucket to sit in! I had no idea I was going to be using my router circle cutting jig again so soon. Sure glad I went to the trouble of making a nice jig! #woodworking

I want the top to just sit on the four posts so I can pull it off easily when I need to get access to the shop-vac (such as when I forget and need to empty it again). I'll put another sheet of OSB on and it will keep the frame from sliding down the posts. #woodworking

The top needs a platform for the bucket to sit on. I grabbed a piece of OSB and notched the corners to fit around the posts. I stapled the OSB in around the sides. #woodworking

Shop-vac fits in the middle perfectly, and the casters are screwed into the ends of the posts. It rolls so much easier than the shop-vac wheels did! #woodworking

I grabbed some more 2x2 scraps and made a little cross in the center of the frame for the shop-vac to sit on and let the wheels dangle. It wasn't worth the trouble to half-lap two pieces together, instead I put one solid piece down the middle and two smaller scraps were pocket screwed in. #woodworking

I want to put the 5 gallon bucket up above the shop-vac so that it has a smaller footprint in my garage. Grabbed four 2x2 scraps and squared them up and then drilled holes in one end for the casters I'm going to use. The 2x2s are then screwed into the corner of the bottom frame as posts. #woodworking

First thing to do is make a square frame where the shop-vac will sit. I cut all 4 sides the exact same length and will just overlap one end. Makes it easy to get a square, I don't have to get an in-between measurement. I'm using some OSB scrap I have, it's a shop project and I don't need anything nice.

All cleaned out, just need to unscrew the bucket and seal up the holes. #woodworking

I guess first thing is to empty the shop-vac. This seems to always happen to me, the 5 gallon bucket fills up and I don't notice and then everything goes into the shop-vac. No problem, I'll use the big shop-vac to clean it out!

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