Motel / hotel maids' service carts

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Alternate thoughts,

I went to a medical supply house and  picked up a medical services cart.  I positioned battery chargers, clamp on small vise, clamp on magnifier light, tie wrapped a terminal strip, added some clamps, basic tools.  My version  of a medical Crash Cart:

Then I went to an auto supply shop and picked up an over the fender service cart.  It has various screws, clamps wire I.D. tags, colored tape, soldering supplies, wire strippers etc.  These two carts can be rolled to any location on my far flung RR:

The base of the auto cart is perfect for holding 2 four compartment screw trays, plus a tray for a biscuit joiner & miscellaneous supplies.

Plus I strapped on multi colored rolls of 10, 12 14 & 20 ga wire on an assortment of furniture dollies.  It is starting to come together:

Rubbermaid makes the carts you are looking for.  Sold by many office supply companies.   Fairly expensive. $200. to $400. for the small and some medium ones.

Grainger, janitorial supply stores and E-line also carry them.

Harbor Freight has cheap copy cats.

Uh....

I kind of assumed that OP is looking for a model. Am I wrong?

I think you're right Pete, I was thinking the same thing.   The line "scratch building skills" suggested that to me.

Finally some guys get it. Looking for O scale or would settle for S.

That last line was important, and told me what you wanted.  Sorry l have never seen model ones, or anything close.

I have three carts that I use. They are restaurant bus carts, and are around $70. I use one for electrical, one for tools and one for scenery.

Check webstaurant.com. They also have bus tubs. 

Edit : I was wrong about the price, they are cheaper than that.

https://www.webstaurantstore.c...rt/109CARTBUSGY.html

I went to Harbor Freight and picked up two carts, one a parts cart and one a small tool cart for around $120 and modified them to suit my needs. The parts cart I divided and lined to store trains in when I need to remove them from the layout and the tool cart is just what I use it for. It has a single draw and both fit under the layout.

I believe the Plasticville Freight Station comes with a cart that may be similar.

Richie C. posted:

I believe the Plasticville Freight Station comes with a cart that may be similar.

 

I have a couple of those but they are way too big for what I need.

While I'm at it, how about wire grocery shopping carts?

Sounds like things that could be 3d printed.  Have you looked a shapeways?  They have 1:48 Grocery carts, and they have 1:48 hotel luggage carts...didn't see any maid carts, but also didn't look at all 150 pages of 1:48 items

Plasticville also makes a hospital cart which appears similar in size and shape to a hotel maid's cart.

Have you found any tiny maids yet? 

Not since I stopped drinking.

Tom, If you have an example you have in mind. I’m sure I could print some out on our 3D resin printer. My email is in my profile if you want email me a photo of what you are looking for. Something like this? 

Very close, Al.  I can work them a bit to make them work.  I'd like them to be about 1:60 - 1:64 scale (S gauge).  What would it cost me for four of them?

Tom, If you have something different in mind get me a photo, I can probably make it like you want.  The one I post above measures 3’H x2’W & 5’L in prototype. S would be 9/16 x 3/8 x 15/16 I believe. Cost I can figure out once the shape is figured out. Not much though.

I'll see if I can find a picture for you.  Thanks.

Found one, but my computer and theirs are not conversing with one another.  If you can give me your address I can drop a picture of it in the mail.

Thanks.

gun.slick@juno.com

Email set Tom

CSX Al posted:

Email set Tom

Just sent you the info on the website and pictures.

And promptly lost your contact info.  (I'm old, you know.  

I'll be home the rest of the day.

Never mind, I found it.

Here is the stl model of the cart. bottom and shelves are 1mm thick top is 2mm.

I eased some of the edges on the top and bottom of cart

YAY!  Better than I'd hoped for.

Tom,

Here are some photos of the 3D printed maid cart. There are some tiny support nubs that will need to be cleaned off but came out great. I will have to run the rest tomorrow. I grabbed the single part file when I sent to printer instead of the group.

Very nice Al!

Tom, How are the carts looking?

Reading this thread from beginning to end, makes me believe that this thread desires some kind of award.

I was sitting down the whole time, but i am so dizzy I don't think I should stand up just yet.

I'm glad there was a successful resolution. 

You know you can't find reading material anything like this outside of govt documents.

The cart looks impressive by the way.

At first I thought he was looking for the real thing...lol. I had one in my shop for years for holding painting stuff. Don't remember how I ended up with the thing, but it was kind of handy. However, it was such a pain to navigate that I eventually sent it to the cornfield...

CSX Al posted:

Tom, How are the carts looking?

 

 

The carts are great, but I'm not.  I'm giving myself fits trying to get the trash bags and laundry bags made for the ends and getting supplies (bed linens, TP, and towels, cleaning supplies and the like) for the tray and shelves that aren't gigantic.

I'll win out in the long run, but I hadn't planned on running this long.

How do you feel about some 1960 era wire shopping carts.  If you're interested I can get some pics of them.

Thanks again.  Tom

Tom,

Can't right now, working on some new products. Maybe in the future. Send or post a pic of the carts. Thanks.

Thanks.  I'll round up some pics and get them off to you.  I'm not in  a rush.  I've been looking for 77 years so I've got time and patirnce down to a science.

Thanks.

Tom