Now that my drill cart is done, it is time to take stock of the costs.  Not including tool purchases I spent around $300 in total upgrading the drill.  About half of that was wood, a quarter was hardware, and another quarter was drill upgrades.  Wood is crazy expensive right now, I'm not using particularly nice stuff here.  This could easily have cost twice as much.

The question then is was this worth it?  

• This is a hobby, and it took me a good two month to build this, so that works out to around $150 a month, I suppose that is on par with most hobbies.  
• You can also compare this to what you could buy commercially.  I did buy a drill press table top from harbor freight for $30 or so years ago.  A drill press dolly cost around $50 to $100.  And a small toolbox is another $100.  That puts this in the $200-$300 range for something that is not as space efficient.
• Or you can just see it as a good investment in the shop. This is something that should still be useable in 30 years or more.

Overall I'm very happy with the build. I do wish wood prices were half what they are now and that we had easier access to quality plywood, but still you have to live with what your given.

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I decided to make a small bracket for the back of my drill cart to hold my power drills.  As an experiment I tried printing out the plans 1:1 and gluing them to the wood and cutting everything out on the bandsaw.  It worked out quite well. The cuts are not perfect, but close enough that a touch of sanding cleans things up.  And it is probably more accurate then trying to transfer the dimensions over by hand.

I put it together with screws and wood glue.

A little sanding and it was ready to go.  I picked up a power strip to attach to the cart.  This lets me use my LED light as well as holding the drill chargers and it provides more flexibility in moving the drill around the shop. It is not the best use of this space, I may try to rework this later, but for now I'm happy.