Questions tagged [boxes]
Techniques related to making wooden boxes.
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Levelling cabinet base plinth on carpet
I'm planning on building a plinth base for some cabinets that will go on top of carpet (I'm not at the stage for ripping out carpet just yet).
From my experience it can be a little bit fiddly getting ...
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Box with 3/4" plywood with screws not joined
I would like to make a small wall mounted cabinet for an audio receiver that I would like to be of specific dimensions. Can I use finish grade 3/4" plywood but join it at the edge using trim ...
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How to use a book press for veneering?
I've been experimenting with veneering for box-making and other small scale items. I'm not having much luck with the "PVA glue + iron" method. Based on a few experiments it seems to work ...
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Box to cover consumer unit flush with wall - Backless with cutouts possible?
I have a consumer unit that is perfectly flush in the corner of my hallway, and I am wanting to build some kind of full height storage cupboard around it from 18mm melamine chipboard.
I was initially ...
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Kitchen/Workshop unit design
I'm wanting to add some storage and organisation to my workshop shed and my initial idea was to basically build some frameless kitchen units.
My depth will be 400mm and my total available length is 2m....
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How can I attach hardwood backing panels to a frame?
Preface: I only have access to hand tools. I am a novice at design and drawing perspectives, I unfortunately only have technical abilities right now because I've only copied other people's work to ...
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Why does my miter saw cut 45 degree angles differently?
I am a very amateur woodworker that's just getting started using my DWS 779 miter saw. My recent projects have been making bird houses with flat bottoms that have a 2" wall surrounding the floor....
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Attachment method for heavy duty plywood box
I'm looking to make some relatively large boxes for tools (currently one for a bunch of air tools, and one for a router, plunge base, and bunch of bits) out of 1/2" (~12mm) baltic birch plywood.
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Gluing veneered panels together to make a box
I'm trying to glue two panels of wood together at a 90 degree angle (the project is to make a box). I have veneer w/ adhesive on the back that I can iron on.
My question is, what is the best order of ...
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Make a Street Library
I'd like to build a streetlibrary.org.au. About 50cm square from the front, a shelf, with a peaked roof, 20cm deep, glass door, mounted on a post. I'd use solid pine or Tas oak (local eucalyptus), ...
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Doweling technique - can they be applied in two stages?
I am planning to build a custom box to fit in my car's trunk on one side, as tall and long as the trunk and as wide as little as possible. This would hold my tools, emergency gadgets etc.
Since I ...
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Removing excess key from Inside of box
I'd like to try an effect where corner keys for a decorative box show on both outside and inside (typical approach is the cut does not go all the way through the corner with the key only showing on ...
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How to account for wood movement in a curved chest lid
I have found various guides and plans for building a box or chest with a curved (coopered) lid that involve gluing the sides of the lid to the slats forming the top, which are themselves glued ...
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Joint types for very thin plywood
I have some sheets of very thin plywood (beech). By very thin I mean 1/8 inch (3.00 mm). I need to make some small boxes out of it (movable compartments in drawers etc.).
What would be a good way to ...
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Styling dovetail box - tails or pins on front side
I am building a box to hold some of my router bits and will use dovetail joints for the vertical sides. I am not sure what to put in front, the tails or the pins.
Aside from mechanical considerations,...
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