I made this simple storage box for my baby's toys. It's an easy one day project and you can improve or add your own design to it.
Material you will need:
Safety : When using electric tools use ears and eye protection.
Keep body parts away from sharp blades. WORK SAFE!
Material you will need:
- Your choice of wood.
- Mitre saw, skill saw or hand saw.
- Jigsaw (use special blade for cutting angles)
- Biscuit jointer and biscuits no10.
- Hand sander. different grit levels.
- Cordless drill ( for screws and pilot holes)
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PVA Glue, glue roller, tape, pencil, screws, pins, 2 hinges, clamps, set square, ratchet straps or long clamps.
Safety : When using electric tools use ears and eye protection.
Keep body parts away from sharp blades. WORK SAFE!
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Signing UpStep 1: Choose box material
You can make the box from a few cheap materials such as soft wood, plywood, mdf board and more. After deciding what material you are using think about the pratical size of the box and what will be its purpose. I made my box size Length=800mm x Width=380mm x Height=450 that is a good size for keeping all my baby toys tidy in one box. I chose to use soft wood 19mmx144mm.
- Start by cutting your length and width size using a mitre saw or hand saw.
- Don't forget to subtract the thickness of the material x 2 from your width to achieve your box width design.
- Use a long set square to mark the lines between the joints, those lines will guide you when using your biscuit jointer.
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Making a 15degree hand router slide block is another way to make a pocket bore slot. Both methods are great for flat jointing panels.
Another method if you have a table saw is tongue and groove. A router is beter suited for this if you have a table mounted router. Both allow you to set your cuts to have a flush surface.
Another method uses a Hand router and a jig that creates a slot in both boards and placing a piece of wood like a biscuit but uses a home made jig that clamps to the boards using the router to create the biscuit slot.
Another method if you have a table saw is using a 4" diameter x 1/16 scoring saw that cuts a 1/16 groove in the edge of the board. Then you can use 1/16 edge shavings from the edge of a board to act as the biscuits but as one long continuious biscuit down the length of the board.
Clamps are still a must for any of these methods.
Last is a $45 + (price will vary where you find them.) is a Table mounted Router with a finger joint router bit from Skill. There are other router bit companies that have more expensive versions but if you have a simple router table and this one bit you can finger joint all your planks together with an extremely strong glue joint.
Unfortunately,I do not have a pro account so I have no way to show you each of these methods. Just saying there are other methods than biscuits and dowels.
Happy Woodworking.
I'm off to build one of these tomorrow.
You can get biscuit bits for routers.
STORAGE CHESTS WITHOUT A SAFETY DEVICE HAVE BEEN LINKED TO NUMEROUS DEATHS AND INJURIES TO CHILDREN! DANGER IS FROM LID FALLING ON CHILD'S NECK.
PLEASE SEE THIS WARNING: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5099.html
SAFETY DEVICES THAT PREVENT THE LID FROM ACCIDENTALLY CLOSING ARE READILY AVAILABLE FROM MANY SOURCES: www.google.com/search
HERE IS A LINK TO ONE MADE BY STANLEY AND SOLD BY ACE HARDWARE ON-LINE FOR ($3.49): www.acehardwareoutlet.com/ProductDetails.aspx
COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS OF SIMILAR CHESTS ARE "REQUIRED" TO INSTALL A SAFETY DEVICE - SAFETY IS NOT AN OPTION!!!
The more critical aspect is that small children pull themselves up by grabbing the open lid, causing the lid to fall on their necks, which leads to a crushing neck injury, resulting in suffocation. Lids have also been noted to fall just by movement or jarring of the chest.
From my research, commercially produced chests, similar to this design, are not allowed to be sold without a mandatory safety device. Target Stores
recently recalled 350,000 wicker chests that lacked a safety support.
There have been more than 49 deaths of children reported from this hazard, I think that number is actually low, as the data reported is not really up to date.
The reason I included a link and a price for the safety device was not for promotion of any specific brand or merchant, but rather to show that the cost of $3.49 was quite reasonable, and that the devices are readily available.
http://www.kregtool.com/Kreg-Jigreg-Jr-Prodview.html
Honestly, that box makes a very attractive alternative to Rubbermaid bins for the SCA events that I enjoy attending. Very nice instructable. Thank you!
no pues esa es la diferencia entre vivir en el 1er mundo y el 3er mundo aqui no se consigue esa herramienta ni las piezas de ensamble.
Also, if people are making this for a little person, it's possible to get a lid attachment at the hardware store that slows the fall of the lid. Especially when you have more than one child playing, it's easy to end up with smashed fingers and bonked heads. (Says the former nanny.)
I also don't much care for biscuit joinery but it certainly has it's place. An alternative is doweling joints but the thats a pain in the arse XD
(Mine was from Harbor Freight, not high quality but it should work for me)
I have used a method similar to biscuits before by cutting a slot lengthwise
down the edge of a board, and gluing a strip of wood into the slot. It is then similar to using tong and grove joints. Still lots of work, but done with tools I had at the time.
Nice box, too!