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Step 3Cutting the holes for the mirrors.
After you've completely covered your box in the tape, you're going to need to cut the holes for the mirrors. These are the holes that allow you to see the mirrors.
Take your mirror and lay it on the box near the end, but about 1/3 of an inch away from the end. Trace the width of the mirror on the box like the picture below.
Once you have the shape of the mirror traced onto the box, cut out the square that you drew, but cut it out inside the lines. This will help keep the box rigid, and make the mirrors fit more snug into the box when they're put in later.
NOTE: After you've done one hole, do another on the other end, but on the OPPOSITE side of the box. So if you're holding the box so where you can't see the holes, you should have one in the upper left hand corner, and one in the lower right hand corner.
If you're using a Leatherman knife, be careful, please. I pushed the knife through the box too hard today and left a knick in my counter. Thankfully it's unnoticeable to the rest of the people in my house.
Take your mirror and lay it on the box near the end, but about 1/3 of an inch away from the end. Trace the width of the mirror on the box like the picture below.
Once you have the shape of the mirror traced onto the box, cut out the square that you drew, but cut it out inside the lines. This will help keep the box rigid, and make the mirrors fit more snug into the box when they're put in later.
NOTE: After you've done one hole, do another on the other end, but on the OPPOSITE side of the box. So if you're holding the box so where you can't see the holes, you should have one in the upper left hand corner, and one in the lower right hand corner.
If you're using a Leatherman knife, be careful, please. I pushed the knife through the box too hard today and left a knick in my counter. Thankfully it's unnoticeable to the rest of the people in my house.
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