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The first step is to cut the grooves for the top and bottom panels. Using a dado blade in my table saw I set the groove to start at a 1/2" from the e...
Now take out the dado blade set and swap over to a standard combination blade, rip/cross blade or cross cut blade. Just a small segway here about bla...
Cut the board roughly in half. Remember I said that this project has enough materials to make two crates. Cutting the board in half will just make i...
Now we need to cut the sides. First make four boards that are 12" long, these are the long sides. Then cut 4 boards that are 8 3/8", these are the s...
Now take a piece of the 1/4" panel and cut it 9" wide. Do this twice so that you have two strips of panel that are 9" wide by 24" long. This will le...
This is a good time to take the panel and do a dry fit to make sure everything works right. You can trim up any pieces that weren't cut deep enough o...
The top door of the box slides in the grooves at the top of the box. In order to do this you need to cut the dado groove off from one side of the sho...
Add some glue to the bottom grooves only and put the box together. Hold everything in place with a clamp or two until the glue dries. I put a couple...
While the glue is drying it is a good time to cut the inserts to separate the bottles. Take the 6" piece of left over panel and cut it into two piece...
Now you need to cut the tabs. These will interlock and create the pockets to hold each bottle. To do this quickly and easily put the dado set back o...
Now assemble the divider by interlocking the tabs. If everything lined up right you should be able to put a beer bottle into any section and it will ...
Take the cover pieces and drill a finger hole in them. Anything larger than a 1" hole should do. Try to line the hole up over the dividers, this wil...
Now take your drill and make two holes on either side of the short sides of the box. I used a 3/8" drill and made the holes 3 3/4" from the top and 1...
You should now have two wooden crates to store 24 bottles of beer in. You can also stain/paint/laser engrave/carve whatever you want into these boxes...
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