Introduction: Recycled Drawer
In this tutorial i am going to show how to make a drawer out of old Cardboard box.
it is quite easy and cheap to make .Cardboard box can be that of appliances packages etc. for this you will be needing a medium sizes paper carton.
Step 1: Gathering the Required Stuff
- Cardboard box medium size.
- pencil
- steel ruler
- tapes
- scissors
- stapler
- paper for sketching figures
Step 2: Making of the Outer Box
- cut out the box pieces as per the dimensions.
- tips to cut longitude holes in cardboard box.
- mark it with pencil as shown in figure
- use the stainless steel ruler to draw over it several times .
- till it creates a hole.
- then rotate the ruler little left and right till it is big
Step 3: Assembling the Larger Outer Box
- the large outer box is assembled as shown in figure
- they are connected and outer flaps are bend to make space for stapling
Step 4: Making the Inner Box
the inner box is made as per the diagram
the cut outs are carefully taken and assembled as shown in the figure
Step 5: Making the Handle and Stopper
- a handle is made and inserted to front end of the drawer
- the stopper is made at the both inner and outer box sliding section so as to prevent the drawer from coming out
Step 6: Making the Ceiling
the ceiling is made to cover the drawer
it is made as per in the diagram
Step 7: Assemble and Make It Ready
the all three outer,inner,top cover are assembled and drawer is made..
8 Comments
5 years ago
That's a good way to reuse materials :)
Reply 5 years ago
can you tell me how can one make groups among members they know?
there is no detail about it in the site, visible?
Reply 5 years ago
Thank you :) Do you mean like in the Makerspace Contest when users form teams? Or just as a social networking aspect?
Reply 5 years ago
social networking concept where collage mates can form groups and instructables to it
Reply 5 years ago
There's not a specified feature only for that, but many members interact in the Forums and Questions sections to talk about projects and get help with things they are making. :)
Reply 5 years ago
can the above feature available in future
Reply 5 years ago
If you have questions or things to discuss then you can use those features listed above. You can also comment on other users Instructables or send them private messages through their user page. If there's a user that you like a lot of their projects you can follow them on their user page. :)
Reply 5 years ago
you community managers do a great deal in supporting beginers.