Introduction: Round Wooden Lid for Hampers & Baskets
In this instructable you'll see: How I made a Laundry Basket Top, made of plywood. The circular wood is 12mm thick and the radius of the circle is 20cm, [π=3,1415926], [C=2πr], so C=2*3,14*0,2=125,6mm. The side of the basket is 4mm thick and 125,6mm long.
Step 1:
Firstly mark the center of the wood, in this case it’s a piece of plywood forty by forty centimeters and twelve millimeters thick.
Step 2:
Now, with the router’s component, for circular cutting, take a little hammer and open a small hole in the center that you have already marked.
Step 3:
Place the router in the hole that you have already made, keep it stable and have someone else turning the piece of wood slowly.
Step 4:
After you have measured the perimeter of the wood that has been cut with the router, take a piece of plywood four millimeters thick to make the side of the basket.
Step 5:
Soak in warm water the piece of wood that you have already cut.
Step 6:
Now, it’s much easier to bend it, and give it the circular form you want.
Step 7:
Sand all surfaces, so it fits snugly against the wood you have already bent on top of the circular wood.
Step 8:
Place a screw, not to miss the alignment of the wood.
Step 9:
Then, put a nail every seven centimeters and a screw every twenty five centimeters.
Step 10:
Putty all nail holes and sand again.
Step 11:
Paint the first coat and let it dry well.
Step 12:
Then proceed to the second one.
Step 13:
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