Introduction: Stackable Wooden Storage Crates
Helloooo & Happy New Year Everybody!
Take a look in this instructable, where you will see how I built some simple, modern, stackable wooden crates, made of Pinewood, that I created for the favors of my niece’s baptism.
Step 1:
I built them in such a way that each one can be placed inside the other, in order to take up less space and be easier to move.
Step 2:
Because these lumbers come in 3 meters length, I started to cut them in smaller pieces.
Step 3:
Then I put a stop block and cut all the pieces precisely in the dimensions I need them to be. Firstly at the right length and then at the right width. That in this case is 5cm.
Step 4:
Every wooden crate has 4 legs, 20cm long and 5cm wide, and each of them consists of 2 pieces of wood. This means that I have to cut 40 pieces in total.
Step 5:
In order for every leg be the same on every side, I measured the thickness of the wood and then I subtracted it from the total width of a piece.
Step 6:
Then I started to assemble all the pieces together.
Step 7:
Marked them, drilled them and screwed them.
Step 8:
Then I rounded all the edges with the router.
Step 9:
I sanded them, puttied all the holes and then sanded them again for a smoother feeling.
Step 10:
Then I repeated the same process for the side pieces of the wooden crates.
Step 11:
Nailed them, marked them, drilled them, screwed them, sanded them, rounded all the edges, puttied all the holes and then sanded them again for a smoother feeling.
Step 12:
For the bottom of the wooden crates I used nine pieces of 54cm length and 5cm width. Also I left a space of 11mm between them.
Step 13:
Marked them, drilled them and screwed them.
Step 14:
After the bottom of every crate is ready, I took the remaining pieces and installed the legs on them.
Step 15:
I left 3cm from the top, so that every crate can fit in into the other.
Step 16:
After I finished that process, I took the bottom pieces I built before and installed them onto the other pieces with the legs.
Step 17:
Also left a 3cm gap between these two pieces.
Step 18:
Nailed them, screwed them and the crates are ready!!
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Thanks for reading! I hope 2017 to be a Wonderful, Happy, Healthy & Prosperous year for Everyone!