the flying irishman wrote:*watch this space,,, could be some interesting carpentry...
cheers, lewis.
ps, im no carpnter, but could use something like what your planning on building...
Hi Lewis,
No real carpentry skills are needed really mate, no T&G or mortice & tenon joins associated with carpentry needed to make this, as long as you've the ability to read a tape measure/rule, have an accurate tri-square, you're safely able to use a jigsaw, & use a file/rasp, & sandpaper & a small tenon saw.
Although do be aware of the splinters from plywood, remove any loose or jagged plys from cut edges asap with fine sandpaper as soon as you cut each item of plywood, have a pair of fine nosed tweezers on standby to pluck it out, just in case you get one.
The box I'm building here is much more demanding as to store everthing "stripwise" I have, so it'll store a lot more than current box seen in my 1st post of this thread, (4 or 5 main divided sections) totaling no more than 14" wide (36cm),
The other main thing to remember is not to rush any job you do, the extra time taken on accuracy & checking to avoid mistakes will be worth your while in the long term result.
I decided on the dimensional requirements i needed & kept one aside as to use as a template for the other 5 that I've jigsawn out to be exactly the same., the size dimensions are shown in black pen, this will accomodate most of you strip items height needs from most plastruct profiles & evergreen packs at 14" high (36cm), down to your off-cuts for these & others (brass tubes/profiles & thin midwest stripwoods down to 3" (or 8cm) in off-cut heights & various heights inbetween, that way nothing is "
hidden" from view as everthing is tier'd & sorted into alike divided various componants of similar sorted sizes.
Golden rule: the nature & design of this box is easier built with perfectly flat plywood, Last year I attempted building a box using plywood like this, when I purchased the plywood was flat, a day later the changes in room temperature can often & did make a huge differance & the ply & other wood warped & bowed as seen with the above photo, so the project was unworkable so I gave up on that attempt, but I've used a lot of the warped plywood for other things instead.
I've so far been lucky with the plywood & softwood I'm using here for the main sides, middle & sub-dividers seen here
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Here are 4 of the 6 side & main dividers cut to shape taken from the above template of the same, the front, back & bottom plywood panel sections will be cut last, as i'll need to work this out at a later stage as I'm not sure what all the 5 divided sections will add up to in total, all this will become more clear soon., but if there are less main width components , making a smaller, not so wide box (to store less items & variety), say for instance 3 as seen uprights in total, (RH main, middle & LH main) then by all means pre-cut all whats needed at the same time, other peoples prefered methods may be different, but do a job the way you feel its easier & less prone to mistakes & errors on measuerments.
, I'll keep this in mind when it comes to assembly, but, I can rectify this by glueing a section of 6mm x 1mm Midwest stripwood piece I have at a later stage.
