Baltic birch plywood storage box
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2020
- Made a couple of utility boxes form Baltic birch plywood scraps. There is no commentary in the video but it's just the process of building. There is a special jig made for cutting the handles in the box with the router. The box it self is made out of 9mm plywood and the bottom of the box is from 4mm plywood. After the glue has dried the box is very sturdy. It can hold my weight with no signs of deformation (about 86kgs). The boxes are handy to store or to simply throw random tools or gear and take them to a job site. And the best thing is that after the box has ended its life as a box there is basically no waste left. Reuse, recycle!
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No talking. No asking to comment, like and subscribe. No asking to click that notification bell. No word from your sponsor. These are the best kind of videos. Great job.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Oh... and thanks for the comment, be sure to subscribe :D
Really enjoyed this video! No annoying music or unnecessary chatter! Just straight on woodworking! Regardless of wether it’s me doing it, or watching someone else, it is always so satisfying to fold up the four sides and see everything come together into a nice, clean product with tight fitting corners! Well done Sir! Now, if I can just find some cheap Baltic birch! Ha!
Thanks for the comment! I have a feeling that you to have made some boxes before, And yes it sure is satisfying:) regarding the wood prices, in the last few months I've used up all of the scraps and leftovers, jeez..
@@ka_rokas I’m right you on the scrap thing! Thanks for the reply!
what a great video, only 2nd time i have ever put a Comment u tube, need to make some boxes and this is spot on
Thank you for the comment and also for the compliment! to be honest, I'm still using these boxes on daily basis and none of them has failed. it's a really good and solid construction!
So relaxing to watch, great craftsmanship
Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed the video.
Excellent with no words..thanks
You're welcome, thanks for the comment!
Seems everyone at RUclips has a big workshop and big fancy tools. All I needed was a diy box.
This also seems true to me. I started purchasing tools almost ten years ago. And woodworking tools six years ago. I made some sacrifices In order to make this shop and it took three years on and off to build the shop in a old barn. And I now I try to share some creations with the world. I simply love making stuff and I'm happy that I realized that tools is a great investment at a young age. You could make a storage box with a jigsaw and few nails as well. :)
@@ka_rokas Hey, thanks for replying. I was a little disappointed when I made this comment by th fact that as a beginner I cannot afford all these tools and all I saw was people showing off fancy stuff. I understand that it takes time, money and patience for to collect tools, learn skill and build a shop. Even I started now with buying a Makita circular saw and drill myself. But sadly I'm not young anymore. I'm 35, guess too late to start investing in tools😀. Although my goal, at this stage, is not to build a shop, only to learn some basic work.
@@prabpharm07 не поздно если хочешь делать, поверь в 60 лет будешь жалеть
@@user-qx6oq6rr1b hey thanks for replying/commenting, without having a clue what your comment reads...thanks anyways. Sorry, I can read only English!
@@prabpharm07 don't be shy to use Google translate
Amazing that you do all of this work without a router table. I am sure that if you had one, it would make a lot of this process a lot faster and easier.
Thanks, I don't know. I haven't thought of this. In which operation do you think router table would come handy? Because working with sheet material i think table saw is the main tool.
Oh come all is perfect
You should watch some videos on 'kick-back' and how to avoid it.
Thanks! there are quite few comments on kickback in this video! looking at it I also notice I'm not doing a wise thing, regarding the riving knife which is kind of missing. I have watch videos on kickback and I have had kickback a few times.
This was the video which really opened my eyes about kickback and where and how to apply force while doing a cut.
ruclips.net/video/ZkvO99lswZg/видео.html
Records man, that’s what should be put in these.
Guess I need to find myself a new sound system :)
Very nice!
Thank you!
You could easily add the plans for the boxes in your description and make some money! Nice work.
Thanks for the comment!
Business part of things is my weak side. I never thought someone would need plans for a box, but I'll think about this, thanks.
Nicely done!
Thanks! And they are also pretty handy for organizing stuff!
thankyou so much for showing this! i am going to do the same exact thing this winter and clean up my workshop!
Happy that you like it. Actually I've found these boxes quite handy around the house and for storing stuff. And I'm planning to make some more myself. If you do make some I would love to see them! Good luck with cleaning up! :)
Excellent work
Thank you!
The main goal of the box is to use it quite dirty. They do come in handy and are actually fast and chap to build. And the best thing of it is that I can finally organize my stuff. Planing to make some more soon!
Nice work! 👍
Thanks!
It's a Gorgeous job, thank you!!
Thank you! I'm happy to share it with you!
Nice work and good idea.
Thanks! Also they come really handy, I have some two or three boxes filled with tools and stuff in the trunk of my car regularly.
About 4:30 he does the impossible?! So cool
Thanks! I love this method for making boxes. once I had to make like 25 of these for a client and it was a good time to practice making these joints. The main thing is to take time adjusting the angle of the blade, and do some test cuts!
Thanks for the comment!
At 4.05 he tapes the outside of the joints.
Great vid. Liked, subscribed and commented.
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
Neat trick with the tape
Thanks! I really love this method for 45 degree corner joints. Works every time!
Pretty well done, dude! Great job! 😃
I hope you keep posting videos, because I just subscribed! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks!
Haven't posted for a while, yes. I'm working on a big project for a client for most of the summer, sadly It's a lot of work and a lot of rush so I got no time to film it. I do have some material for editing, since It's summer I'm usually outdoors on my free time, but winter is coming and I might get myself to sit at the PC and edit some videos.
Take care!
@@ka_rokas Thanks! Good luck with the project then! 😃
And don't worry, I'm going to be here when you post a video. 😊
Alright. I'm in. Sub'ed.
Appreciate!
I Love it🙂
They come really handy. I use them to store and transport almost everything:) also relatively cheap to build.
Thanks for that. My only commentary would be that 4 mm is too thin for a base -- a heavy object will eventually break it. The Rockler mitre fold blade is ideal for this project - at a price of course !
Thanks!
I used to think that as well, 4mm plywood does bend a lot as a single sheet but when you put it with all sides in a tight groove it becomes quite solid. Also, I guess it depends on the object you put in the box. If you did watch the whole video at 6:25 - 6:40 I do a little test. I'm around 86kgs (189lbs). so far that works fine for me. :)
And considering the Rockler miter fold blade... I guess it would be a good investment If I would make boxes like these daily but currently way to expensive. I really wish to improve the dust collection in the shop. Currently there is almost none.
Take care!
Somebody surely asked but I can't find it - why those cuts in corners? I'm assuming it's making it stronger but I don't understand how.
It's just more glue surface and also more glue on long grain rather then end grain, witch is stronger on it's own.
ruclips.net/video/CE147Ow7RmM/видео.html
This is a cool video with some joint Tests.
@@ka_rokas Thanks. It's great that you take time to reply to these questions. Stay safe with that table saw.
Gonna make myself some of these for my workshop. I know the dimensions are easy to work out but would be good to post some as these seem bang on. Maybe I will just copy standard milk crate size, or large box. Need to make a table saw spline jig.
Hey there! In this video I did make the boxes from scrap plywood. but first time I made them was for a client and then I calculated the size that I would get the most out of a whole plywood sheet. The ones I'm making are 300mm(~12in) X 400mm(~16in) X 250mm (~10in). Since here in Europe the standard size for a sheet is 2500x1250mm (~98in x ~49in) the size of the box uses pretty much all of the sheet and there is little leftovers. If you use Inches then I guess you could do the precise calculations better yourself.
here is a drawing I used to know how to cut my material. failiem.lv/u/eevj4a67q
hope this helps. and good luck with the build! :)
And also, the spline jig is a big helper here. I made the last set of these boxes without the splines and they also seem to hold pretty well, but I wouldn't make them for a client without the splines.
@@ka_rokas Thanks very much for the reply. I'm in the UK, so metric but thanks for the conversions too! Do you think 9mm or 12 mm ply is best? Thanks for the cut list too.
@@planespeaking From my experience I would say 9mm is totally enough, if its a good quality solid plywood. If I was to use a cheaper plywood I think I would rather go with the 12mm to be on the safe side. hope this helps.
And also If you noticed, at the end of the video I do little strength test :)
This is perfect. I went and got 1x10 for some boxes because I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ll be running to a store tomorrow and getting some 9 and 4 mm plywood. This is EXACTLY what I want to do. When my father passed, I got some tools and one of his wooden boxes that someone later stole. His was about 12.5x8”. May do them like his so I have him in the shop with me.
Ok good luck with the build. It sounds even nicer that you have a purpose for the box:)
I would suggest choosing the size of the box according to size of the plywood, so that you get the maximum out of the plywood and as little as possible scrap leftovers.
Oh.. and by the way I just read both of your comments and found a similarity in them regarding stealing, how do you think is it coincidence or karma? :)
Great video....It inspired me to make a set for some shelves. Just curious...I wonder, how big would a triangular piece glued in the corners, need to be to equate to the strength of the spline (recognizing the spline is aesthetically and functionally superior). It must be small...wild guess with no basis from a non-engineer... 3-4mm. Nice project - thanks for the video!!
Hi! Thank you for the comment, and of course sorry took me so long to reply (summertime is less screen time)
The thickness of the splines is 3mm (since the saw blade makes a 3mm wide cut). I made these boxes for the dirty work so I don't mind to beat them up. once one of them was left for two weeks in the rain and snow. I just dried it up and it's still somewhere in the shop doing just fine. I also made couple of them without the splines and they seem to function perfectly.
The boxes turned out great! Did we just not the to see you seal up that wood to protect from moisture?
Thanks! Yep, you didn't see me seal up the wood. Basically because I made these boxes for myself and for kind of ruff use, so I did't bother with any wood coating. But I made some twenty boxes for a client once and then I did varnish them. As a tip, I found it way better to varnish the inside of the box before glue-up. and the result was better as well.
It would be good to hear what you are doing for a beginner like me!
Sorry! I really don't feel confident enough to speak English. Also I just like to show the process of the build. But I'm thinking of adding subtitles of the build process of the future videos so that If you like you could read the info. Also there are a lot of channels out there where professionals guide you trough the whole process. I would encourage you to go out and experiment and be creative and don't be afraid to make mistakes!
This would be a good insert for Kallax (resized a little).
Thank you for the idea ;)
Nice! I've also got a plastic container filled with bullshit & decorating stuff 😁
Yes, the plastic containers are a classic. But since I made these boxes Im not buing any more of the plastic ones.
@@ka_rokas buy? I still have plastic crates from college where we nabbed them from the cafeteria
@@marcuspullan1142 Haha, nice. I think the one in the video is a box a freing gave to me. I live in a different part of world. the only thing i nabbed during university was the toilet papper from public bathrooms (Thinking about it now I feel like the biggest a@#%ole there could be :D )
Hi, what make of saw are you using. I'm looking to buy one and you'res looked a good size.
Hi! Thanks for asking. It's a Dewalt DWE7491-QS I don't know if it's still in the market. But I've had it for almost ten years and still using it almost every day.
Also I'm located in Europe so maybe the available models can differ. But I'm very satisfied with it.
I wish your camera had focused on your hands when testing the strength of the boxes. Just kidding. Nice job! new subscriber.
Thanks for subscribing! And there is no cheating with the strength test. I was kind of surprised myself how stiff thin plywood becomes when you put it in a frame in a groove.
Could this work for toekick drawers? If appropriately sized down I mean or will the 4mm ply on the bottom be too thin?
I would say yes, it would. Especially if you put the 4mm plywood in a groove. I was surprised myself. On it's own the plywood is bendig but once you put all four sides in a groove it becomes really sturdy.
ruclips.net/video/wehQSOp6Epg/видео.html. Go to 1:46 it's also 4mm plywood and it works great. Even the bottom of the drawer is 55cm X 90cm
@@ka_rokas thank you.
The toekick height is just 7cm so I want to save space but still have strong drawers that I could hid my baking pans and popsicle moulds in
I wonder why you put the additional corner pieces starting from 5:00. I don’t think they add to stability, because the glue joint should already be very strong.
I think they do add at least a little strength to the joint. Of course I haven't tested it but just to be on the safe side I added them. I had built some boxes without the extra corner peaces and the joints withstand the abuse I'm giving the boxes.
What kind of table saw is that? (sorry if you get asked this question a lot..)
Hey there! It's ok, actually youre the first one to ask. its a Dewalt DWE7491 QS
Damn good carpenter?
If that's a question, then I would say self thought carpenter. And there is still a lot to learn.
If that's a comment, then - thanks! :)
whta size the plywood do you use? its possible give me the measure?
Yes, of course, no problem. The plywood I'm using in the video is 9mm thick for the sides and 4mm for the bottom (roughly 3/8'' and 1/8''). The outside dimensions of the box are: length 400mm, width 300mm, height 280mm. That would be roughly 16'', 12'', 11''
And a thing to keep ind mind is when you set up the table saw fence for cutting the 45degree corners is all you have to do is remove the thickness of the material from the dimension. Example would be: if my box is 400mm wide and thickness of the plywood is 9mm then I would set up my fence at 391mm. If the material would be 12mm thick i would set up my fence at 388mm when cutting the 45 degree angles.
I hope this helps. It's kind of hard to explain the measurements in imperial, since I don't use it but here are some links that I used, they could come in handy.
www.plywood.cc/plywood-thickness/
www.rapidtables.com/convert/length/mm-to-inch.html
Nice, how thick was the plywood?
Thanks! The thickness of the plywood is 9mm - metric. Looking up in charts it's roughly 3/8 inch thick. But the thickness doesn't matter as long as, when setting up the table saw fence, you remove thickness of the material from the length when cutting the 45 degree corner.
This video made me cringe. Looked like a kickback could occur at any moment. Boxes turned out great. Please consider installing a riving knife and using a sled when cross cutting.
There was a discussion of the safety of the video. I can't recall why I'm not using the riving knife, it surprises me as well. I've had had kickback two or three times and it makes you sweat instantly. I understand it's stupid to rely only on this but if you apply the correct pressures on the board it's relatively safe. Thank you for noticing!
So far I count about 4 people with a PHD in "I Know everything"
Do you mean in the comment section?
Can I use Dominos instead?
Lol JK.
theoretically... but I guess no use for them realistically :)
OSHA rules violated
Thanks for the comment! Actually just watched the video again and only now noticed that I don't have the riving knife on the table saw. don't remember why it's not there, I only remove the riving knife when I do delicate cuts using self made zero clearance table saw insert. As for the crosscutting without a miter sled, I understand it's not a wise idea but if you apply the correct pressures it's relatively safe. It is a risk, I have had kickback few times, makes your back sweat immediately, but I do feel confident and safe while performing these cuts.
@@ka_rokas Your body is over table, that the most danger position. Pulling material forward you can slip (on wood dust) and fall on rotating blade. Here how it looks from medical point of view: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/82f3/42a4ee68eff3256906c81deb0f59394c5fc5.pdf?_ga=2.172169511.561503437.1599568508-740535912.1599568508 You did really great job and many people will learn from you. Just please take more responsibility and also show (use) a safe working practice.
DOES ANYONE TALK ANYMORE?!>?!?!?
Thanks! I'm planning on dubbing a voice over on future videos. But the main problem is that I don't know what to say so I try to show the process. I would appreciate if you could share your thoughts of the things you would like to hear watching this video! Take care!