This week’s assignment was pretty simple: build a box.
In my case, I decided to forego the strict instructions and build a box more fit to my liking, a box that was a bit smaller, 10.5″x10.5″x10.25

I went to the woodshop and found pieces of wood that were 3/4″ thick and used a table saw to cut four 9.25″x9.25″ squares and one 10.5″x10.5″ piece.

From here I brought all of my materials (my wood pieces and wood screws) down to the lower level of the OEDK.

Here I used a corner clamp and some additional C clamps to secure two pieces of wood together so that they formed a corner.
I marked out three evenly spaced out holes and used an 1/8″ drill bit to drill pilot holes. I then tried to use the driver add my screws, but I realized that the screw heads stuck out.

I then remembered the tip from the google docs instruction, and so I took out the screw, used a 1/4″ drill bit to counter bore the hole, and then re-screwed the screw in. It looked much nicer.

I continued to do this until I had attached the four sides of my box.

I then used the orbital sander with 100 grit sand paper to sand down all of the sides. I also sanded down the final bottom piece.

I then used 8 screws, two on each side to attach the bottom piece.
Unfortunately, for one of my screws, I ended up stripping the head, and it resulted in the screw sticking out. :/
For the rest of the screws I made sure to be cautious, and if the drill ever skipped, I finished with a screwdriver by hand.

With al of my parts assembled, I decided to sand my box with higher grit, first 220, then 320. This was a very tedious process, but wrapping the sandpaper around a small wooden block helped the process.

Finally, I took my box outside to go explore the wood staining options. However, upon doing a swatch test with some of my scrap wood, I decided I didn’t like any of the options. So I opted to leave my box unstained.

In the end, I was content with my box. I had very little wood working experience going into this assignment, and I feel like I came out of it feeling much more comfortable with the tools I used.

Cost analysis:
6 hours x $10 per hours = $60
Estimate $32 for 3/4″x2ftx4ft plywood (8square ft)
I used approximately 3 square ft of plywood.
For 37.5% of $32 = $12
Wood cost = $12
Wood screws = free from OEDK, but probably $2.50 for the 20 screws I used

Total: $74.50
(I totally do not think my box is worth $75, I just took way too long and was pretty inefficient as I had a lot to learn along the way)