Building a box allowed me to deepen my understanding of working with woodshop tools.

For my box, I opted to get precut wood. This made the box building process a lot simpler.

Some of the precut wood was a little below board but I made it work as best as I could.

For the first part of the project, I sanded the wood I had received with 60 grit sandpaper. I also made sure to rout the wood so I could curb the edges.t= After that was finished, I began to assemble the box.

The box had 3 levels to it, and construction between each level was identical. I merely drilled a hole into the connect pieces of wood, drilled a pilot hole for the screw to be flush, then I drilled the screw in. Before long, all 3 levels were done.  Afterwards, I would have to set up the supports for the crate’s levels.

Setting up the supports for the crate’s levels was also a simple process. First, I constructed the bottom floor of the crate by drilling screws into the floorboards and connecting them to the crate. Then I drilled from the side of the support into the actual wood of the crate.

After setting the supports, I would need to add the 2 additional levels. This was relatively simple process, and to add them, I created space between the crate and screwed them in securely to the supports.

 

Before long, my crate ended up being essentially finished, it just needed the final touches of sanding, which I did twice, once with a 120 grit, then with a 220 grit.

By the end if it, we had a smooth and clean crate.

The final process of the project, was staining/painting the box. We ended up painting it since the overall process would be way faster.

By the end of all of our work, we had a functional red crate.