Making a simple onion box....

[Lord Ferguson]

I thought I'd test put my new bandsaw blade tonight by making a quick and simple to make Onion box... trust me... if I can do it - you will be an expert at it  :D

So... first and foremost... I rattled off a few sticks... using my old spud box measurements... 28mm high... 38mm wide and about 60mm long..... er... I think...

NEVER put your fingers anywhere near a bandsaw blade  - this was off and unplugged to show you the size...

I'm using the fence to get even cuts... you could do this with a knife just as well... mark a line on a piece of scrap and cut each piece to length...

[Lord Ferguson]

Now I've cut three 'bearers' for the bottom... I stick the runners on the bottom (here I'm using superglue... I'd normally use wood glue... it dries clear but it does take a long time)...

Anyway... the bottom.. er... of the bottom

The top of the bottom...

[Lord Ferguson]

Next up... I made the two long sides...

Nice and simple to make... stick the long bits to the uprights... nothing measured... all done by eye.. you can guess the centres easily enough in this size of piece I reckon...

The crossbraces are just some thin scrap I had laying around... I cut these with a sharp knife

Next .... using superglue, accelerator and not a great deal of patience... I stuck the two sides on... hold them in place 'about upright' until stuck hard...

[Lord Ferguson]

Then it's just a case of cutting and sticking on the ends... simply lining them up by eye... a few more crossbraces cut with a knife and stick down....

Hey presto... a simple to make 1 tonne onion box..

I've mucked this one up with superglue as you can see... maybe a coat of paint might rescue it... then again... maybe not  :D

So... in short... if you fancy a go... get some thin strips of wood.. it's simple to make and would look great full of 'fake onions'

[Deere-est]

Nice work Mark and a handy looking tool alright mate. What made you go for it 

[Rick]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm  you limeys have different size onions then us ours would fall out the slates????

[Lord Ferguson]

I've had that bandsaw for years Tris... best £80 I ever spent tool wise I reckon... Delta I think it is...

hmmmmmmmmmmmm   you limeys have different size onions then us ours would fall out the slates????

:D - probably right pops... how about a pumpkin box then  \ :D

[Rick]

hmmmm well who made the solid box   Could use that slat box for MF parts etc etc :D

[texas]

I've had that bandsaw for years Tris... best £80 I ever spent tool wise I reckon... Delta I think it is...

:D - probably right pops... how about a pumpkin box then  \ :D

It is looking great, even Rick has right. But i never tought you start building Mark and i am not the only one i think

texas

[Lord Ferguson]

i made about 400 bloody soild boxes once pops... that's the only one I have... and I've only got that because the coating went wrong   :D

MF parts   - they don't need parts.... only the odd filter and some oil  

It is looking great, even Rick has right. But i never tought you start building Mark and i am not the only one i think

texas

Thanks Bas... I quite enjoyed being out in the garage tonight actually.. I may well have a crack at a few more things in the near future.. can anyone think of anything SIMPLE in wood I can make

[Rick]

Those solid bins are awesome, out here they would be used for apples, my goodness I swear I saw the exact same box just the other day at the orchard down the road here..............and I have awesome pallets too.....

[graham]

marky that is bang on fella looks nice 

[BC]

Very nice Mark... are you going to produce these in mass now the prototype has been done ???

[FB]

very nice!!!, i think the dims were 60x40x30mm? \

need help , i enjoyed it last time! ;D

[Light Land]

Wow little gems em................I'll have the lads clear a space in the shed for my shipment. :D

[Lord Ferguson]

well thanks lads... I'm up for a MKII model.. so... more slats basically... any other improvments needed do you reckon

Maybe make the cross-braces out of square perhaps

Any thoughts welcome please people

[Udimore]

Well done bignose 

I am quite impressed.. you are brighter than I gave you credit for 

And how did you find the time 

[BGU]

I'm really impressed, but..

You thinking your band saw was a Delta ......

It flippin says so in the first picture!! :D

[Lord Ferguson]

I'm really impressed, but..

You thinking your band saw was a Delta ......

It flippin says so in the first picture!! :D

... are it definately IS then  :D

[Deere-est]

Nice work Mark and a handy looking tool alright mate. What made you go for it 

Ignore my why don't you, see if I care. ...  I'm not bothered. ..  does this face look bothered? 

[marshman]

Very nice Marky i would stick my to it if i tried :)

[Lord Ferguson]

Ignore my why don't you, see if I care. ...  I'm not bothered. ..  does this face look bothered? 

Sorry Trissy love...

I'm not sure why I made it really... just bored... FTF was slow... fancied testing my new bandsaw blade I have just installed... I'd like to make something 'worthwhile' in wood in 1:32 scale... but I can't think what to make... made gates.. pallets... spud boxes... can you thing of something else I could make buddy

[Deere-est]

Noooooo you doughnut!! The saw, what made you buy the saw!! 

Or have you had it a while?  \

Erm. ... not sure what to try next me old fruit.  I will have a think.

[Lord Ferguson]

DOH... 

I've had it years.... many years in fact mate... from my woodturning days... I would throughly recommend one of these to anyone.... from memory it was about £80 when I bought it and they are not much more now... for your kind of stuff Tris it would be a godsend... cuts metal, wood, plastic, fingers

[smallclaas]

Nice Boxes Mark, handy to have around the yard 

[martin]

nice piece of work well done can you use balsa wood to make them