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How to make a classic wooden crate. Easy + advanced versions. - YouTube
Channel: Steve Ramsey - Woodworking for Mere Mortals
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Today I've got two versions of the
classic wooden crate to make the easy
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version you'll need four 1 by threes a
miter saw clamps jigsaw a drill and a
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small workspace I'll be building the
whole thing on my basic mobile workbench
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by the way if you haven't built this
space-saving workbench yet be sure to
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download free plans at BasicMobileWorkbench.com it's the perfect first
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project if you've never built anything
in your life no table saw needed the
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advanced crate has a more traditional
look it's a lighter weight with thinner
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sides and bottom slats you'll need a
table saw to build this one but only
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three one by threes and of course I've
got free plans for both crates down in
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the description
normally I would advise you never to cut
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all the pieces to a project at the same
time but in this case there's only two
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different sized boards that you'll need
and it just makes sense to cut them all
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at once the home center had some really
crappy boards to choose from this time
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check out this one there's a lot of
warped boards luckily there's
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enough kind of scrap built into this
project that I'll be able to just cut
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that part off and use the rest of it
I've attached an auxilary fence just a
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board to my miter saw so it gives me a
little extra room over here where I can
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attach a stop block and I've made a
couple of marks where I'm going to be
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cross cutting the boards to length
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now I can slide this stop block in for the
shorter pieces
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the next thing I want to do is edge join
the shorter boards together to make
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those end panels so what I'm going to do is
put a bead of glue along three of these
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and spread it thin this is tight bond 2
yellow wood glue I'm using and I'll just
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push these together just make sure
they're all flush yeah if you get these
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too tight these
boards will just spring apart the whole
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point of the clamps is just to keep the
boards from moving while the glue sets
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I'm gonna use these clamping cauls these
are just boards that I've put packing
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tape on so that the glue doesn't stick
and this'll sandwich these boards
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together this way to keep them flat and
again if you've over tightened these
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pipe clamps it'll be really hard to
flatten these boards out using these F
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clamps and that looks pretty flat and
the ends are still flush
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okay I'm going to let these dry for at least
an hour I got a late start this
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afternoon so I'm just gonna call it a
day and come back in the morning for
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these here it is the next day you can
tell it's the next day because I have a
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different shirt on yep nothing beats
the next day if you have a jigsaw and
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want to make finger holes for your crate
find a cap or some other round object
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that you can use to create some curves
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something like that now drill an entry
point for your jigsaw
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you want to sand down the inside edges
of these holes so they're not so sharp
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assembling this is simple I'm going to
start by attaching the bottom slats with
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glue and screws and that can get a
little tricky because it's a little
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wobbly right now so what I'm gonna do is
clamp a couple of pieces on to the
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bottom here and this also helped me just
keep it squared up so of course I just
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want to make sure that the ends of these
boards are flush with the sides to
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prevent the ends of these boards from
splitting I'm going to drill pilot holes
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before driving the screws in place
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but I didn't quite get that center one
straight that's what gives this crate
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character if you wanted perfection go get a CNC machine I'm not putting a
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screw in right here because it might run
into that screw so I've offset it a
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little bit honestly I love the look of
the screws in this crate it just screams
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sturdy that one split a little bit but
it's not going to affect the strength of
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this crate and just gives it a little
extra rustic charm
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so of course you could paint or stain or
finish this however you like but
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actually I think crates look best when
they're just left unfinished using the
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table saw is going to give me a lot more
precision on the advanced version of the
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crate
I'll start by cross cutting out all of
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the pieces for the end panels just like
I did on the easy version only this time
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I'm gonna cut them all just a little bit
longer than their final size I'll get a
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nicer seam when I edge join all of these
together if I shave a little bit off of
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each edge for that I'll use my rip fence
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gluing these together is going to be
the same as before only this time it's
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actually going to be a little bit easier
because I don't have to worry about
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getting all of the ends flush
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and while those are drying I can get
started on the slats the slats on this
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crate are gonna be a little narrower so
I'll rip these boards down to their
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widths first I've slid over my rip fence
so that I'll be able to resaw these
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boards right down the middle so I'll
have two equal thickness pieces I've set
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up a featherboard to keep my stock
pressed against my rip fence as I'm
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passing it through the blade I've also
added on an additional block on my
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gripper so that it's up high enough I
can keep it in place in front on this
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side of the blade to help keep it
pressed down as the stock is running
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through and finally when the board gets
towards the end of the cut I'll need a
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way to push it through I can't use the
gripper on this part because the
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featherboard is here so I'm gonna use
this scrap that I used to test the
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thickness of the board as a push
stick to push it on through resawing
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lumber on a table saw is an advanced
level procedure if you feel the least
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bit uncomfortable about this setup don't
do it of course if you have a bandsaw
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you could do the resawing on it or if
you have a planer you could plane the
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wood down thinner or you could just buy
thinner stock from the lumberyard
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or even use quarter-inch plywood
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lastly I'll crosscut these two links now
I can square up those end panels to make
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the handles on this one I'm going to
start by drilling two holes using a
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Forstner bit
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instead of sanding these handles I'm
going to use a quarter inch roundover
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bit on my router to ease over the sharp
edges
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instead of screws on this one I'm going
to use glue and inch-and-a-quarter
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finishing nails the screws are just a
little bit too aggressive on this thin
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wood and it's just too easy to split
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