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| by:
John Sillaots
photo: Bert Klassen |
NEWSPAPER RECYCLING BOX |
If you’re a great newspaper fan and have one delivered every
day, along with lots of junk mail fliers, a tide of newsprint
is probably rising around your reading chair and coffee table.
This project is the solution. It gives you a place to neatly
store all that reusable fibre. And when it comes time to take
it outside for pick-up, a quick pull of the cord and a granny
knot bundles the papers for the recycling truck.
Start by cutting out all the required parts and prepare them
for drilling. Although this is a simple project, success depends
on precisely located dowel holes. If the holes aren’t drilled
square to surrounding surfaces, or evenly spaced, the project
will be a flop. A drill press is your best assurance of success.
Remember: Measure twice, drill once.
Assemble the base frame using
glue and small finishing nails. Make sure the completed base
is square before setting it aside to dry. Mark the location
of dowel holes around the perimeter of the base, then drill.
Don’t assume that a 3/8" hole is ideal for your 3/8" dowels.
Dowels can vary in size considerably and it’s quite likely you’ll
have to go 1/64" to 1/32" larger or smaller than 3/8" for an
optimum fit. Test on a piece of scrap first. A brad-point drill
bit will create a hole with crisper, cleaner edges than that
produced with a twist bit.
Assemble the top frame with glue,
reinforcing its corner joints with dowels, miniature biscuits
or finishing nails. Set the top frame down on the base frame
so the all-important hole locations you’ve already marked on
the base are transferred precisely to the top. Use dowel centres,
available at any good hardware store, to mark the holes. After
drilling both frames, fasten the twine tongue to the underside
of the bottom frame.
Before you connect the top and
bottom frames permanently with dowels and glue, consider prefinishing
all parts. Besides making it much easier to sand between coats
of sealer, prefinishing before assembly will protect the wood
from staining caused by glue squeeze-out. A simple wipe with
a wet rag will remove all excess glue easily.
Add the screw eyes to the underside
of the top frame, add twine and let the stacking begin.
| You
Will Need |
| Part |
Size |
Qty. |
| Base
cross pieces |
3/4"
x 2" x 14 1/2" |
2 |
| Base
slats |
3/4"
x 2" x 16 1/2" |
4 |
| Long
top rails |
3/4"
x 1 1/2" x 16 1/2" |
2 |
| Short
top rails |
3/4"
x 1 1/2" x 13" |
2 |
| Dowel |
3/8"
dia. x 9" |
20 |
| Twine
tongue |
3/4"
x 3 1/2" x 7 1/2" |
1 |
| Twine
dowel |
3/8"
dia.x 6 1/2" |
1 |
| Screw
eyes |
1/4"
dia. hole |
2 |
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