In this article, the author of the garage 11 YouTube channel will tell you how to make a children's transformer sandbox from available materials.
Such a sandbox has a huge advantage in that it will be protected from various seals and dogs that adore shitting in a clean sand. Also, a variety of debris and leaves will not fall into it.
Materials
- Pine boards, timber
- Furniture hinges
- Wood screws.
Instruments, used by the author.
— A circular sawhacksaw
— Screwdriver
— Countersink drill
— Electric planer
— Orbital sander
- Miter saw
- Ruler, tape measure, pencil.
Manufacturing process.
For the manufacture of corner joints, the author will use scraps of pine timber 100X100 mm.
These bars need to be cut along the length equal to the width of the boards that will be used for the sides of the sandbox. The circular saw did not have enough height of the saw blade, and the author cut the parts with a hacksaw.
Now you need to make two external cuts along the thickness of the board.
The ends of the boards are trimmed with a manual miter saw.
Then, blanks for sides and covers are cut.
The surfaces of the boards are treated with an electric planer.
The board is fixed on the goats, then the master processes its ends and ribs.
All elements for the sandbox are prepared, at this stage they should be covered with several layers of varnish and varnish.
In the boards, holes are drilled with a countersink drill, and the first board is screwed to the corner with screws.
Another board is substituted under the corner so that the next side is bolted evenly.
The process is repeated with all angles, and a sand box has turned out.
Now the author installs two boards on both sides of the box, they are screwed to the sides and the corner tightly.
Parts for the cross members are cut from a pine beam, then their surfaces and ribs are ground.
The crossbars are screwed onto the upper side of future seats, they fasten two boards of the same size as the boards that are already screwed to the box.
Now the opening seat covers are turned over and fastened with furniture hinges to the main structure.
This is how the lid will open, while forming a seat with a clean surface.
Also with the help of furniture hinges small backs are screwed.
In order for the backs to be fixed in a vertical position, two stops from the strips are screwed to their back.
The design of the sandbox transformer is ready! Now you can be sure that no dog surprises can be found in the sand. In addition, there will now be a small platform where you can arrange various performances and build snowmen in the winter.
Yes, the master did not take into account one moment. This is an opportunity to pinch your fingers when accidentally tilting the back and seat. To do this, you need to make locks on the backrests that will not allow it to fold accidentally. Also, this castle can be used in closed form, so that outsiders do not climb into the sandbox.
I thank the author for the simple, but very unusual design of the children's sandbox!
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Author video can be found here.