Tissue box cover

[offthemark]

The wife has requested a tissue box cover made out of wood. I can't find a plan online. Everything I come up with on my own has 3/4" thick sides. She thinks that will make it too bulky. Anyone ever built anything like this? Any good ideas?

More importantly, can you think of any new tool I will have to buy to build this?

[Tom Miller]

I'd go with box joints. You'll need this:





Your wife is absolutely right about the inappropriateness of 3/4" material. You can resaw it to 1/4" with this:





You're welcome!

Regards,
Tom

[jspelbring]

Bad man

Tom,

You are a very bad man. To recommend an Incra Jig AND a bandsaw.

Everyone knows that he'll also need one of these:

[sacherjj]

You could also make a stylish looking faux basket tissue holder if you only had one of these:



But you probably should pick up something like this to properly finish the project:



Also: A Lowes plan and Lees Wood Projects Plan.

From the second set of plans:
Use a jointer to joint one edge of a board.
Use a table saw to rip the board 6” wide.
Use a radial arm saw or a miter saw to cut the board 28” long.
Use a planer to plane the board to 3/8” thick.

So make sure you get a Jointer, Table Saw, Radial Arm Saw and a Planer. Otherwise, it just won't be right. You also probably need the Bosch Jigsaw and as mentioned above, a bandsaw for resawing.

[jnesmith]

Is this what you had in mind?



http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...sueBox.html%20

[jziegler]

For the wood, if you look around, you can find "craft wood" that is 1/4" and 1/2" thick. So, if there is no budget to get a bandsaw to resaw and then a planer or drum sander to surface, you can buy the craft wood. Lowes usually stocks oak and poplar, Woodcraft has many fancy varieties. Home Depot generally only seems to have Aspen, at least the one near me. Of course, since you're looking for new tools, feel free to ignore this.

I'd think that the box joints are a good idea. A through dovetail would look good too.

Jim

[bigsteel15]

Don't forget the hand tools needed to smooth the edges before you apply the new sander.

[LarryG]

You'll also need a couple new routers. I have five -- six when the Bosch kit I ordered just yesterday gets here -- and there's just no way I could build a tissue box holder with any fewer than that.

[jwaterdawg]

Oh, and if you want it to have that special custom feel just for her you'll need a chainsaw, portable sawmill, and 16"+ thickness planner and 10" oliver joiner just to get started.

[Tequila]

That craft wood isn't very smooth. One of these should take care of it.

[Jaden]

You all are some verrrry bad, bad men...............lol...........keep it comming

[DaveW]

You guys are terrible... I'm not asking for project help on this forum anymore - I'd be living on the streets if I followed these suggestions!

[Tom Miller]

Wood for the tissue box project: $20
All the tools required: $2000
Extra box of tissues for all the crying: Priceless.

Regards,
Tom
p.s. Let us know when we've helped enough.
p.p.s. At least my box joint recommendation was legit. Kinda went downhill from there....

[Wood_workur]

Tom- you should enter that in the mastercard contest.

back on topic:
yes, you will need the following:
$500- bandsaw
$100- bosch jigsaw
$200- scroll saw
$300- table saw
$1000- radial arm saw (can substite with the SMT on the bt)
$500- about a dozen sanders
$300- chainsaw
$5000- sawmill
$400- thickness planer
$1000- jointer
$1000- drum sander
$1000- HVLP Spray gun
$500- dedicated mortised (you will use M&T joints, right?)
$1000- some new routers
$1000- incra router table
$500- dovetail/box joint jig
$200- biscuit jointer
$500- SCMS
$1000- lathe and turning tools
$300- air compressor
$300- nail guns
$3,000- clamps
$10,000- new shop for all of the tools
Free- that tree in the front yard
Priceless- That looks on your wives face when she sees the bills.

Grand total: $30,000, plus those cool looking do-dads at Lee-valley

[LarryG]

Grand total: $30,000

Or you can get it all from Harbor Freight, for $268. Actually it'd be even less than that, if you printed off one of those 20% off coupons that expired five months ago.