We bought from IKEA six plastic boxes to organize our son Playroom. Three large boxes and three small. I decided to build a nice and special piece of furniture that would contain all the boxes. In this project I decided to challenge myself and build wood furniture without screws! Most of the material I used is from old pallets, the frame is built from the thick wood that is in the middle of the pallets and for the covering I used the thin planks. The legs I used for the cabinet are old wooden legs I found lying in a dumpster, and I made a special brass cones for them. You're invited to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow all of my projects:

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How to Build Storage Boxes Cabinet From Recycled Materials
by Omer O
We bought from IKEA six plastic boxes to organize our
son Playroom.
Three large boxes and three small.
I decided to build a nice and special piece of furniture
that would contain all the boxes.
In this project I decided to challenge myself and build
wood furniture without screws!
Most of the material I used is from old pallets, the
frame is built from the thick wood that is in the
middle of the pallets and for the covering I used the
thin planks.
The legs I used for the cabinet are old wooden legs I
found lying in a dumpster, and I made a special brass
cones for them.
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2. Step 1: Design
Step 2: Materials
My plan for the build was to use old Pallets.
the "skeleton" will be built from the thick planks of the pallets and The cladding will be from the top or bottom
planks of the pallets that are thinner.
All the design is done in 3D software so that I have precise measurements for the execution phase.
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3. Step 3: Making Frames
I've collected a lot of pallets, I haven't counted, but I
estimate there were six or seven pallets I used, plus a
little bit of the Extras old beams I had.
I dismantled the pallets with a pallet baster (see video
below),
made sure to pull out all the nails so there would be
no problems cutting !!!
With a table saw, I cut the thick boards to the extent
that I had planned. With Rotter, I created a grooves in
the boards, with thickness of the cladding boards. In
some cases, I created the grooves with a round saw.
I connected the frames with 8mm-thick wooden rods,
each corner 2 rods about 10 cm long.
I drilled the holes (with an 8.5mm drill) at rst using a
drill press to make it as straight as possible.
then proceeded with a manual drill.
I applied glue in the connection areas, inside the holes
and on the rods, and put it all together.
I checked that the frame was equal in diagonal sizes
and clamped it all with 4 clamps.
After drying, I completed the grooves that would
contain the cover boards.
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5. Step 4: Frames Cover Boards
After I nished the frames, I started lling them with the upper boards of the pallets, cutting them one by one to
make it good t, after each cut I measured the size of the next board.
After all the boards was in place, I took an angle grinder with a ap disc and gently remove the top layer of the
wood.
That's how the beauty of the wood was exposed.
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6. Step 5: Making Grooves for Joints
Step 6: Glue the Boards
I created the slots with the rotter, marked the locations, manually sawed the boundaries of the slots and only later
passed with the Rotter.
If I hadn't done it, there's a good chance the Rotter knife would have broken the wood even beyond the desired
line.
Eventually, the boards is glued into the frame by carpenter glue – spread throughout the contact areas, place all
the boards in place, then place wooden beams on both sides and clamp them until drying.
After all the glue dried, I sand all the surfaces again.
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7. Step 7: Legs
I dismantled those beautiful legs from an old bed
that was thrown in the trash, there were black plastic
cones that I really didn't like, so I decided to make my
own beautiful new cones.
After a brief you Tube "study" that mostly included the
question: "How to solder brass?" I found out it really
simple.
It turned out to be a small project within this whole
project, so I also documented this process in another
video.
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8. Step 8: Assembly
Before the nal assembly, I put all the pieces together
and held them with large clamps.
I drilled holes for the connection rods (again 8.5 mm)
totaled 8 holes for connections.
I put the rods in to see that everything was in place.
After seeing that everything was sitting in place
properly, I dismantled everything and started
applying glue to all the contact areas.
I put the wooden rods in, and clamp it all.
After drying, I sand it all again.
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9. Step 9: Finishes
I painted it all with matte varnish.
After the paint dried, I placed the cabinet in a straight area and glued the legs to the lower frame.
I made sure to check with leveler that everything was straight, and that there were no rocking.
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10. Step 10: Summary
It was a challenging project with lots of stages.
It took me a long time to nish the furniture, every
free time was used for the progress of the project.
Conclusions:
The rotter in this project was very signi cant and
helped create the grooves that I could not otherwise
perform, especially in the corners.
The pallet wood is soft so using a chisel is not an
option.
It is important to use only heat-treated pallets and
not chemicals-treated! Usually appears on every pallet
of what treatment he's undergone.
Hope you enjoy the project documentation - if there
are any questions or comments I'd love to hear.
Thank you
Omer
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11. Step 11: Done :)
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