Rubbish Box ... Fighters Box ? or even a Pen Box if you had enough of them!

 The box is 4mm ply off cuts and pallet boards I collected from CFI Industries in May this year 2026

Pine pallet boards and Ply off cuts

The ply

Advance to late June 2026 now
I cut the ply and timber into even smaller pieces.

All with the intention to distract myself away from my euro hinge dilemma and looking for Pottzys dead Sander.

I had originally intended to use quad internally but due to not knowing what I was doing  I made a really dopey mistake and glued all the quad on the box base.
The goof up

The  first Test Jig
Overnight in bed I had a amazing brainwave thinking I could  resurrect my mistake by  making a jig and cutting the four corners off with a 38mm forstner bit allowing the vertical quad to fit  in the recess.and was to be the beginnings of the savior Jig!
What it was supposed to do was the two holes were on top of each other, the lower 38mm hole was  C shaped to fit around the ply base fitted around the quad the second piece sat directly on top guiding the bit as a complete hole.
A Brilliant plan I thought, however when the bit passed the guide hole it decided to take the easy option and try to exit out the cutout.
This resulted in a tapering hole heading towards the inside of the ply.
My second try was not much better but had possibilities, the third was a 3 strikes and your out!

The jig went straight into the rubbish and the ply sheet introduced to the table saw, hence I dont have any picture to show instead you have to wade through this Jibber.

I turned to the pallet wood and sawed up a heap of triangle bits to use inside instead.

The second test Jig
Then made test Jig to ensure I didn't screw up again

I was on my way at last, half a day wasted just fooling around.

I also cut some 90 deg strip for the outside

I was on a roll!
The Frame is developed

Nothing too much of the  grey matter required here.
I used my corner clamps  to hold everything in place and a hammer to align everything perfectly

The top was then aligned with ratchet clamps.
Some may remember "Big Al" from Lumberjocks days, well he posted some modified ratchet straps as a project/Blog of which I still use today.
See the credits to him on the strap.
I then trimed it to size and fitted the base and edge trim.
It required to be notched to fit correctly.

I finished the trim work and then made my patented  Knuckleduster handles, (hence the fighter box)

Routed all the sharp edges off

Then fitted rubber feet

Dimensions
The overall sizes are 505 mm x 360 mm

Finishing
I used some decking oil to complete the job.

Whats it for? who knows