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DIY:CardboardProjects-Book

Rackandasidetable

NKSrinivasan

IntroductionCardboardfurnitureisfuntomakeandrathereasy;you

donotneedtousepowertools.Youneedtouseabox

cutter--becarefulwiththis.Youcanassemblecardboardpartsusingaglue[school

whitegluewilldo]anddecoratewithcolorfulpaperor

paintthesurfacewithposterpaintorwatercoloror

acrylicpaints.

cardboardfurnitureisagreenstuff--environmentally

friendlyandrecyclable.Itcostsverylittleexceptfor

yourtime!Itislightandeasytocarry...Itcanbe

quitestrong,asyouknowthatboatsandevenbicycles

havebeenmadeusingcardboard.HereIdescribetwoprojects:a"BookRack"thatcansit

onyourtableoranyshelf;a"SideTable"tokeepcoffeecupsortimepieceor


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books!Keepreadyanumberofcorrugatedcardboardsheets,

takenfromcontainerboxes.MaterialsRequired:1Cardboardsheets[corrugated,2or3ply]2Whiteglueorotherglues.Donotusegluegun.3AboxcutterorX-actoknife4Coloredpaperfordecoration.5Aruletomeasuredimensions6Scissors7Paints--posterorwater-colororacrylic.[Mypreferenceisforacryliccolorpaints.]8Sealingtapeorducttape[forproject2.]Project1--BookRack

Therackhasthreeparts:1Thebaseplate2Thesideplate3Bracketforsupport.Construction:


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1BasePlate

--Makethebaseplateusingthreesheetsofcorrugated

cardboard.--Cutarectangleof16inx9insheet.---Cutout2insquaresfromthefourcornersand

remove.Youareleftwithtwostubsalongthewidth;thestubs

areofsize5inx2in.---Bondthethreeidenticalsheetsoneovertheother,

byusingwhiteglue....smeartheglueusingaplastic

knifeuniformlyoverthetotalareaandpressthesheets

together,afterstacking,usingyourpalms,pressgently;

laterkeepheavybooksontopandallowthegluetoset

for2hours.Nowyouhaveformedthebaseplate.SidePlates

Youneedtwosideplates.Construction:--Cutasquaresheetof9inx9in.


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---Drawaline1infromoneoftheedges.--Onthisline,drawaslotof5inx1/2in,centered

alongtheside.---makeaslotof5inx1/2in,usingtheboxcutter.---makecurvededgesatthetopcornersfornice

appearance.

Note:Theslotwidthof1/2inisarbitrary---itdepends

onthethicknessofyourbaseplate,whichwillbe

insertedthroughtheslot.Youhavetopastetwosheetsofthisshapetomakeone

sideplate.Glueasbeforeandletitsetfor2hours,

underaheavybook.--maketwosuchsideplates.SupportBrackets

Youneedtwosupportbracketstokeepthesideplates

firmlypositioned.Construction:--Cuttwocardboardpiecesof9inx6in.


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---Cutaslotattheedgeofthepieces,oneinchabove

thebottomside;theslotdimensionsare1inx1/2in.

Notethatthesupportbracketslidesintothestubof

thebaseplateandtouchesthesideplatetokeepthe

sideplatesecureandpreventsideplateslippingout.---Makeacurvedshapeforthetopouteredgeofthe

bracket.

--pastethetwopiecestogetherwithglueandpresswith

aweightybook.--Allowthegluetosetfor2hours.Assembly

Nowcomesthefunpartoftheassembly.---Insertthetwosideplatesoneithersideofthebase

platethroughtheslots,keepingthesideplate

vertical.Alignproperlytheedgeofthesideplatenear

theslots;makeminoradjustmentsasneeded.Fillthe

gapattheslotwithlotofglue.

---Insertthesupportbracketoneithersideintothe

stubofthebaseplate,allthewaytilltheedgeofthe

supporttouchesthesideplate.Applygluealongthe


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verticallinesofthebracket.

---Paintanddecoratethebaseplate,sideplateandthe

support.Youcanusepaintsorpicturescutfrompaper

imagesoranyothermethod...feelfreetouseyour

imagination,keepingwithanythemeyoumayhaveinmind

fortherack.--Covertheedgesofthecardboardplateswithsealing


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tapetocovertheuglycorrugations.Theimageoftherackisgivenabove.Ihaveusedwhite

acrylicpaintforthesideplatesandbracketsand

pastedasticker--paperforthebaseplate.Enjoyanddisplayonyourtable/shelf!Project2:ASideTable

Thisprojectusessomeengineeringprinciplessincewe

wantthetabletocarrysomeweightanditshouldnot

wobbleorbuckle.Thetableconsistsofthreeparts:1CentralPillar2Topplateortabletop3BottomplateCentralPillar:Forthis,weconstructacentrallegorpillarwith

triangulartubeconstruction.

Triangulartubes:Youneedsixtubes.Eachtubeisoflength18inandwithcrosssectionof


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atriangle[equilateral]withwidth3in.---Cutarectangularsheetof9inwidthand18in

length.---alongthelength,maketwocreasesseparatedby3in.Youcanmakethecreasewiththebluntedgeofaknife

orcutter.Dothisgently.---Gentlyfoldthesheetalongthecrease,sothatyou

getatubeof3insideandatriangleshapeand18in

length.---Usesealingtapeorducttapealongthelengthto

securetheedgessothatthetubeisfirmlyformed..Makesurethatthetapefirmlyholdsthesidestoform

arigidtube.--makesixtubes.---Thecentralpillarisformedbyplacingthesixtubes

verticallytogether[toformahexagonalcrosssection]

andarigidpillar.Againusetapetosecureallthesix

tubestogether.Wrapthetapetightly,sothatthetubes

arekepttogether.


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TopPlateortabletop

--Cutcardboardpiecesof11inx11in--4

numbers

--Pastethemoneabovetheother,usingthe

instructionsgivenaboveandsettingwith

thegluefor2hours,usingaheavybookto


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pressonthesheets.

---Coverthetopsurfacewithapapersheet

orplasticlaminateoranyboard.

Thebottomplate:--Cuttwopiecesofcardboard9inx9inand

pastethemtogether.


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Assembly;

Nowcomesthefunpart.--Justpastethetopplatetothecentral

pillarandthebottomplatetotheother

sideofthepillar.Liberallyapplyglueto

securethebond..Applysomeheavybookto

presswell.Allow2hoursfortheglueto

set.

--Coverthesidesofthecentralpillarwith

paperorpaintthesurfaceinanymanneryou

like.

---Pasteorpaintovertheexposedpartsof

bottomplate.

Thecentralpillarconstructionandthe

finishedsidetableareshownintheimages.


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additionaldetails/instructionalhelp.

Havefunwithconstructionofcardboard

furnitureforyourhomeorforgiftsto

others.!!

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