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This project began with one of the Lego Brickheadz figures. I wanted each individual space to hold a figure, so I measured one with a lot of extra pieces. Adding a 1/2" buffer on all sides gave the toys a comfortable space to sit inside. I took those measurements and scaled the shadow box to fit our favorite figures.
For this project, I used some left over 1/2" plywood. I began by ripping the pieces that would nest together to become the support shelves. This rectangular box was made up of 4 vertical slats and 2 horizontal ones. To get those pieces to snuggly fit together, I used my dado stack on the table saw. I made some test cuts to dial in the settings so that the boards would be cut half-way through. This way, the two boards would sit perfectly flush together when combined. I taped all of the vertical pieces together and cut them at the same time. The same method was used for the 2 horizontal boards as well.
Now that I had a hashtag-looking shelf, I wanted to surround it with walls to make the shadow box. I ripped the four sides 1/2" wider than the shelves to make room for a back panel. Using my table saw, I cut 45-degree corners on the 4 pieces and glued them together in the rectangular shape around the shelf. Using some CA glue, I glued the shelves tightly into place within the shadow box.
Depending on your style choices, this step may be optional. I chose to block off the back of the shadow box with a 1/2" plywood panel. I cut the piece to fit and glued it into place behind the shelves, inside the box. If you wanted the spaces inside the shelves to match the wall color, you could simply leave this step out and cut the box walls the same thickness as the shelves.
I am choosing to hide the plywood's exposed layer lines. This process is called edge banding, we went over it in a previous Bits video. But instead of using pre-glued veneers, I am cutting up some think strips of scrap walnut to attach to the face. The scraps were cut down to 1/8" thick and glued directly to the plywood edges. I used a knife and a flush-cut saw to miter the shadow box's corners, matching the wall joints. I sanded the whole box smooth and applied a few coats of spray-on polyurethane.
I know that people collect all sorts of trinkets, I'm no exception. I was really happy at how quick this shadow box came together and how the end result looks filled with our Lego Brickheadz. Of course I can always make more to hold our ever-expanding collection. And by using the link below, you can make this shadow box as well! We've made a simple set of plans for you to follow to make a shelved shadow box. Even if you aren't collecting Brickheadz, you can adjust the dimensions to fit whatever keepsakes you are hoping to display.
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Really fun project. Especially that it displays things that you and your kids built together. I member we made one for all of the Skylanders we had accumulated. As always great video. Keep it up Bob
@DavidIngram
5 жыл бұрын
I did a skylander one too! The odds!
@AGlimpseInside
5 жыл бұрын
David Ingram haha. I know! Ours is still up. Super outdated tho😂
Who else watches these and has never built anything in their life. I watch these because I enjoy Bob’s creativity with his different builds!
I actually learned quite a bit from this project! I love how informative this one was! The tips with the table saw were super helpful.
@Iliketomakestuff
5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that!!
Looks great Bob! I think I’ll have to make one for my son’s pop vinyl collection
I can never understand why people Thumbs Down the videos on this page. Everything he does is well thought out, educational and super well done. Keep up the great work!
Perfect Box doesn't exi... oh wait! Am I the only one who found it way too satisfying?
I like how you're using materials that are readily accessible to everyone.. Tape for clamps, CA glue, basic skills with a bit of added skilled flair! Well done
Thank you Bob! You are the first guy I can recall that has shown the use of a stop block on table saw cross cuts. Maybe others do it and I just miss it. I appreciate the emphasis and explanation. The only time I've really hurt myself in the shop was trying to cross cut a piece of wood like this without stop block. It bound against the fence and came spinning back into my stomach. Ouch! With many years of woodworking behind me I'm thankful this has been my only real injury, but I'll never forget the stop block again. :)
Agree this is a fun little project. I like how you left the booged pieces in the project showing that just because it is not perfect it still can work. Thank you for the idea.
I look forward to your videos every week after school
It’s like a OG ILTMS video without Josh on camera. Not sure if this video makes me want to build a shadow box or start collecting Brickheadz more???
Might have to build one of these myself. Nice work!!👍🏻👍🏻
Hell yeah. This one goes on the To Do list
Sweet little display shelf!!
Beautiful display thanks for posting
Hey Bob what a great simple build. I just wanted to highlight that this idea for overlapping joints is really great for making drawer dividers if you ever want to stop clutter in you house or workshop drawers. Thanks for the great tips!
So nice to watch! Love the way the slots cut fit it together and the walnut finishing
I like how you were able to grab some of your scraps of walnut from other projects to dress this one up. Good tips about cutting the halflaps!
awesome quick project! love it!
I could make one of these for all my whiskey glasses and backlight it with LEDs.....thatd be pretty sweet
@M4st3r0fN0n3
5 жыл бұрын
@@joonasfi I was just thinking leave a 1/8" gap between the back panel and the shelves for LED tape strips. mount a discreet battery pack to the top and use rechargeable batteries and it should be sufficient for power
@M4st3r0fN0n3
5 жыл бұрын
plus no wires dangling
@M4st3r0fN0n3
5 жыл бұрын
@@joonasfi it's what I do lol I've made similar things before, just not very refined, I've gotten better and that's the whole point of this channel, make it better every time
@thebeardedone7502
5 жыл бұрын
Now your talkin' like I'm thinkin'
@MikeTheMaker1
5 жыл бұрын
Joonas Loppi if you make the front edges a little longer you can put the leds on the inside back edge.
You know what’s really good to make a shadow box from for your Lego toys? Lego bricks :)))
I saw a shadow box that used a mirror that was sandblasted for a design and then they added an LED on the inside to light up the image. when the LED was off it was a mirror, you couldn't see the design, but with the LED on it showed the design beautifully. I don't know if this is something you know how to do, but I was hoping if you did you wouldn't mind showing us how to do it. PLEASE!!!!
It would be cool to build this out of lego bricks. Lego everything!!
I really like how this came out. Love the 2 tones of wood color. Simple build but great information provided in this video.
I wasn't a big BrickHeadz fan originally, but my son and I have gotten a decent collection. This is a great idea because all we do is set them on a shelf so they don't really get "displayed" easily. Will be making this soon.
That was simple and beautiful! Thanks for explaining and all the step-by-step details.
LOVE your videos! For some reason there satisfying!
Very timely for me. I am in the planning stages for some custom boxes for my wife and I. Thanks :)
Great work. I am really impressed. Mad skills!!!
Nicely done Bob! 👍🏻👊🏻
I have been waiting for a project just like this. Great job on the build!
I now have a new project to show off my collectibles. Great video. Thank you very much!
I love the way the walnut looks, makes the whole thing pop
Great as always Bob!
came out really nice!
That turned out awesome, bob! Keep it up. Love your vids!
*I can think of so many applications! Thank you for being so thorough.*
Thanks for the awesome video and the skill share subscription
I love your humble content Bob!
wow, that’s it beautiful!
Super simple, super clean, super awesome
love the simplicity of this one. I need one of these.
Pretty cool!
Definitely going to do this! Great Job!
looks great!
love this project just like all your other projects, keep making the cool stuff
Another simple but great project! Keep on making stuff! Greetings from Germany
Love it. Very similar to my pop toy shelf video. Great project Bob! Love the Walnut edge banding.
This will be a fantastic way to display the family's model and toy train collection. Thanks, Bob!
Yeah. That was a really nice video 👍 Cheers man 😁
Awesome video! Quick and easy, but with good information that’s not pandering or tiresome.
Liked that trick you used with the blue tape to hold the sides together... quick alternative to clamps on a small project like this.
I love the music at 4:45 you've used it often and you should keep doing it! Adds a very cool feeling to the edit, like it's a big production tv show
Awesome tip on getting the material off of the fence!
Great video! Very informative
Awesome!
I just made something exactly like this a couple weeks ago, but in cardboard since it's gona be a 'one time use'. I love your videos.
Great build!! Another way to prevent blow out is to just use blue tape instead of another piece of wood to back up the cut. I made something similar a few years ago for the LEGO Dimensions figures. Tried to kept them organized and displayed too.
Very cool this is.
Excellent tips for using the dado stack - I definitely learnt something new!
My collection of funko pops have taken over my normal book shelves, while wasting a large amount of room behind them on the shelves...... and then this pops into my feed. I'll be building it all with hand tools as those are only resource I have but I am definitely building a larger version using your techniques. Thank you very much for sharing this!
Love it!! 👍🏼
I really appreciate how you broke down and explained little things concisely. Keeps the pace of the video up 😁 I’ll definitely sub even tho I don’t have a table saw, or those cool LEGO figures lol
Great Project
Awesome!!! 👌👌👌
Your videos are a pleasure to watch!
Simple and beatiful. Im thinking of making one for mi little/smaller plants, so i can organize and give a nice look for them.
Great video. Anyone with kids needs a whole lot of these.
Very Cool
Looks very cute ...never new there are so many steps to a box 📦 🤯 well done!!!
Great stuff
God that’s so clean. And useful since I’m also a big LEGO fan.
Excellent job on building the brickhead shelf.
This is a great project. I might have to make one of these! Really nice video and I always love the bloopers!
Awesome project for all levels of woodworkers.
That's an awesome display box! I've never seen the box cutter/hand saw for "edge banding" before. Will definitely have to keep that in mind. Love the LEGO incorporation as well!!
Just discovered your videos today, the how to make a notebook video was suggested by YT and I'm glad it was, great stuff!!
Great project! Being an AFOL, I have never been a real big fan of the Brick Headz line. However, I didn’t know there was a Boba Fett. I need that in my life!
Beautiful job, man!!! 😊
Nice project Bob! Thank you for sharing the video.👍😎JP
I would love to have a workshop like yours Sir. Very Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also that is a awesome shadow box.
First time here. You do EXCELLENT work and the delivery is EXCELLENT too!!! Just earned a new subscriber!!!
Its really good idea for displaying my funko pop thanks bob!!😊
That turned out really well! I've used a similar construction technique for beer bottle boxes and a torsion box assembly table. I've seen people really complicate those torsion boxes with not as predictable results, no names mentioned but it rhymes with Good Flisperer... (Love you Marc, you're my buddy though, just giving you a hard time). One observation that helped me was to not worry about your blade height, within reason, as long as you're more than half the width. Don't go too terribly high, but it doesn't have to be a precision-finnecky dial in. The interlocking pieces will cover up the void and you're going to glue it together anyway. This also gives you a little more flexibility during your glue up in case something stupid happens like a splinter between your grid pieces and they don't lock flush with each other. Not an issue for MDF but very real for plywood.
I wish I had a table saw now. I need to make shelves to make a rock display out in the shop
Nice 👍🏻!🤗 . Very funny project!
Thanks for sharing that
That was pretty awesome. And great finished project
@Iliketomakestuff
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Super Video !!! Thanks ;)
weird timing. I just started to make one of these for my wife/daughter when you uploaded this. Got some good tips. Thanks!
Great video as always👍🏻
I love this so much
I like it that it's made from scrap pieces and you can't even tell.
*Awesome* 👍👍👍👍
They look awesome
Nice job I learned some new stuff
Nice job! I've been thinking of doing something like this!
great effect, cheers from Poland
Was literally looking for a week for a decent tutorial on this. Then, this just showed up in my subs. Well played, sir.
Instead of sandwiching a sacrificial piece, I have always had good luck with putting painters tape across the area to be cut. It tends to hold the fibers in place and leave clean edges