You is likely to be considering, “Aren’t journal file holder already straightforward to search out and fairly low-cost?” It will get even simpler and cheaper, my buddy. One sheet of plywood = EIGHTEEN recordsdata! At $3.50 per top-grade plywood file, I used to be completely on board.
I used to be impressed by Ana White’s plans for a similar, and I adopted her reduce checklist on a 4’ x 4’ sheet of plywood (half of a full-size sheet). One full sheet makes 18 recordsdata!! I made 9 and even that felt beneficiant.
To make 9 wooden journal file holders, you will have:
- 1 half-sheet (4′ x 4′) of plywood, 1/4″ thick. (Use a full sheet for 18.) I sprang for hardwood ply, as a result of I’m value it.
- 1×4 size of timber, 8’ lengthy. Technical word: my piece was really 19mm x 90mm x 2.4m, due to the metric system. The precise dimension is almost the identical.
- PVA glue
- High quality painter’s tape
- Clamps (optionally available)
- Finishings of your selection: paint, varnish, decoupage paper, and so forth
Easy methods to make the Picket Journal File Holder: Step by Step Mission
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Minimize the board into three 10″ huge strips and three 4″ huge strips, as proven. If you happen to ask properly on the ironmongery store, they’ll reduce the strips for you. You’ll be able to noticed by way of the rest with whichever noticed you’ve got at house, even a hand noticed if essential.
I used a round noticed to make the lengthy cuts. (To information it on a straight line, I clamped a spare 1×4 to the plywood to behave as a information for the noticed.) The quick cuts had been executed on a drop noticed, which was straightforward to set on a 30º angle.
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- Utilizing the 4” strips, reduce 9 items which might be 6¼” lengthy.
- Utilizing the 4” strips, reduce 9 items which might be 12” lengthy.
- Utilizing the 1×4, reduce 9 items which might be 10” lengthy.
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So that you’ve obtained all of your items reduce. Nice! Time for meeting. These are the items you want for every file.
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Glue the bottom piece to the underside edge of 1 facet, centered. Then glue the opposite facet piece to the bottom. Tip: use a spare 1×4 part to prop up the piece whereas gluing.
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Use painter’s tape to carry collectively all of the items as you glue them collectively – sides, entrance after which again.
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(You probably have clamps, additionally they do the job – however I discovered the tape to be gentler and simpler for positioning the timber.)
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I left the glue to dry in a single day. The following day, I added a contact of wooden putty in a few of the cracks for a flush end. A lightweight sand took care of any mess from the glue and putty.
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My items of plywood had been beginning to appear to be journal recordsdata!
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I went for a quite simple end on these recordsdata, in an analogous vein to my Scandi dresser makeover: I used danish oil on the perimeters and semi-gloss paint for the fronts and backs.
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(As an additional precaution, I even put little felt toes on the bases.)
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I gave them one other couple of days for the finishes to remedy, after which excitedly positioned them in my research.
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Fairly good-looking, hey? I just like the extreme profile of my recordsdata, all straight traces and solid-coloured panels. I’ve a factor for Scandinavian-influenced minimalism!
There are such a lot of concepts for customizing them with your personal designs: polka dots, crosses, stencils, stripes, chalkboard paint, decoupaged paper with mod podge… it’s limitless. You may as well discover label plates at a craft retailer and add these on, too. I hold my recordsdata mag-side out so I didn’t fear about it.
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This bookshelf is trying tidier than ever. (There’s 5 right here, however the different 4 are about to hitch the crew very quickly.) Even IKEA couldn’t promote me wood journal recordsdata this cheaply — if you happen to want a great deal of these, positively give it a shot making your personal!