DIY 3-Tier Plywood Stacking Box for Hobby Supplies

Over the last few months, I (Steph) have been building miniature rooms from various kits. I'm enjoying it so much that I have slowly been adding miniature tools in which to make the builds a little easier.

With all those new tools, I needed an efficient way to organize and store them.

I created a simple three-box caddy that is easy to use and move around. Although this is for miniature supplies, it can be customized for whatever hobby or craft is your passion!

• (2) 2x4 ft 1/4in Birch Plywood (Home Depot)
• (2) Angle Aluminum 36 x 3/4 x 1/16 (Home Depot)
• Cupboard Cabinet Drawer Metal Flush Mount Door Pull Handle (Amazon)
• Silicone Crafts Sheet (Amazon)
• (4) Finger Edge Pull (Amazon)
• SawStop 10'' Jobsite Saw PRO (Rockler)
• WEN WA600 600-Pound Capacity Portable Clamping Saw Horse Work Bench with Non-Marring Jaws (Amazon)
• Gorilla Clear Grip Contact Adhesive (Amazon)
• 6pcs Tip Glue Dropper Squeeze Bottle (Amazon)
• DeWalt 20-Volt MAX Cordless Band Saw (Home Depot)
• Ryobi 18-Volt ONE+ Cordless LED Workbench Light (Home Depot)
• Model Tools Kit (Amazon)
• Solid Brass Miniature Bar Clamps, 3-3/4 Inches Long (Set of 2) (Amazon)

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All the cuts were made on a table saw. This is a SawStop, which is the safest table saw you can get!

Lots of sticky notes were used to keep track of the pieces for the three different boxes.

Each of the three levels were designed with different specs based on what was going to be stored in it. The bottom level stores larger things. The dividers in this box can be removed.

The middle box holds all the cute tiny tools! These dividers are permanent.

The top box is used to build in and hold the current finished pieces. The white is a very thin, non-textured silicone mat that was cut to size. The mat makes glue clean up really easy.

All the boxes are constructed with butt joints and wood glue. The wood glue was transferred to a small bottle with a fine tip to be able to accurately glue the 1/4 inch plywood. With this bottle, we were able to glue with very little squeeze out to clean up.

To keep the walls in place while they dried, we propped them in place with vintage seven-pound irons and weights.

We also used clamps where we could while parts dried.

To keep the boxes securely together, we cut angle iron to the height of the stacked boxes, then we glued this to the bottom box.

The last step was to added handles to each side of the bottom box. Not shown. Steph also added lifting handles to each of the top two boxes to make it easier to remove them.

Having a dedicated place to store all my miniature DIY house kit parts and tools makes it easy to clean up. Everything goes back in the box and can be moved to its storage space. 

If you have a messy hobby, a craft/supply box may be just what you need to get your things organized. It's a lot more fun and way less frustrating, if all your materials and tools are in one place. 

What would your hobby or craft box look like? What is the hardest thing to keep organized? 

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