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Our final and most pretty sorting tray

inspired by the bees
Painting, Woodworking, and Wood
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What do you need?
a piece of plywood measuring 20x20cm
a scroll saw
a long wooden slat of 20x10mm
a miter box and a chop saw
a jig saw
sandpaper
Bison glue
glue clamps
Optional:
colorless, matte varnish
a paintbrush

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Today we are making our last, most beautiful and but also most difficult wooden sorting tray. The container is inspired by the honeycombs in the beehive. a special octagonal shape. The tray cannot be completely sawn by hand. The outer edge must fit exactly and a jigsaw is required for this. So if your mom or dad has one and can saw well, then you're in the right place! This is how you make a bee box

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Print the template which includes the measurements.

Copy the drawing onto the plywood.

Neatly saw out the octogonal bottom of the tray..

Saw off 8 slats of 9cm length straight, as well.

So far it's not difficult, we've done this before. You can easily saw the bottom with a scroll saw, the slats can be sawn in the miter box, neatly straight.

But, the slats have to match each other to get a beehive shape and you really need a mom or dad for that (a neighbor or his wife is also great!), with a jigsaw.

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The tray is complete, except for sawing off the ends!

The sawn off ends in close up, saw all 8 on both sides like this like you see here.

Sand the sawed off ends nice and smooth, then they will fit together properly.

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Stick on two pieces and let the glue dry.

Keep going until all the 8 parts are glued on.

While the glue on your tray is drying, you saw the interior.

Saw 4 straight pieces, glue them in a square.

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Saw off a corner from every side.

Stick the cube in the middle.

Let the glue dry with the glue clamps on.

Meanwhile saw off 4 straight pieces, -- cm each and sand them neatly smooth

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Glue the 4 small pieces to the cut corners and in the center of the surrounding parts, as shown in the photo.

When the glue is dry your bee-tray is ready to be filled, Puk already knows what to put in :))

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