Fiberglass Box

My fiberglass box
November 21, 2003

I discovered that a fiberglass storage box was going to be an absolute necessity for this project. My requirements for a glass box were as follows:

  1. The "door" must also double as a cutting table.
  2. It must be made in such a way where I can add a "table leaf" or extension to it later for doing longer cuts.
  3. The cross bars that hold the glass rolls should be able to be adjusted as to where they sit in the box.

A trip to Home Depot and a little work yielded this :

The inside dimensions are 42 x 40 x 12 (WHD) which is absolutely perfect. The locks on the outside are actually slim window locks which I chose because the catch can be mounted on the edge of a piece of plywood. The legs are mounted in such a way where it would be easy to put on a 22" leaf which I may do very soon. I then drilled and cut the racks that hold the dowel rods with seven different positions. Finally, I sanded a generous radius all the way around the table portion so that cloth that hangs off the edge won't catch on the wood.