How to Make a Custom Shadow Box | I Like To Make Stuff

[@jordongingrich8913]

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

[@JasonPatz]

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. :)

[@RavenSXT]

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!

[@JkCanvas]

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.

[@BuildDadBuild]

Might have to build one of these myself. Nice work!!👍🏻👍🏻

[@woogaloo]

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.

[@BruceAUlrich]

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!

[@pauposts]

Liked that trick you used with the blue tape to hold the sides together... quick alternative to clamps on a small project like this.

[@raymondcanning7846]

Thanks for the awesome video and the skill share subscription

[@hunterdavis7504]

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]

Glad to hear that!!

[@michaelgarcia7539]

I now have a new project to show off my collectibles. Great video. Thank you very much!

[@stanleyshostak2737]

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.

[@Oldman-Havok]

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!!!!

[@ana-zc4bx]

LOVE your videos! For some reason there satisfying!

[@northshorepx]

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!

[@AGlimpseInside]

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]

I did a skylander one too! The odds!

[@AGlimpseInside]

David Ingram haha. I know! Ours is still up. Super outdated tho😂

[@ScottayH29]

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!

[@MrJoseJasso]

awesome quick project! love it!

[@youssifmohamed8144]

Looks awesome bob But u can add a back light of led a will look perfect to showoff 😍😍😍

[@ZERO_42069]

I love the way the walnut looks, makes the whole thing pop

[@karl_alan]

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

[@vlogerhood]

While the need for a gap between blade and fence is essential if cutting off a piece, when doing slots like that kick back is much less of a concern since the whole piece continues to have support. The fence can be used normally.

[@davidroe4121]

Awesome video! Quick and easy, but with good information that’s not pandering or tiresome.

[@Emilio8Z99]

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.

[@ryanrich4596]

Bob, the box looked good. To cut down on the edge banding would to have glued the walnut on prior to doing the cuts with the dado stack. That way you wouldn't have had to cut each individual piece.

[@brianemunroe]

Awesome tip on getting the material off of the fence!

[@BensWorx]

Looks great Bob! I think I’ll have to make one for my son’s pop vinyl collection

[@Marco_Carlucci]

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!

[@NGinuity]

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.

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

Awesome project for all levels of woodworkers.

[@9thfromthestar]

You know what’s really good to make a shadow box from for your Lego toys? Lego bricks :)))

[@neilvalenzuela2952]

Its really good idea for displaying my funko pop thanks bob!!😊

[@ZhiggerA]

Perfect Box doesn't exi... oh wait! Am I the only one who found it way too satisfying?

[@CGagnon5]

weird timing. I just started to make one of these for my wife/daughter when you uploaded this. Got some good tips. Thanks!

[@BronkBuilt]

Great video. Anyone with kids needs a whole lot of these.

[@meb756]

Great work. I am really impressed. Mad skills!!!

[@artelliott]

Hell yeah. This one goes on the To Do list

[@CorsoWorkshop]

Great way to start ang Friday morning at work; a bowl of cereal, a mug of coffee and an ILTMS new video. Regarding the project, I’m not much of a fan of the brickheadz, but it’s a great project to display anything else :D thanks ILTMS

[@WestSenecaValleyRailroad]

This will be a fantastic way to display the family's model and toy train collection. Thanks, Bob!

[@sarahm2312]

So nice to watch! Love the way the slots cut fit it together and the walnut finishing

[@cdinusha1]

Excellent tips for using the dado stack - I definitely learnt something new!

[@jorgedinis3]

dude, you could definitely come up with a nice wooden rocking horse!!! that'd be so cool

[@furthernorthfab]

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???

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

I would love to have a workshop like yours Sir. Very Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also that is a awesome shadow box.

[@elvisd23ca]

Excellent job on building the brickhead shelf.

[@JD-be7ys]

Bob, Fun looking shelf. I am going to do something similar for the 100 or so Disney Infinity characters my kids have. It will be integrated into the entertainment center. Keep making stuff and inspiring all of us on the other side of the lens!

[@makerbyproxy8666]

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!

[@ddm3125]

I didn’t know you could use “Notes” in iCloud that way!!!! Thanks Bob!

[@bigbone06]

*I can think of so many applications! Thank you for being so thorough.*

[@MakingAndFixing]

I really like how this came out. Love the 2 tones of wood color. Simple build but great information provided in this video.

[@M4st3r0fN0n3]

I could make one of these for all my whiskey glasses and backlight it with LEDs.....thatd be pretty sweet

[@M4st3r0fN0n3]

@@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]

plus no wires dangling

[@M4st3r0fN0n3]

@@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]

Now your talkin' like I'm thinkin'

[@MikeTheMaker1]

Joonas Loppi if you make the front edges a little longer you can put the leds on the inside back edge.

[@sxurry]

Super simple, super clean, super awesome

[@horatioswrld]

The walnut really takes it to another level.

[@riqper82]

Another simple but great project! Keep on making stuff! Greetings from Germany

[@BasementMaker]

Great little project, I got a whole bunch of little starships that need a home and this would be just the thing for them. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@WoodenBoatGuy]

You are truly inspirational. That walnut edging was so slick. While I will never build most of what you make I totally enjoy watching you come up with the designs and work through the build. It makes me want to get out there and build myself another boat. Thanks.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thank you! I really appreciate that! You made a boat?!? That's awesome!!

[@Geeksmithing]

Whatever floats your boat!

[@WoodenBoatGuy]

@@Geeksmithing HA!! That genuinely made me laugh! Thanks.

[@WoodenBoatGuy]

@@Iliketomakestuff You're welcome. I've made several boats. That's pretty much what my channel is about, me and my boats out on the ocean. I'd be honored if you checked it out.

[@Geeksmithing]

@@WoodenBoatGuy I expected a more stern comment from you.

[@mattmac6546]

Sweet little display shelf!!

[@JTWoodworks]

It would be cool to build this out of lego bricks. Lego everything!!

[@giacomo.1574]

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

[@theaftermilktv7014]

love the simplicity of this one. I need one of these.

[@itsjeansmit]

My first thought when you were cutting the plywood was : "Wont you have blowout? Because thats my experience with Plywood" :) Thanks for this project, really like it

[@julietphillips1991]

That was simple and beautiful! Thanks for explaining and all the step-by-step details.

[@mynameazeus4331]

I look forward to your videos every week after school

[@SouthernStyleDIY]

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!!

[@raraavis7782]

Nice. I have a similar one for my spice collection in the kitchen. And I agree, they would likely sell really well. I looked for quite a while and there isn’t much out there, if you want something, that looks nice.

[@lngodwetrust7117]

Beautiful display thanks for posting

[@man04321]

That walnut really classes up the whole box

[@RoostBR]

God that’s so clean. And useful since I’m also a big LEGO fan.

[@DumpsterMarcus]

came out really nice!

[@verogunn8272]

Simple and beatiful. Im thinking of making one for mi little/smaller plants, so i can organize and give a nice look for them.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

Very nice! this would be perfect for displaying my collectable Liquor bottles

[@FredMcIntyre]

Nicely done Bob! 👍🏻👊🏻

[@SamStGeorge]

It is really good. But I am looking to the compartment of different sizes to display different things. I will figure it out. Like making each compartment separately then joining them together. That is because you inspired me. Thanks

[@FelipeAgua11]

I don't have a table saw but it looks like a great project for starters. When I own one, definitely going to do this 🙂

[@nit-Inundate]

I love your humble content Bob!

[@MrCmonReally]

Hey Bob, next time try edge-banding each piece first then cut the dados. If you cover the edge banding with tape you won’t get any blowout (maybe) and it’s a lot easier than gluing in small multiple pieces. Just my 2 cents worth... love the video!

[@clangusangus]

Was literally looking for a week for a decent tutorial on this. Then, this just showed up in my subs. Well played, sir.

[@heyimamaker]

I love those Brick Heads. I have the Batman set! Maybe I need a shadow box for mine :)

[@verygoodboy2688]

hey Bob could you make a house tour? i think it'd be really cool to see all your projects together and to give them some more context

[@WebbedToedWorkbench]

Excellent project. Going on top of my todo list. I have a yo-yo and Rubik cube collection I want to display.

[@WadeGlass]

I made something similar for my nephew's martial art belts. The only issue I had was I used cedar instead of plywood, and some of the middle pieces were still a little damp and they eventually cupped.

[@Squicx]

can you make a gaming shelf for consoles next?

[@WorldofRockhounds]

I wish I had a table saw now. I need to make shelves to make a rock display out in the shop

[@gitarplayer229]

Love it. Very similar to my pop toy shelf video. Great project Bob! Love the Walnut edge banding.

[@Goldsacs]

Okay... I know the project is all done but one thing that would be a really cool addition to this would be to poke a hole in the rear of each box and place in a single LED in to it to give a little back light to the figures.

[@diannacruz1969]

wow, that’s it beautiful!

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice project Bob! Thank you for sharing the video.👍😎JP

[@user-zp5vt1tu6b]

Pro-tip. If you are like me and never want your Legos models to come apart use a q-tip and acetone. Acetone acts like a glue as it breaks down the plastic between the joints making them temporarily tacky and welding them together.

[@MikeTheMaker1]

Kevin Stempien that’s way more useful than just keeping them together! Great idea.

[@varietyfrenzy8831]

Awesome video! You could even add LEDs to light up each individual box.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thanks! I actually considered that but didn't want to add the additional time. It would be cool though!

[@thestork93]

That was pretty awesome. And great finished project

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thanks!

[@Orchidomania]

Looks very cute ...never new there are so many steps to a box 📦 🤯 well done!!!

[@MAINEAC2]

That turned out awesome, bob! Keep it up. Love your vids!

[@offgridsweden]

Awesome video man. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas 🇸🇪

[@CMS_Mail]

Just discovered your videos today, the how to make a notebook video was suggested by YT and I'm glad it was, great stuff!!

[@909sickle]

The heavy rock guitar while he puts on the edge banding is pretty funny.

[@russianfirepower5338]

Great as always Bob!

[@benjaminm1597]

Definitely going to do this! Great Job!

[@StuffUCanMake]

Your videos are a pleasure to watch!

[@andrewbrown8148]

Nice video/project, Bob~! I'm designing a shadow box of sorts for porcelain collectibles we've bought over the years for our daughter. They're bells and I'm considering making the "box" with somewhat of a bell shape. Wish me luck~!

[@vstm3950]

great effect, cheers from Poland