Tabletop Game Storage (Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures) | I Like To Make Stuff

[@XILMX1]

Welcome to the world of minis, Where you never have enough and there is always a reason to justify buying more!

[@jonathanknight123]

I have them all but still need more

[@DracoTorment]

This is totally me there is never enough stuff in a game!

[@alexbevan2183]

I’m a 40k player and I have one army. The justification for me buying more is that my one army isn’t the same army as the next one I want. I can’t afford my next army, it’s quite expensive for a teenager with a part time job that pays slightly less then minimum wage.

[@kellyb.5306]

Fantasy Flight Games makes some great stuff

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

I want more... and I know I shouldn't

[@TryToDIY]

Wow this inlay on the top looks very nice!

[@andyiliff7793]

"Today we're gonna make some fancy boxes for some tiny spaceships." What a magnificent sentence😂 I love it👍

[@JohnMadeit]

Real cool. I like that you rounded the corners rather than using a chisel to create 90° corner. And the fact you change you design of your project to work with the materials you have is more relatable to me. Great work Bob and the iltms team 👍

[@alexwhite3988]

"I ended up with more ships than I thought" Welcome to the word of tabletop war games. I've been saying that for a long time yet still buy more!

[@captin3149]

I've been interested in this game, but I just got over my Warhammer addiction.......

[@chriscordeiro1052]

Cap Tin it’s actually fairly inexpensive as a tabletop hobby goes! Keep in mind you are purchasing 7-8 ships MAX for an entire squad. Ships cost ~$12-15 depending on the size of ship and how recently it was printed. Very “affordable” hobby in my opinion

[@DanMacMartin]

Really loving the "use what's on hand" approach these days. Great work!

[@Iliketomakestuff]

I think people underestimate what you can do with what you have available.

[@DanMacMartin]

@@Iliketomakestuff totally agree!

[@granttbrown]

holy cow. absolutely BEAUTIFUL shot at 6:00 or so, super impressive shooting and editing, especially while everyone is socially distanced. loved it

[@ThatGeekyMaker]

Beautiful job! I really like the laser cut inlays. The Force is with you.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thanks Randy!

[@SteedmanWhite]

That focus shot of the finger joints around 6:07ish is 👌

[@wrenchdoozer]

6:22 - Turned away for a second and the "clamp champ" bell brought me back.

[@tylerpeters1181]

Foam core pro-tip: use a cork backed steel ruler or make sure your fingers are well back from the edge of the ruler. My ruler slipped in college and I chopped off the tip of my middle finger while making a model.

[@AlexCue]

As any designer, hobbyist, or maker knows: craft foam and knives require regular blood sacrifices. 🔪🩸

[@tylerpeters1181]

@@AlexCue my college R.A. did not appreciate me bleeding all over the hallway asking for her first aid kit. She also had never seen that much blood and nearly passed out. Live and learn!

[@BroMordekai]

I always go cork side up cause I like the ruler to be flat on the surface lol it’s risky 😅

[@Rouverius]

Thanks for keeping it real. I appreciated you modifying your design based on the materials on hand. Honestly, they look great.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thank you!!

[@garythree]

I really like the foam core board boxes actually. Kind of reminds me of the flexibility of a pelican case foam insert.

[@edvolz73]

I love X-wing. So many possibilities and tons of fan made ways to play in addition to the regular game.

[@jessevervaart2523]

Ah, this is exactly the type of project I was looking for! I bought loads of dice and printed (and still am printing) a lot of minis so this will be perfect storage. Love the modular part of the build!

[@davedaylor]

Wow, I had not checked out your channel in a few years.. Congrats on almost 3 MILLION subs !!! I always loved your content, Bob. I'm sure you now have a full production crew. Love how you have made a career on youtube building cool stuff !! Hats off, and rock on :)

[@mkegadgets4380]

Great use of what you have on hand, got to love 1, 2, 3 blocks.

[@SupeMima]

I really liked the idea of ​​magnets to close the boxes. No (wrong) drilling holes with metal trinkets, or extra stuff beyond the sides of the box. Nice Thank you

[@tjkendall48176]

Love the magnet approach versus hinges.

[@JohnHuber1898]

Nice job, Bob! It has me thinking about my son’s ever expanding Cars collection. There are very few 1:55 storage containers, so we are always thinking of fun ways to store them that isn’t an eye sore!

[@KrazeeKraftZ]

Hey Bob, love your work and ingenuity, plus all the ideas to use up scrap! I have a group of mini Star trek ships, not part of a game as such, but at the moment they are just rattling around in a container. They are made from some kind of rubbery plastic stuff, got them about/at least 20 years ago, and, they all came with little clear plastic stands. I'm thinking to do something similar to display them, maybe an engraved acrylic front, rather then top, so they are visible when the box is vertical on a shelf. I often work with what we, here in Australia, call "Corflute" it's like corrugated cardboard, only plastic, limited supply from our local hardware giant but if you want enough you can order in many colours and thicknesses from the local manufacturer, bit more expensive than foam core, but also waterproof!! A few years ago I made trifold panels for my haunted house at Halloween out of it, routed rabbits into 30mm square pine and they are about 900mm X 1800mm with 3 panels hinged together! This way they are light and easy to manoeuvre but I need to find a better way to keep them weighted when assembled outdoors! Ideas gratefully accepted! Just recently I made a 1m tall Dalek cupcake stand for my sister's 50th out of Corflute. It looks amazing, and she was super excited to see it! I will be renting it out once it's fully finished!! Pictures of the things I make can be seen on my Facebook pages krazeekraftz and myhauntedhalloweenhouse. I'm working on making videos for my KZbin channel but need to get more organised first. Greeting from the land down under!!

[@jamiedouglas5529]

Great video pal, been doing woodwork for 3 year now and your projects have been very helpful, appreciation from Northern Ireland 👍

[@tobermorywomble23]

"One of these is almost full". Well that's a sign to get more Scum & Villainy ships.

[@zerenius4978]

Love the use of machinist blocks to align foamcore walls. Good weight to not slide around and makes square, plumb sidewalls.

[@jcmakes5977]

Thank you bob for showing off this game I never heard off. As a Star Wars fan I immediately both the core set and a few other ships!

[@jeffdukeman7031]

I’ve always wanted to make my own wooden boxes for all of our “regular” board games. Make em just like these so they last and can get passed on. Good work!!

[@unclejrok9083]

I used foam core to make jewelry trays that fit in one of my mom's dresser drawers. She doesn't like to hang necklaces, and they would get tangled when laying flat. So I used black foam core to make 10 mm trays that compartmentalized each necklace.

[@vfnt]

Uncle jRok That is a great idea. I was planning something like that, but I didn’t manage to properly cut foam in a fang circle. I think I have to give this idea a try.

[@thepaintedminiatures]

As a miniature painter I'm so excited by this! Thank you for this!

[@FigmentsMade]

Those look like darned cool game pieces! And now they have such classy boxes to sit in. Foam core is a great solution for this! Nice one!

[@dddmmm21]

Getting into the rabbit hole that is tabletop gaming... well done

[@BruceAUlrich]

I never would have thought about using foam core, but it worked really well!

[@CrankyOldNerd]

Gorgeous work, looks at my stacks of x-wing ships and sighs wistfully. Wish I had access to my fathers tool collection but alas it's 1100 miles that way

[@KevinOMalleyisonlysmallreally]

I knew you were a gamer, but I'm delighted to see it influencing your projects. May the dice favour you

[@sgsax]

This is a fun idea, and nice way to use up some leftover materials. Also makes me want to dig out my old Kenner die-cast models. 😄 Thanks for sharing!

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Ohhh yes!! I've got my die cast Falcon sitting on my desk right now!!

[@caseythimm5522]

When you routed out the boxes for the bottom panel, it reminded me that I have a router and it would be super handy for a different project I'm doing. I was just going to do everything on the table saw. This will make things a lot easier!

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Excellent! Yes, it does make certain jobs way quicker (but usually messier)

[@thomasnewsome5923]

How does one forget that he owns a router?

[@somename371]

@@thomasnewsome5923 my thoughts exactly, I would do anything for a tool like that!

[@davethepak]

Also, he used a palm router - a smaller sized less powerful version - which is perfect when you need to maneuver in tight spaces and need to be more careful in your work.

[@scottboyle7547]

As an x-wing player myself, I really love this project. Great job! Might add this kind of storage to my list of future projects. Gotta finish up my wood katana first!

[@kurtisfraley6795]

Great game and awesome boxes and video. Welcome to the X-Wing collecting hobby.

[@TheOutlawCrow]

Been playing X-Wing for about 3 years. It's a hell of a game! Glad to see ya got into it!

[@DarkTubeToo]

Oh my gosh. Great minds do think alike. I got into woodworking because of this game. Too bad we missed GenCon this year. I usually play on the tourneys. Thank you for the videos.

[@alBoomer19]

I've made so many foam core storage boxes (some for x wing and more for other games). This video has made me the most happy of any video I've seen in a long time. I guess I identify as a storage nerd haha.

[@gpodgorzak]

My favourite game and the most beautiful storage - man, these engraved boxes look awesome!

[@DaleHawkins]

The inlays look slick. Nice work, Bob.

[@that_benji]

The game is addicting! Have fun and may the force be with you.

[@twisted_seraph]

I am a collector of legos and I have designed a modular system for 3D printing storage boxes. It fits like an interlocking system. Put them in a wooden cabinet and love being able to sort by piece and color.

[@AndrewBrinley]

I fully expect to see a custom game cupboard project into which you can slide all your custom boxes. As always, this was an informative and interesting video. Keep up the good work. I need to do something like this for my large collection of DBGs.

[@ascott741]

Bob, just finished a foam core organizer for Gloomhaven and my method for flying was to use PVA glue and use a thick CA glue in a few places to hold the piece down while the PVA dried. It went much faster than just using PVA, and no stringy bits!

[@STUPERdude100]

I cant believe I haven’t heard of this game, I’m ordering it now

[@adamlowe2075]

Haha same

[@Farfri]

@@adamlowe2075 You've taken your first steps into a larger world!

[@johnphillips3703]

Its a fun game. Better if you have friends that play

[@txag007]

Make sure you buy the 2.0 version. 1.0 is errata'd.

[@DobbieDize]

I was searching for this for my coin collection a few days back. And here it is, amazing thanks

[@eagleyes27]

Wow my tabletop world just collide with my woodworking world. Love it. Great job. We play alot of star wars legion around my house similar game play to xwing but ground troops instead of ships.

[@ahmedfares2017]

as an X-wing player, I find this so amazing.

[@YouCanMakeThisToo]

I'm huge believer in lots of set up and test cuts.... but sometimes I really wonder if it isn't faster to just wing it and clean it haha

[@pangyarlee510]

Nice build good for keeping

[@OIFEagle]

Very nice. I think a great next step would be a dedicated gamer table where these could fit on short shelves as drawer-like storage.

[@joemakesmodels6640]

Those logo inlays are pretty fresh😍

[@Miniac]

table top miniatures + carpentry + bob = my heaven

[@jbb5470]

Very cool boxes. I have never worked with foam core before. Looks good with your project, I will have to give this a try. Thank you

[@MakerMaddox]

I've never tried the game but I love the ships. So much detail!

[@miguelkendolife8861]

Beatiful boxes for a beautiful game.

[@ahzzz-realm]

Sold fasteners for years, I recommend you build a base for your bolt bin. It raises levels and keeps much out of the lower bins. Nice shop.

[@SenseiJaq]

I love playing x-wing, and this box is an awesome idea!

[@hrobertson4]

Keep on making Bob. Stay safe.

[@mill0rify]

i am subscribing you just for the amount of star wars fandom you have in you! just binge watched 3 hours of your videos. Really great! Greets from Germany

[@withJordanFrank]

Super fun project, and complete justification for owning a laser. Also loved the editing at the end and the narrowly avoiding a lawsuit music choice. :)

[@RDGoodner]

Ohh, now we can get you started on making game terrain. I've seen some awesome setups for X-Wing, from asteroid fields to a fully playable Death Star trench run.

[@felsebto]

Man one of my favorite KZbinrs plays my favorite game!!

[@darrenmcdonald9891]

for the smaller ships i would have halved the heights of the walls so then you could have made a small pull out container so you could double your storage and make it easier to get them out when needed rather then trying to get your fingers in to grab them, love the outer box they look great with the symbol on them and the different colour wood used

[@iambear.6526]

11:04 was waiting for an Anakin hating sand reference XD

[@clydebalcom8252]

The Force is with you, always.

[@brandonejem8620]

I play dungeons and dragons and use a rolling tote to store my books, minis and dice. I meant to build an insert to keep it nice and tidy but I can use foam core to make sure I'm happy with the design. Thanks for the inspiration Bob.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Excellent! Glad it was helpful!

[@gehtdinichtsan309]

my star wars heart jumps in circles every time you release a video about a sw-project of yours! :)

[@AnthonyBowman]

Hell yeah! You play X-Wing!

[@wildbobentertainment]

As always these look amazing. The only thing I wished you had done is to hid the tops of the foam core with some black material. That would take an already polished product to the next level. Well done Bob!

[@grandy2875]

These boxes could also be made into jewellery boxes, by covering the dividers with a velvet cloth and a layer of medium density foam, or maybe precious stone sample display boxes with perspex lids...the possibilities are only limited by ones imagination... You did it again Bob..what a clever bloke you are... :))

[@Iliketomakestuff]

:) I appreciate that!

[@jymferrier]

used foam core stuff and construction adhesive to make sides for my ikea lack printer enclosure. works great.

[@TuesdayNightXWing]

aw man... I should have been running the UK Nationals event for X-Wing this weekends :( Lovely boxes. Welcome to the hobby. prepare to build more :D

[@ascazrael]

I make boardgame inserts with foamcore. Use a foam glue. It dries pretty quick. I pins the inserts with sewing pins while it dries then remove them after

[@ShaneDavisDFTBA]

These are utterly fantastic! This video made me so happy this morning!

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Glad you like them!

[@loekingfor]

I want to say thank you for showing foamcore in this video. I really like to watch woodworking video's and would love to make stuff from wood myself but I can't due to my chronic illness (I have very little energy) and foamcore seems like a pretty good alternative for me! Ofc not as fun as wood but I'll still be able to make some things :)

[@usrzero]

Those turned out great. Always running out of stuff at the end of a project is a common problem in my shop.

[@FlatlineDuelist]

Glad you and your family found this game. I was goi g to suggest it to you since you’re a huge Star Wars fan and nerd.

[@TheAfroman]

Honestly, i wouldn't go to wooden inserts. The foam is softer and quieter. plus the moment you inserted the foam finished insert into the box.. WAS SO SATISFYING OOoooof

[@donavanventer2979]

Awesome video !! I build scale models and this gave me an idea to make storage boxes for all of the jars of paint. Can't wait to try it.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Have fun!

[@davekemp1698]

Hey I am a big fan. One of the things I wanted to do while stuck at home was golf! Well now the courses are open so I can play outside but what I started to do was get all the parts to set up a golf simulator in the garage. I bought a Skytrak and its great but then I got to the set up for the impact screen, projector etc. I was thinking of some sort of impact screen on casters so it can be moved or stored. Would love to see something like that. Take care!

[@josephschadler9443]

So happy to see you are into this small obsession with us now! XD I would love to see you make maneuver template trays (and heck, templates too!). There are a few really well known ones on Etsy (e.g. Highbridge), but I would love to see your take on them.

[@neobaggins3718]

I have the ultimate method of organizing my X-Wing stuff. Put it all in a box except for a few of my favorites, set them out as display pieces and play the X-Wing 2.0 Unified mod in Tabletop Simulator. It also means I can actually play the game again, after the only person I played with moved 500 miles away. Also, setup, cleanup and even play is so much easier as you no longer have to guess over ranges, movements, worry about possibly bumping pieces, etc.

[@Grendelnz]

you dont have enough ships :) very cool, you could use the boxes to hold foam trays once you get enough models/boxes . heaps of foam tray suppliers out there or you could cut your own.

[@kessenichp]

This is great, exactly what I wanted to do for some of my board games. Would love to see you make a box and and homemade Settler's of Catan set to match it!

[@barrettdent405]

Nice build! Great techniques and materials.

[@Tstrike99]

GREATEST MINATURE CASE EVER!!!!!!

[@FranksDIY]

Nice job. Love the contrast and magnet tops

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thanks!

[@RLLWoodworks]

Fun project Bob nice job!

[@frozenlazer]

Bob we gotta introduce you to the world of re-sawing on your band saw. Your walnut was plenty thick to slice down into 2 thinner boards and then you would have had plenty of material. Plus no need for such heavy duty boxes for this. You've already got a planner and jointer so you'd have no problem cleaning the stock up after its been resawn. Plus, when you just need some cheap wood for shop projects, or jigs, you'd be amazed what you can get out of a 5 dollar 2x4 or 2x6 with just a few minutes work. With a good blade you can easily slice out pieces that are an 1/8 inch or even less.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Thanks 👍🏼 I'm well aware of re-sawing. I prefer to have the boxes made of a thicker material.

[@frozenlazer]

@@Iliketomakestuff - Awesome! Maybe that's a good idea for a video or a "bits". Show people how they can stretch their materials on hand currently limited by lockdown, or just to save costs. Could even show some techniques around book matching. Start with a single 4x4 x 4ft board and show how it can turn into everything you need for a simple box. Would be cheap to produce for sure.

[@Meowrose3]

You can also use straight pins to join foamcore pieces.

[@Joshua_Tymchyn]

A few years back I began making a massive "war chest" for Agricola and all of its expansions. The project unfortunately petered out over time for multiple reasons including the fact that we had next to no power tools and had to do everything by hand, but also because I got discouraged with how it was turning out. I love seeing others work on table top storage solutions though. Nice job!

[@stevewagstaff7250]

As an existing X-Wing player, I can say that one of the most common questions I see is 'How do you store the ships and gubbins?' Great to see an example like this for making storage!

[@lunarwulfe]

I'm not sure if you're into this hobby, but those ships are great for miniature painting. It's a great way to pass some time and a fun thing to do with your kids which also allows them to customize their team more.

[@-ap1998-]

Love those boxes!

[@alexwendt8565]

As a massive fan of X-wing and this channel, I couldn't have clicked on this notification faster!

[@Iliketomakestuff]

This game is so fun!

[@DanSutherland]

I'd like to make some dust free storage for some game controllers and carts and I really love the foam core idea for this. It's exactly what I've been wanting without knowing what it was.

[@Iliketomakestuff]

Great idea!

[@danielquin2533]

Haven’t even watched yet but now I know you will make me want to make wood boxes for all of my way too many games haha