How to Build a Shadow Box // DIY Home Decor // Woodworking Project 

Joining Sander’s Anonymous would be admitting I have a problem and I’m not ready to do that yet 😆 Thanks for the great comment and thanks for watching!

Haha! Thank you very much! I try to make this all enjoyable, and I’m glad you enjoyed it! Have fun working on these, they are a good starter project to get into woodworking!

Thanks! Keep it simple, yet it still looks nice!

Ha! Isn’t that the truth!

I gave this to a friend who painted it and finished prepping it for the final recipient, another friend of ours. It was a fun collaboration! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I agree! Maybe we’ll have to revisit this sometime!

Haha! We’d make a good team!

@@WhiteLabWorkshop because we would make twice as many mistakes?😂

Haha! Thanks for watching!

Haha! Thanks! But my enthusiasm for sanding wears off pretty quickly. Don’t expect a very fast turnaround...

I could have used you a week ago! Now I know.

Haha! Thank you!

For sure! A simple addition for a little “danger zone” to keep those fingers attached.

Haha!

Thank you for the great comment! Yes, I made the cross cut sled using the 5 cut method by William Ng.

Yep, you are correct. There’s always more than one way to approach a project.

Great to hear, thank you! A project like this can be done without a table saw. You just may need to get creative with the tools you have. For mine, I didn’t need to add glass to it. However, you could make another frame to inset the glass into and attach it to the front with small hinges.

First of all, thank you for the nice compliment! I love my crosscut sled. It’s 37 inches wide by 24 inches deep. I used 1/2 inch MDF for the bottom and glued together 3/4 inch plywood, as you noticed, for the verticals. I positioned the kerf slightly to the right of center, so more sled goes to the left. And I stopped the vertical pieces about 3 inches short of the bottom, on the left side, to give me room to clamp extension stop blocks on. That last part has been a great benefit, when needed. Also, add some extra plywood where the blade would come through as a safety precaution. Have fun with it!

@@WhiteLabWorkshop thanks for the detailed response. It’s exactly what I needed. Don’t know how you’d clamp an extension on the left end.

@@WhiteLabWorkshop ok it’s to clamp a stop block. I read it wrong but I could clamp over the top as well as around the end. Oh well whatever I want to do. Thanks again.

1:10 in this early video of mine shows what I meant about an extension for a stop block: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JlFLy-vbw9Q.html. Good luck with it!

Hindsight is always 20/20!

You are welcome!

Thanks, dude! I know you’d never have to worry about fixing mistakes, right?

White Lab Workshop Oh! You could not be wrong. If we had a challenge to see who makes the most mistakes, you really don’t stand a chance!!! I’m the king of mistakes! Haha. I don’t show all of them in my videos or they would be 2 hours long.

Haha!

Thanks! Simple projects can be fun because they go do quickly.

Yep. In hindsight, that would probably have been the more fool-proof plan.

Thank you, sir!

This one is getting painted and will get some trinkets for a fun award for a friend of mine. I don’t want to say specifically, in the off-chance he sees this, but it’s pretty specific to an activity we both participate in anyway. Though my wife saw it and has requested more for Cricut sign making.

Thank you!

Thanks man!

Hello! In the US, the frame material is called 1x2. It is actually 3/4 inch by 1.5 inches. The backer is 1/4 inch plywood. Size is whatever you need for your application.

I didn’t install any glass in mine. An extra dado around the frame to accept the glass would be an easy addition. Then add it when assembling the frame.

That’s awesome! Thanks for coming back!

My application didn’t call for it, but there’s a couple of options I can think of right away. You could build a frame with the glass inset in it with hot glue or caulk to hold it, then mount it with hinges. Another option would be recess the glass in the front of the shadow box and add some trim pieces with finishing nails to hold it, once your pieces are mounted for display. Obviously that would be more permanent. Just depends what your use case is. Thanks for watching!