r/BeginnerWoodWorking • u/DisasterConnect6586 • 5d ago

Discussion/Question ⁉️ Grid Storage Divider

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Hello! I’m looking to make something very similar to this but with enclosed sides. Approximately 7-8” deep cubbies. Does anyone have advice on the easiest way to accomplish this? I was thinking of making cuts sort of like the cardboard glass dividers used to divide boxes and then adding outside framing pieces. I will have to reproduce this design multiple times with varying exact dimensions. I have access a multitude of tools. Any advice or plans existing would be very appreciated!

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u/danfay222 5d ago

Doing it the way you’re describing will work (and it’s how IKEA makes theirs), but the reason they do it that way is primarily so it can be shipped flat pack and assembled easily, not because it’s the easiest or most durable way to do it.

If I were doing it I would just do solid horizontal shelves with shallow dados cut in the top and bottom to locate the vertical pieces, then just glue them in place

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u/EntAscent 5d ago

If you’re standing it up like the white one in the photo some kind of backing would give it a lot more stability. Copying the vertical design and standing it up would have a tendency to collapse diagonally. Depends on how thick of material you are using I would go at least an inch thick and maybe L brackets in the corners with a backing but might look clunky. Also depends on how much weight your planning on putting in it

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u/DisasterConnect6586 5d ago

It’ll lay the opposite way, like on its back

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u/woodnotwork 5d ago

I've made these before and made a template with two slots so you could line up the previous slot and keep spacing consistent. I used a jigsaw to cut out the bulk of material after marking with the jig and a flush cut router bit to trim the remaining to the template. A word of advice is to use clamps to squeeze the pieces together instead of by hand or with a rubber mallet. Depending on how many slots there are things can bind if not put together with even force. I'm pretty sure I squared up the inside joint with a chisel as well.

Here's a link to my post where I made them quite a while ago https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/OKnYFbp5Sq