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Well, here it is.
On of my most requested projects ever.
A TARDIS.
I designed this so that you can take it apart
and set it up without any tools
in about ten minutes.
I want anybody to be able to make this project
with a real basic set of tools.
However there are two tools that will really
make this a lot easier.
The first one is a miter saw.
And the second tool that is really going to speed up
joining together all the boards
is a pocket hole jig.
I'm going to start by cutting all of the pieces
to frame out all four of the sides.
I'm sort of setting up an assembly line.
I've got forty 12" cross braces to make.
I should be able to speed that up by using
a stop block attached to the fence of my miter saw.
Now I can drill pocket holes into all of these short pieces.
These pocket hole jigs are really simple to use.
The trickiest part about using pocket screws is that
the pieces all have to be clamped together tightly
before you can put the screws in.
I've got this kind of clamp
that slides into that channel.
Then I just drill in these pocket screws.
That creates a really tight joint.
And to make these boards even
all the way down, I've cut out this board
which I'll use as a spacer.
I'm not going to use the spacer on the last one
because I want it to be flush with the bottom.
Now I'll flip it around and attach the other side.
And I'll use more pocket screws to join
the pairs of panels together.
I think I can put these columns together quicker
if I glue them and tack them in with my nail gun
rather than use the pocket screws.
You can also put screws in the sides.
The base is the only part that uses 2x4s.
The easy way to make something square
like this base
is to cut all the pieces to the same length.
And then just alternate how they overlap.
So on this corner, I'll screw the end of this piece
onto the side of this piece.
Whereas down here,
the end of this piece will get screwed
onto the side of this piece.
You could put screws right through the ends
and it would probably be strong enough.
And there's the base of the base.
There's a gap around this inner frame
and so I can get this lined up
I'm going to use some scraps of wood
around it.
I'm going to glue and tack these 1" wide strips
down the center of three of the sides.
The bottoms extend out past the panels.
For the front of the TARDIS
this strip only goes on one half.
This is the door.
I've cut a bunch of these strips to drop down in here
and leave a gap for the peg to go into.
I need to make the roof next
which is going to keep it all nice and square.
So I need that dimension to be the same size
as the inside dimension of the base.
I've cut a bunch of these blocks
that I'm going to screw into the top
of each of the columns.
These are what the roof is going to drop down into.
The first tier of the roof drops down six inches
so I'm going to clamp on this spacer
so I can get these all positioned correctly.
I'm not going to glue these in because
I may need to re-position them
if something doesn't fit right.
With those pieces on, I've cut these pieces
which will line up against the bottom
of that cleat and overhang an inch
on this side and the same on this side.
Each tier of the roof is going to be a separate piece
otherwise it would be too heavy to lift on top.
So this is the lower piece and it's just a box.
And I'll glue and screw on this strip
on the inside of the box
on this tier and the next tier.
The top two roof levels are shallower than that base level.
I'm cutting out this hardboard
to fit on the insides of these panels.
I'll glue and tack these on.
The official color of the TARDIS is
Pantone 2955 and this is the closest I could find
which is a pretty close match.
I'm going to use these plexiglass panels
for the windows.
I'll just screw these into place.
I couldn't find any of that translucent
white plastic, so I'm just spray painting these.
These are half inch square molding strips
that I'm cutting into a bunch of pieces and painting.
I'm going to glue all of these pieces
right on to the plexiglass.
This board will help me line everything up.
This little door won't actually open.
But I've used the same handle that I used on this door.
And the hinge on that is just a standard door hinge
with a removable pin
so I can just drop the door in whenever I set this up.
And I just realized I've got these frames in wrong.
Luckily since the TARDIS was almost done,
all I had to do was go back in time and re-do!
For the top signs, I'm just gluing together
a simple frame on a piece of hardboard.
I'll take those frames and
screw them onto another board.
I really want to thank viewer Chris Martin
who made all of these vinyl signs
and mounted them to plexiglass.
They're just beautiful
and they're going to work out perfectly.
I'm going to glue these inside of the frames.
And I'm sticking these on with velcro strips.
The latch is just a magnet.
You'll have to get creative with the top light.
Wyatt made this one using pieces from
old camping lanterns.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this project.
It was a lot of work.
It's an easy project,
but it's just big!
If you guys are interested in building a TARDIS
definitely check out tardisbuilders.com
There's an entire community of people who
build TARDIS's and discuss them
and probably build them way better than I can.
And my favorite video on building a TARDIS
is by Astrid and it's right over here.
If you get a chance, watch it.
It's a lot of fun to watch.
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And if you'd like to build this TARDIS,
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Thanks for watching, everybody.
I'll see you next Friday.