Project Information
Jan 14, 2017
Now doesn't that look delicious? No, it's NOT wood. It's a corn starch based treat that's made with a cast iron cooking tool. I call them chinese pretzels. You can't just eat one.

Now that I now have a collection of these cast-iron molds and handles I need a better way of storing them instead of the cardboard boxes they came in so I designed a box in which to store and transport them.

The sides and ends were made with some scraps of walnut veneer plywood. A piece of 1/2 inch thick solid walnut was glued to the top edges to hide the plywood edges. The rest of the wood was 1/4 inch plywood.
The corners of the box were mitered. A 1/4 inch rabbet 3/8 inch deep was cut on the bottom edges of all sides of the box. On 3 sides of the box a 1/4 inch dado 3/8 inch deep was placed on the top inside edges of the sides and one end of the box sides for the sliding top.

A piece of solid walnut with mitered ends was glued on one end of the sliding top.

Nine dividers were made from 1/4" plywood and glued into carefully spaced and cut slots in the bottom with a scroll saw. The dividers were rough cut on the bandsaw and then put in stacks of 3 using double sided carpet tape. I used a template stuck to each stack and a pattern bit to make them all identical.

Each divider was glued to the front and back ends that formed the compartments that would hold the cast-iron molds.

The box was glued together and then the bottom assembly was glued into the bottom rabbet. A split wooden handle screwed to a polished piece of 1/2 inch wide piece of metal formed the handle which was screwed to the side of the box with #14 X 3/4 inch pan head screws.

The removable handles and cast iron molds fit perfectly in the box. Some of the irons were not the Griswold brand and they did not fit in the compartments so they had to be stored around the perimeter of the compartments.

The top sliding cover was decorated with scroll saw cut pieces of 1/8 inch thick solid oak that were traced from the cast-iron molds. Each piece was rounded over and glued to the top.

On the inside of the cover I used spray adhesive to attach the Chinese Pretzel recipe . To help protect the recipe I used clear packing tape over the recipe.

The box with the cast iron molds and handles weigh 6.5 pounds so the metal handle was the best option instead of a wood based handle which I was contemplating. I also think it looks better with the metal.

The handle was made so that it could be folded to take up less space.
Thanks for looking.
Comments and favorites welcomed and appreciated.
Now doesn't that look delicious? No, it's NOT wood. It's a corn starch based treat that's made with a cast iron cooking tool. I call them chinese pretzels. You can't just eat one.

Now that I now have a collection of these cast-iron molds and handles I need a better way of storing them instead of the cardboard boxes they came in so I designed a box in which to store and transport them.

The sides and ends were made with some scraps of walnut veneer plywood. A piece of 1/2 inch thick solid walnut was glued to the top edges to hide the plywood edges. The rest of the wood was 1/4 inch plywood.
The corners of the box were mitered. A 1/4 inch rabbet 3/8 inch deep was cut on the bottom edges of all sides of the box. On 3 sides of the box a 1/4 inch dado 3/8 inch deep was placed on the top inside edges of the sides and one end of the box sides for the sliding top.

A piece of solid walnut with mitered ends was glued on one end of the sliding top.

Nine dividers were made from 1/4" plywood and glued into carefully spaced and cut slots in the bottom with a scroll saw. The dividers were rough cut on the bandsaw and then put in stacks of 3 using double sided carpet tape. I used a template stuck to each stack and a pattern bit to make them all identical.

Each divider was glued to the front and back ends that formed the compartments that would hold the cast-iron molds.

The box was glued together and then the bottom assembly was glued into the bottom rabbet. A split wooden handle screwed to a polished piece of 1/2 inch wide piece of metal formed the handle which was screwed to the side of the box with #14 X 3/4 inch pan head screws.

The removable handles and cast iron molds fit perfectly in the box. Some of the irons were not the Griswold brand and they did not fit in the compartments so they had to be stored around the perimeter of the compartments.

The top sliding cover was decorated with scroll saw cut pieces of 1/8 inch thick solid oak that were traced from the cast-iron molds. Each piece was rounded over and glued to the top.

On the inside of the cover I used spray adhesive to attach the Chinese Pretzel recipe . To help protect the recipe I used clear packing tape over the recipe.

The box with the cast iron molds and handles weigh 6.5 pounds so the metal handle was the best option instead of a wood based handle which I was contemplating. I also think it looks better with the metal.

The handle was made so that it could be folded to take up less space.
Thanks for looking.
Comments and favorites welcomed and appreciated.