Building A Cooler Box

Measure the slats to make the legs for the cooler.

Building a cooler box.

Cut all to the same length for desired height. He ll show you all of the steps needed to build your own cedar ice chest. For more info. You can decrease the cost of this build by using pine 2 4 s instead of cedar to save about 36.

Two 1 4 strips in front and in back with a smaller filler piece in the middle. Trace an outline of the actual cooler and take a jigsaw and cut a hole so that it will be able to raise and lower the actual cooler. Just regular butt joints with wood glue and brad nails. Instead of paying big money for a small commercial walk in cooler you can save thousands with this diy cooler option.

In this project you will build your own cooler and explore how insulation can help. Remove the handles latches hinges wheels if your cooler has any and the covering of the cooler. Please note you will need to adjust the measurements a bit to fit your exact cooler. You can build your own walk in cooler for produce storage at just a fraction of the cost of commercial coolers.

Then a series of 1 4 strips were glued and nailed on top. The lid of the cooler box is nothing more than a 1 4 box. Learn how to build a diy patio cooler cedar ice chest with diypete. Have you used an insulated lunch box or bag to pack lunch for school or a cooler to pack food for a picnic.

Use a cooler you already have or pick one up at a garage sale or on craigslist to save about 29. First a frame is made tightly around the lid while it is in the closed position on the cooler. A coolbot and a regular household window a c unit lets you turn any well insulated room into a walk in cooler. Create the legs for the diy cooler box.

Flip your cooler upside down and work from the bottom up. We used 8 2 x 4 s. Draw a mark and make the cut. Get the dimensions of the frame and build the base or frame for your diy cooler box and move on to adding the pallet boards on top.

We re basically undressing it so we may give it a new rustic armor. How to build a wood deck cooler to build. Ditch the wheels to save an additional 18.