Building A Cooler Box

Then a series of 1 4 strips were glued and nailed on top.

Building a cooler box.

You can build your own walk in cooler for produce storage at just a fraction of the cost of commercial coolers. In this project you will build your own cooler and explore how insulation can help. Learn how to build a diy patio cooler cedar ice chest with diypete. Remove the handles latches hinges wheels if your cooler has any and the covering of the cooler.

Have you used an insulated lunch box or bag to pack lunch for school or a cooler to pack food for a picnic. How to build a wood deck cooler to build. Create the legs for the diy cooler box. Start with the legs.

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. Instead of paying big money for a small commercial walk in cooler you can save thousands with this diy cooler option. Nail 2 2 x 4 s together as pictured below to create each leg. We used 8 2 x 4 s.

The lid of the cooler box is nothing more than a 1 4 box. Once the cooler fits nice and tight you can now work on the base. Two 1 4 strips in front and in back with a smaller filler piece in the middle. Just regular butt joints with wood glue and brad nails.

We re basically undressing it so we may give it a new rustic armor. Cut all to the same length for desired height. 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.

For more info. Use a cooler you already have or pick one up at a garage sale or on craigslist to save about 29. 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. Please note you will need to adjust the measurements a bit to fit your exact cooler.

He ll show you all of the steps needed to build your own cedar ice chest. Flip your cooler upside down and work from the bottom up. Draw a mark and make the cut.