Building A Cooler Box

Just regular butt joints with wood glue and brad nails.

Building a cooler box.

We used 8 2 x 4 s. 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. For more info. Create the legs for the diy cooler box.

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. 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. Start with the legs. How to build a wood deck cooler to build. 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. 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. A coolbot and a regular household window a c unit lets you turn any well insulated room into a walk in cooler. Measure the slats to make the legs for the cooler.

Please note you will need to adjust the measurements a bit to fit your exact cooler. Once the cooler fits nice and tight you can now work on the base. You can decrease the cost of this build by using pine 2 4 s instead of cedar to save about 36. First a frame is made tightly around the lid while it is in the closed position on the cooler.

Draw a mark and make the cut. You can build your own walk in cooler for produce storage at just a fraction of the cost of commercial coolers. We re basically undressing it so we may give it a new rustic armor. 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. Nail 2 2 x 4 s together as pictured below to create each leg. Two 1 4 strips in front and in back with a smaller filler piece in the middle.