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Magazine storage bins

Finally got the time to build that project in The Family Handyman from three years ago? Great … if you can find the right issue! Here’s a handsome solution. Build these bins and stock them with an orderly archive, and you’ll have instant access to years of projects and plans. You can build four bins from one 2 x 4-ft. sheet of 1/4-in. plywood and two 6-ft.-long 1x4s. Here’s how:

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Cut the 1/4-in. plywood into eight 11-1/2-in. x 11-in. pieces. Use a 5-gallon bucket to trace a graceful S-curve from the 11-1/2-in.-high corner across the plywood to a 6-in. mark on the opposite side. Simply establish a smooth curve.

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Stack pairs so the best sides face each other and tape all the sheets together flush at the edges. Gang-cut the curve with a jigsaw or a band saw.

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Saw pine boards into 6-, 9-1/2- and 11-1/2-in. lengths. Drill 1-in.-diameter finger pulls in the 6-in. pieces, then nail the frames together. Nail the sides to the frames with 1-in. finish nails, sand as needed and apply a finish.