Making a Mailbox

If you read last week’s blog, you might remember this week’s blog is about how I create a desktop mailbox.  The mailbox on the left began when I was looking for a pattern, but found some pre-cut diamonds that had been tossed into a container.  Not knowing the original plan for the diamonds, I began combining them with various glasses to see what I could create.

Once I decided on a mailbox, I used the pre-cut diamonds – and some rectangles I also found – to create a design.  The only rules I followed were to make it large enough to hold legal size envelopes and to make the front shorter than the back for easy access to items in the mailbox.

Since I was also on a mission to use some of the red stained glass I have, I combined these colors and made a pattern that used the pre-cuts and then finished out the pattern to meet my specified size.  This was the fun and creative part!  After the pattern was created, then I cut pieces to the exact sizes and angles to match my original pre-cuts.

Each cut piece needed to be foiled and then butted up to the adjacent piece to solder them together.  The first picture shows the completed front, back and two side pieces.  The next picture shows how the back section is held upright on the project board, and the last picture shows the gradual assembly of the box, with the front section now held in place.  At this point, each of the four corners is soldered together and the frame of the box is formed.  The final step is to place this frame on the bottom piece and solder together. Letterbox complete!

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