Mitre Box Soap Mold

Equipment/Materials Needed to Make Your Mold

Materials for Mitre Box Mold

Pat Tyson

1. Handsaw (Many mitre boxes come with a mitre box saw)
2. 10 Screws- One inch long or 1 1/8 inch long (depending on how deep you sink the screws)
3. Screwdriver
4. Thin wood strips- 1/2 inch by 4 inch smooth poplar strips that you can purchase at a home center store. Buy enough length so that you have twice the length of your miter box plus 8 inches.
5. 1X2 inch wood strips- Buy enough so that you have twice the length of your miter box plus 8 inches.
6. A wooden mitre box
7. Electric Drill-both to drill pilot holes and to set the screws

Index: Mitre Box Soap Mold

1. Let's Get Started Making a Soap Mold Out of a Mitre Box
2. Equipment/Materials Needed to Make Your Mold
3. Cut the wood strips for the sides of the mold
4. Attach the 1x2 strips to the top of the thin strips to make the side strips
5. Take a very accurate measurement to determine how wide to cut the end pieces
6. Finish the end pieces in the same way as the sides
7. Put the mold together
8. Lining the mold
9. Making soap in your new miter box mold