Five-foot sandbox
A five-foot square sandbox built from standard nominal lumber, with a draining plank floor and four sturdy corner caps.
About this plan
Build a ground-supported wooden sandbox from nominal 1x6 floorboards, 2x10 walls and triangular caps, and 6x6 corner posts. The outside is 60 inches square, the clear interior is 57 inches square, the rim is 10 inches high and the caps reach 11-1/2 inches. An illustrated guide, cutting and shopping lists, and editable CAD describe this configuration.
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