Table of Contents
- 1Introduction
- 2Description
- 3Photos of construction part 1
- 4Photos of construction part 2
- 5Explanations
- 6Plans - Front, floor and footprint
- 7Plans - Base, floor, and wall layout
- 8Plans - Top and roof (millimetres)
- 9Plans - Top and roof (inches)
- 10Plans - The sign
- 11Plans - Details
- 12Plans - Fixed walls - metric
- 13Plans - Fixed wall - standard
- 14Plans - Wall/door - metric
- 15Plans - Wall/door - standard
- 16Materials overall
- 17Framing wood by section - metric
- 18Framing wood by section - standard
- 19Cutting list (frame)
- 20Step 1. Cut the frame pieces to length
- 21Step 2. Rip the relevant pieces to the required widths
- 22Step 3. Make the base
- 23Step 4. Make up the pillars
- 24Step 5. Assemble and stand the frames
- 25Step 6. Make the head (top section)
- 26Step 7. Make the walls
- 27Step 8. Install the walls, head, and door
- 28Step 9. Shape and fix the mullions
- 29Step 10. Shape and fix the decorative pillar top pieces
- 30Step 11. Paint time
- 31Step 12. Make the windows
- 32Step 13. Add the 'police call box' sign
- 33Step 14. Final touches (almost)
- 34Roof lamp Introduction
- 35Roof lamp Plans
- 36Sourcing the components
- 37Overview
- 38The lamp container cap
- 39Fibreglassing the cap
- 40The lamp container base
- 41Threaded rod to the cap
- 42Assemble the lamp container
- 43Put in a light or two
- 44The lights go on
Materials overall
Find out the standard lengths of woodTimber, lumber. The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees available at your wood supplier and work out how much you will need to get the cuts listed below. Your supplier could even do that for you. Common standard lengths in some stores are 6 ft (1800 mmAbbreviation for millimeter which is a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter. 25.4 mm equals one inch.), 8 ft (2400 mm), 10 ft (3000 mm), and 12 ft (3600 mm), 16 ft (4800 mm), and 18 ft (5400 mm), but these vary.
Note: The metricMillimeter measurements. (mm) measurements given throughout this project are not an exact match to their equivalent imperialStandard. Feet and inch measurements. (inch) counterparts. Use one system or another but don’t mix and match.
Why? Go to the ‘Explanations’ page for an explanation.
Wood – metric
90 mm x 90 mm 4 @ 1430 mm, 4 @ 2175 mm
90 mm x 45 mm 1 @ 1250 mm
140 mm x 45 mm 4 @ 2275 mm
190 mm x 45 mm 4 @ 2275 mm, 4 @ 1030 mm
90 mm x 35 mm 8 @ 2175 mm
140 mm x 35 mm 4 @ 1210 mm, 4 @ 1140 mm
190 mm x 35 mm 4 @ 1230 mm, 4 @ 1280 mm
150 mm x 25 mm 10 @ 1370 mm
Wood – standard
3½” x 3½” 4 @ 57¼”, 4 @ 87″
1½” x 3½” 1 @ 50¼”, 8 @ 87″
1½” x 5½” 4 @ 91″, 4 @ 48¾”, 4 @ 45¾”
1½” x 7½” 4 @ 91″, 4 @ 41¾”, 4 @ 49¼” , 4 @ 51¾”
1″ x 6″ 10 @ 53¾”
Thank you so much for posting this!! My husband has been promising me for years now that he would build a TARDIS for me as my 50th birthday gift (I’ll be 56 in June), but used the excuse that he wants it to be just perfect and can’t do that without either seeing one in person ( not too easy in Colorado) or having plans//blueprints in hand. You’ve made my year!!! 😍
Thanks so much again! You’re fantastic!
Got tips on obtaining a fresnel globe at the right dimensions? Almost everything I can find is a replacement lens for a Perko lamp which is about half as tall and wide as a typical TARDIS one would be.