The head was the most involved (and probably the most exciting) section of the project. From there you can jump straight to information about any particular part of the phone box – a visual index – and that is followed by a step-by-step account of how I made the phone box.Īll the plans are in chapter eight, but some will be shown in the appropriate places as we follow the path of constructing a red British K2 Telephone Box. Next is a map (drawing) of the phone box with part identification. The rest of the project was pretty much basic woodworking with a little bit of forethought. I had never worked with the latter two before but found using both to be fun and easy. I constructed the head out of wood, hypertufa (very lightweight concrete), and fiberglass. The seven stages of construction are: the head, the body frame, the neck and sign, the door and windows, the base and a bit of painting, putting it all together, and the ceiling and night light. Chapter eight is where you will find all the plans. The first seven are the seven different stages of constructing the K2 telephone kiosk. This documentation consists of eight chapters. That is, once the wood has been dressed (planed or surfaced).įor example: 2″ x 4″ (100mm x 50mm) when dressed will be more like 1½” x 3½” (90mm x 45mm).ĭon’t worry about the irregularities between the two just use all one or the other. Most countries that use the metric system generally put the bigger numeral first, such as 100×50 (mm), whereas those that use the imperial system generally put the smaller numeral first, such as 2″ x 4″ (inches).Īlso, both nominations have different finished (actual) sizes. The metric measurements are more suited to Australasia. The imperial measurements are more suited to North America. For example: 2″ x 4″ (100mm x 50mm)įor rounding off purposes, the imperial sizes are not an exact match to the equivalent metric sizes.įor example, something built using the imperial (ft and in) measurements will be approximately 1.6% larger than the same item built using the metric measurements. The dimensions in this project are given in both imperial and metric.Īll measurements are given in feet and/or inches first, followed by millimeters (mm) in brackets ().
That is Jacqui, one of my daughters, holding her dog Polly, in the K2 phone box. The photo was taken at Smithfield Market in London. The photo shows the difference in height between the K6 and K2 telephone kiosks.
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