Hexagon boxes, three ways, keep DIY Montreal's workshop busy through a pause
The two-month-old build climbs from a miter-saw-only beginner box to a pro version with a honeycomb inlay, and it has passed 111,000 views.
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3 Ways to Build a Hexagon Box
DIY Montreal posted nothing new over the past seven days, so the shelf did the work, and the video doing most of it is a box with six sides.
"3 Ways to Build a Hexagon Box" is the same project built three times, beginner to pro. The first version uses nothing but the miter saw. The intermediate one adds tools and technique, and the pro box goes further, with router inlays and UV printing, finishing on a honeycomb inlay that suits the shape rather neatly. The last chapter asks the question every woodworker weighs before a weekend build: which one is actually worth making? Two months on, it is past 111,000 views and still draws more each day than anything else on the channel, by a wide margin.
Behind it sits a small Halloween pair. "I Made Spooky Wooden Halloween Lanterns with a Router 🎃" walks through carving jack-o'-lantern faces with router templates, with workarounds for anyone without a plunge router or guide bushings. A short companion, "It's like a sleeve for your router bit 🪵", explains the guide bushing itself, the little collar that rides the template so the bit cannot chew into it. With the season turning, both are finding a steady trickle of viewers.
Without a new upload, the channel ran somewhat below its usual daily pace, and subscribers held at 415,000. Among the DIY and home channels near its size, Stick welder and Restoration T2 are having the big weeks, while Tools In Action and Jamie's Journey are moving at much the same gentle speed as DIY Montreal.
For a woodworker who calls himself a hobbyist by passion and not by trade, it is fitting that the video carrying the week is the one built around learning the same thing three ways.
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The videos drawing views on DIY Montreal right now
- Channel
- DIY Montreal
- Subscribers
- 415,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 136,797
- Videos published this week
- 0
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A regular hexagon box joins six sides. At what angle is each miter cut on those sides?
Each corner of a regular hexagon is 120 degrees, so the 60-degree turn at each joint is split between two boards, giving a 30-degree miter on each.
