Six Pack Bottle Holder
Project by
Ed Shouse
Published On
December 28, 2015
General Information
Using Easel's box maker/dogbone generator to create a 6" wide by 4" high by 10" long box with holes cut out for beverages and a handle. Customize the four sides of the box with any personal message or leave blank. The sides of the box are 1/4" cherry and the handles is 3/4" oak.
Project License
Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Open in Easel®
1. Add Design to Easel File
Add images, text etc to to the sides of the box. Be careful not to get to close to the edges since you still want the box to have strength. Measure thickness of the board you are using for the handle and change the the width of the rounded rectangles to match. Make sure when you make this modification doesn't change the center of the holes. If you aren't going to round over the handles or the box then remove the rounded corners.
2. Cut Out Pieces
Cut out all the pieces of the box out of 1/4" wood
Estimated time: 60 minutes
Apply Finishing
I suggest painting prior to assembly of the box for ease. After you finish painting glue the box up. With the box together without a handle, use a round overbit on a router on all corners include the handle. This gives a much smoother feel to hold onto. Now glue up the handle and apply final stain/poly.
Estimated time: 100 minutes
Can't download handle design
Joe Bell · November 14, 2020
This is so cool. Love the design and simplicity of it. I have my machine on order and this is definitely one of the projects ill be doing.
David Shoemaker · December 30, 2015
You did awesome job on the bottle carrier. I was able to make the carrier fine But could not download the handle.
John Zulick · March 27, 2016
John the SVG for the handle is in the digital files. you need to import it to a file and pay attention to the stock that you cut it on to match the holes. I used 3/4" oak for mine.
Ed Shouse · March 27, 2016
hey Ed could you make an svg file on the hole design. I have Mach3 and i´m not able open it:-)
Steen Mogensen · May 30, 2016
Issues I'm having with the .SVG file for the handle: Open in Easel and it is only a fraction of the size it should be. Open in Fusion 360 is has the same problem. Open it in Inkscape and it appears normal but I can't modify it. Suggestions?
Chris Von Bargen · August 12, 2016
I was able to measure the design in Inkscape and it appears to be scaled down significantly. What scaling should be used to correct this? Any chance you could check the file and re-upload it?
Chris Von Bargen · August 12, 2016
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/oV1CkPYS0t_rfXb492wbTw here is my easal file of it.
Ed Shouse · August 12, 2016
Thanks Ed, the link didn't open though.
Chris Von Bargen · August 18, 2016
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/oV1CkPYS0t_rfXb492wbTw yep, ^^ didnt work for me either.
Chad Shelby · December 04, 2016
Anyone have access to an easel project they can share? I'd like to make these for a Christmas gift.
Tate Kaiser · December 15, 2016
Here's a shared version of the handle, folks: http://easel.inventables.com/projects/6pqvunts6OdC-Un2VxW41w#
Jack · April 27, 2017
I only see the SVG file for the Handle. Am I missing something?
John White · May 16, 2017
Nevermind. It helps if you read everything first.
John White · May 16, 2017
I like the pattern, but.... Wher is the pattern for the handle ?
Kristian Ang · June 18, 2017
How do you attach the handle ?
Kristian Ang · June 19, 2017
Jack - for some reason your link won't open (doesn't give an error - just doesn't open. Am I missing something? I'm trying to get the handle figured out! Thanks!
Todd Warnock · October 09, 2017
Has anyone figured out the Handel yet? I see the SVG file but when I put it into easel I just get a blank file. HELP Please.
Marc Nelson · February 05, 2018
I downloaded the SVG file and I noticed the size of the handle was 0.7 X 0.7 once I made it bigger i could see it. What are the actual height and width of the Handel?
Marc Nelson · February 05, 2018
http://easel.inventables.com/projects/oV1CkPYS0t_rfXb492wbTw
Ed Shouse · February 05, 2018
Glue to hold the handle in place. Sorry for lack of replys. Link above is the project file I used for the handle.
Ed Shouse · February 05, 2018
Apparently I didn't hit save on the share link to set it so public could see the file. See if it works now.
Ed Shouse · February 05, 2018
Hi Ed, Thanks for the great desing idea. I have a "silly" question. The material thickness is a bit over 1/4''. Is the 1/16'' bit able to cut through the whole material? it's 1/4''H. I'm from Spain and I work in mm, so 6,35 to 6,60 mm seems a bit too much for the bit to get to cut it.
M Chilla · March 04, 2018
Dear Ed, thanks for the great design! Any chance of getting also the bottom part in svg or dxf format? I do not like to use Easel... Thanks
Fedko · August 25, 2018
Little confused, the instructions say to cut out all the pieces out of 1/4 wood but the Bill of materials lists only a 3/4 piece of red oak. I am assuming the 3/4 is for the handle only.
Dominick Marino · December 02, 2018
Was there a reason why tabs weren't installed? I only cut out one side and front to see how they fit. They did not fit. The interlocking tabs were too large. I would have to take a jig saw to trim each tab. What do you think happened? Please help! Thank you.
Thomas · January 10, 2019
Did you cut out everything on the x carve
Christian Quintanilla · July 21, 2020