Custom Work

Woodworking ยท 2025

Cat Scratcher Box

A low, square plywood tray filled with corrugated cardboard strips standing on edge, so the cut flutes make the scratching surface. The front edge carries a small cat face and the cat's name.

The plywood was ripped on the table saw and assembled into a tray. We printed a small cutting guide to slice shipping boxes into even strips, then packed the strips in by hand. The cat face started as a marker drawing.

Materials
Plywood, recycled corrugated cardboard
Process
Table saw, 3D printed cutting guide, hand assembly

Photos

  • Front view of the plywood scratcher box on a white backdrop, with a black line-drawn cat face and the name Ezekiel on its front edge and corrugated cardboard filling the top. Ezekiel's box, name on the front edge
  • The scratcher box from a higher three-quarter angle on white, showing the full cardboard surface inside the plywood frame.
  • Low corner view of the scratcher box showing the plywood edge layers and the cat face and name on the side.
  • Top-down view of the scratching surface: rows of corrugated cardboard strips on edge inside the plywood frame. Cardboard strips packed on edge
  • A grey and white cat standing with its front paws on the scratcher box, looking toward the camera. First test
  • A marker drawing of a cat face and the name Chloe on red grid paper, lying on a laptop on the laser bed. The cat face started as a marker drawing
  • An empty shallow plywood tray with a hardboard base sitting on a work stand in the garage. The tray before the cardboard goes in
  • A hand holding a small white 3D-printed cutting guide with an angled slot and a scalloped base. 3D-printed guide for cutting cardboard strips
  • The white printed cutting guide sitting on top of the finished cardboard surface of the scratcher.

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Music in the videos: "Almost Bliss", "Inspired", "Montauk Point", "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0.