Scott
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Just finished this toy box for my daughter who's 1 next week. It might (with a bit of luck) hold about a tenth of the junk I'm tripping over! 
It's made out of a pack of oak flooring that the local DIY shed was flogging off cheap to clear.
No drawings/plans/fag packets, just made it up as I went based on what I could get out of the pack. Final dimensions are 25"(width) x 16 1/2" (depth) x 16" (height) .....roughly!
I'm afraid I'm a bit rubbish at WIP pics 'cos I get too engrossed in the woodwork and forget so here is my one and only WIP shot :
The tails were cut on the bandsaw and the rest by hand. 10 dovetails each corner.
The finished box has a mitred & biscuited plinth around it with corner glue blocks and a support block on the inside of the plinth on each side. Finish is Danish Oil.
I might try to get some sisal or manila rope to replace that horrible white polyprop stuff. The stay is a spring loaded affair that actually requires a small amount of positive force to push the lid down. Here's the box with some toys in it:
I cheated a bit and bought the letters from the local baby shop. I don't own a scroll saw.... my excuse and I'm sticking to it....
...and here's what was left from the (I think) 1.6m3 pack of flooring. Waste not, want not.....
Voila!
Cheers
It's made out of a pack of oak flooring that the local DIY shed was flogging off cheap to clear.
No drawings/plans/fag packets, just made it up as I went based on what I could get out of the pack. Final dimensions are 25"(width) x 16 1/2" (depth) x 16" (height) .....roughly!
I'm afraid I'm a bit rubbish at WIP pics 'cos I get too engrossed in the woodwork and forget so here is my one and only WIP shot
:
The tails were cut on the bandsaw and the rest by hand. 10 dovetails each corner.
The finished box has a mitred & biscuited plinth around it with corner glue blocks and a support block on the inside of the plinth on each side. Finish is Danish Oil.
I might try to get some sisal or manila rope to replace that horrible white polyprop stuff. The stay is a spring loaded affair that actually requires a small amount of positive force to push the lid down. Here's the box with some toys in it:
I cheated a bit and bought the letters from the local baby shop. I don't own a scroll saw.... my excuse and I'm sticking to it....
...and here's what was left from the (I think) 1.6m3 pack of flooring. Waste not, want not.....
Voila!
Cheers
