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20th February 2006, 12:59 PM #1
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Toy Box
In December I made a toybox for a friends grand daughter. It went over so well that she wanted another one for her other grand daughter. Well before I send it to a new home I thought I take a picture to remeber it. The box is birch ply and the top is Mahogany. The coners are mitered with black walnut splines and is finished with a wipe on poly. The last box I cut the splines by hand. This time I made a jig to cut the slots for the splines with my circular saw. It went much faster than the other one. It also rests on castors for pushing it about.
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20th February 2006, 01:21 PM #2
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It is beautiful mate. It is almost too good for the kids. Well done my friend.
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20th February 2006, 02:08 PM #3
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It looks even better than your first box! I think it's the smaller-thinner splines that do it for me and the castors are a great idea too.
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20th February 2006, 03:48 PM #4
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Great looking box. As a fan of splined mitres, I'd be interested to see the jig you used.
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20th February 2006, 04:43 PM #5
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Very nice, I like the effect of the splines. How heavy is it? Could do with something similar for my daughter but she's no weightlifter! Come to think of it, if she can't lift the box, maybe the toys will stay in her room for once.
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20th February 2006, 05:18 PM #6
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Nice work 9Fingers, it looks fantastic
I'd be pretty keen to see some pics of your jig too!
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20th February 2006, 05:41 PM #7
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Way too good for the kids. It should be Cardboard or MDF for them......
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I'd be pretty keen to see some pics of your jig too!
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20th February 2006, 05:58 PM #8
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Good stuff 9Fingers!
As Scott says, almost too good for toys - and small ankle biters
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20th February 2006, 06:56 PM #9
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Very nice, agree with ruffly in that I like this one a little more than your first one.
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20th February 2006, 07:21 PM #10
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Excellent work.To repeat those above, the splines really set it off.
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21st February 2006, 12:24 AM #11
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Great looking box 9'. I like the way you've used the splines - very effective. Yet another thing for my 'have a go at that one day' list.
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21st February 2006, 03:20 AM #12
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Its not to heavy. I'd be suprised if was more than 15-20 pounds ( not sure how much that is in metric). I'll give the size a try in metric. Its 42 cm tall 42 cm wide and 75 cm long. My 18 month old was able to push it around easy enough and even climb into it without knocking it over. He was quite upset this morning when I hauled it out of the house. Guess I'll me making another one. Originally Posted by Trace
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21st February 2006, 09:06 AM #13
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My almost 2 year old likes doing the same with the 120l plastic tub that I have for his toys. Originally Posted by 9Fingers
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21st February 2006, 09:15 AM #14
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Beautiful job, not surprised they've gone over so well.
The contrasting timber in trim and splines looks great!
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21st February 2006, 02:59 PM #15
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Lovely tool box. Giving me some ideas for my mum's knitting box.
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