Thread: Toybox Finished!!!

Finished at last!
Looks good, your toys I presume? ;P

Originally Posted by LineLefty

- - Joining boards by hand. I'm really happy with the top after some trying moments.
!!!

What method did you use to join the boards on the lid.


The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Adam,

That is a lovely toy box, will be cherished for years.

Well done, like Ashore I would like to know the technic you used to join the wood

Read the post carefully boys, he said he joined them by hand. Mind you standing there day in day out holding them together might get boring after a couple of days, but hey, whatever yanks yer crank.



Well done Adam, how many times has little lefty been inside?

Nice job, Lefty. I hope you signed & dated it somewhere so that your descendants know that they have an heirloom. Look forward to your next project.

Whooooo Hoooooo!!!



Well done Lefty! Must admit at first I shuddered at the gap in the lid but the more I look at it the more It grows on me..........You are sneaky arn't you !!! Oh no! next thing I'll be saying your a master craftsman and thats some kind of reveal you factored into the design :eek::eek::eek:


Anywaz Well done m8 can't wait to see your next effort!!!


REgards Lou

Nice work Adam the toy box looks really good. Toy box didn't take long to fill up

Originally Posted by NewLou

at first I shuddered at the gap in the lid

NewLou, it's a safety feature, saves trapping little fingers.
Well done LineLefty, its a beauty !

Thanks all,

Lou, the gap is to stop LittleLelfty slamming his fingers in it. I had a good look at lid stays but with the size of the lid (1m x 0.65m) it required enormous, expensive stays that were fiddly to fit and looks obtrusive.

As for the edge joingin of the top, I apologise but there was no 'technique'. See this thread for more details of my problems.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...d.php?p=154198
(I've added a closeup photo of the joins)

Basically, I used a a HNT JAck to plane it approximately square and then finished with a #5, finely set. I actually had to learn to do it by hand, rather than using an external straight, square reference. Theres no dowels or anything either. I dont understand the problems in keeping panels flat, maybe I just got lucky but no board was more than 1mm out of alignment. And besides, planing a panel flat and then smoothing it is perhaps one of the most enjoyable woodwork tasks, no? Just me, the wood, the tool and a wheelie bin full of shavings

The finish is just interior finishing organoil (3coats) with Traditional Wax over the top.

Outback - Little Lefty is only 9months old so he cant climb in it yet. He does enjoy leaning on it and looking at all his toys.

AlexS - SWMBO is kindly going to get a nice brass plaque engraved for me.................it'll go nicely under the lid.

Lou - The next project is a big old sandpit. A 'construction' project should be a nice change from the fine detailed work of smoothing that lid :eek:

Nice job, the littlies will get a lot out of it. Now all you have to do is get them to put stuff back in when they finish with it. Never worked with my daughter.
Can I give a word of advice?
I'm going to give it anyway. I can see you haven't put any gas struts to stop the lid closing on a childs neck so you may want to place a couple of blocks between the box and the wall. By the looks of the picture you are relying on that gap so that the lid will lean back. Kids love to climb into this type of box and if, in the process, they happen to move the box back, the lid will fall and you come home to find a limp body hanging out of the box. As a father it makes me shudder to think that some people have had that experience. There's a good reason why those gas struts or similar are required on commercial models.
Sorry I had to say that. It's not the sort of comment you want from posting a picture but if I didn't care I'd keep my mouth shut.

Adrian, like I said I have investigated the commerical 'lid stays and they were pretty fiddly and very expensive for the size I need. But now you've got me re-worried.....................perhaps though, I'f I could get an old car boot gas strut and retro fit that until , then I can take it off when the kids are old enough.............

Adam,
check these out: they went on my (son's) toy box

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...419,43745&ap=1
-Ryan

Nice Work AdamI agree with AlexS - Sign It!

Cheers
RufflyRustic

Originally Posted by ryanarcher

Adam,
check these out: they went on my (son's) toy box

http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/pa...419,43745&ap=1
-Ryan

Adam,
You have just cost me fortune! Reading this thread, I went to the link on Ryan's post, thought I'd just have a quick flick through the tools while I was there and..... ..... ..... ..



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