Cinkadeus February 6, 2013 Share Cinkadeus Member February 6, 2013 I finally finished my daughter's toy box yesterday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain February 6, 2013 Share Madvillain Member February 6, 2013 Very nice Cink, I like the color. You assembled everything from the ground up? How did you do the S under the lid? P.S. - How did you have time to admin and make the chest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinkadeus February 6, 2013 Author Share Cinkadeus Member February 6, 2013 (edited) 1. Make sure you have at least 45 min of music on your MP3 player. 2. Print out a big S 3. Use rubber cement to apply the printout to the center of the lid. 4. Get your smallest plunge router bit (I used 1/8th") 5. GO SLOW. Lock the router in the ON position and put your hands on the base to guide it with more control. 6. Rout the outline, then remove paper, adjust depth, and rout out the middle. Easy as pie. The color is Minwax Sedona Red with 2 coats of high gloss polyurethane. Smooth as glass finish. I built everything except carving our the flowers and ivy patterns. The ivy molding comes like that and the flowers are pre-carved and glued on. Hardest part is the miter cuts for all the trim. Its oak plywood with white wood trim. And I'm not an admin. Edited February 6, 2013 by Cinkadeus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloosh February 6, 2013 Share Baloosh Member February 6, 2013 You keep your child as a TOY in a CHEST? Shameful behavior from an Admin... just shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling February 6, 2013 Share samurai nightling Member February 6, 2013 What was the total time you put into making this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinkadeus February 6, 2013 Author Share Cinkadeus Member February 6, 2013 I've been working on it since 1/1. About an hour or so each day. Maybe a few more on weekends. I'm very meticulous and slow on miter cuts. I haven't figured the total cost yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat February 6, 2013 Share walkingCat Member February 6, 2013 Would you like to take a personal commission? I need 8 doors for a build-in storage openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waymon February 6, 2013 Share waymon Member February 6, 2013 Progress pictures please! possible highjack of thread...My desk! http://imgur.com/a/lXmAL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless February 7, 2013 Share Clueless GC Alumni February 7, 2013 Nice job man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather February 7, 2013 Share Fairweather Member February 7, 2013 wow that looks good, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinkadeus February 7, 2013 Author Share Cinkadeus Member February 7, 2013 Progress pictures please! I never think to do them.. I'm always to busy working on my project to remember to take pics. And awesome desk! Vertical 2x4s?? Rock solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuma February 7, 2013 Share Kuma Member February 7, 2013 She's the little devil inside, isn't she? Very nice work indeed. Btw, about opening and closing the box, the you put extra hinge (not sure how it's called) to hold that up in the air or ... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinkadeus February 7, 2013 Author Share Cinkadeus Member February 7, 2013 Very nice work indeed. Btw, about opening and closing the box, the you put extra hinge (not sure how it's called) to hold that up in the air or ... ? I used a new style of torsion hinge by Rockler. Expensive, but very nice looking. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22046&site=ROCKLER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waymon February 7, 2013 Share waymon Member February 7, 2013 Progress pictures please! I never think to do them.. I'm always to busy working on my project to remember to take pics. And awesome desk! Vertical 2x4s?? Rock solid. Too solid...its rather heavy. This summer I want to save up and get some nice walnut and do something similar and replace the top. $$$ though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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