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I've been a lurker on this site for years. I've been looking at the posts of lumberjocks almost daily for forever and figured it was my time to start posting my creations as well.
This is one of the first things I've ever made. It's a toybox I built for all of the toys that seem to accumulate all over the living room when you have little ones. I built it for my oldest son just before the arrival of my daughter. It's made entirely of red oak. At the time the only tools I really had were a table saw, router table, and a kreg jig. I used additional strips of red oak to help brace the joined boards and also hide the pocket screws. Rounded over all the edges and I used toybox hinges, with a piano hinge and also offset the top so that even when closed there is 1/4 inch of space. Saves pinched fingers and trapped little sisters.
As with all of my projects I didn't really use any plans. I like to take inspiration from a lot of different sources and create something of my own. To make it a little more personal I drew a picture of a bear on the front and then burned it into the wood before staining and finishing. The finish is just some minwax oil stain rubbed on and then a ton of coats of poly. After making it I realized that my little guy couldn't reach to the bottom without risking falling in so I added to layers of mattress topper foam, cut to fit, to raise the bottom and cushion and potential falls.
Thanks for checking it out.
Comments, critiques welcome. Glad to finally be a lumberjock!
This is one of the first things I've ever made. It's a toybox I built for all of the toys that seem to accumulate all over the living room when you have little ones. I built it for my oldest son just before the arrival of my daughter. It's made entirely of red oak. At the time the only tools I really had were a table saw, router table, and a kreg jig. I used additional strips of red oak to help brace the joined boards and also hide the pocket screws. Rounded over all the edges and I used toybox hinges, with a piano hinge and also offset the top so that even when closed there is 1/4 inch of space. Saves pinched fingers and trapped little sisters.
As with all of my projects I didn't really use any plans. I like to take inspiration from a lot of different sources and create something of my own. To make it a little more personal I drew a picture of a bear on the front and then burned it into the wood before staining and finishing. The finish is just some minwax oil stain rubbed on and then a ton of coats of poly. After making it I realized that my little guy couldn't reach to the bottom without risking falling in so I added to layers of mattress topper foam, cut to fit, to raise the bottom and cushion and potential falls.
Thanks for checking it out.
Comments, critiques welcome. Glad to finally be a lumberjock!