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This is a Toy Box I made for my niece’s 1st birthday. It came from a combination of 5 different plans I found online and some images from LJ’s (thanks for all the inspiration!).
The whole project was made from 3/4” Baltic Birch plywood and a 1×8 piece of poplar from the big orange box store. It measures 40” long x 16” deep and 27” high (floor to top of back). The seat sits 21” above the floor. I used a combination of glued rabbets and biscuits to assemble. I wanted to minimize the areas where fingers could get pinched while still being able to support a lot of weight on top (kids love to climb stuff)-so I have 2 cut out tabs under the lid to support it. The top is attached with a short continuos hinge. For safety it has 2 toy box lid supports from Rockler.
To finish it-I painted with 2 coats of Indoor latex paint. I bought the letters and scalloped trim from a craft store and painted them white. Attaching them was the only place I used brad nails. To finish it, I sprayed on 3 coats of gloss polycrylic for a nice smooth finish and make it easier to clean.
-- “Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world”~Albert Einstein
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yooper
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#1 posted 825 days ago
Nice Job and good decorations. I’m sure she’ll love it and fill it up fast.
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#2 posted 825 days ago
Great looking toy box. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Roger
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#3 posted 824 days ago
real nice. I know your niece is very happy
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Monty Queen
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#4 posted 824 days ago
Wow, awesome job on the toy box, It looks beautiful. I love the colors you use they just stand out. Great work.
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#5 posted 824 days ago
God job. Charlotte is very lucky girl.
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Andrew
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#6 posted 528 days ago
I love this – I think I’ll make something similar for my friends’ son. It’s time to graduate up from cutting boards anyway :)
Thanks for the idea.
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
Andrew
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#7 posted 524 days ago
How did you get the edges of the plywood to be so smooth?
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
CDavy
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#8 posted 520 days ago
The birch plywood I used was pretty solid with very few voids. Any voids that I did have-I filled with wood putty. I had to go back over it a few times and then lots of sanding with drum sander bit attached to my hand drill to keep a nice 90 deg edge.
-- “Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world”~Albert Einstein
Andrew
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#9 posted 519 days ago
I’ll try that, thanks! I am going to try and make a variation of this for a boy.
Where did you use the 1×8 poplar? I can’t figure it out!
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
CDavy
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#10 posted 519 days ago
The poplar was ripped down and used in a bunch of places-half used to make the front trim piece along the bottom with the curved cut out. The other half is used along the back to attach the lid. Here is my cross section plan to show where it was used. It can also be seen in image 4 of the project above.
-- “Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world”~Albert Einstein
Andrew
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#11 posted 519 days ago
Awesome thanks! If you have any more diagrams with measurements, that’d be awesome :)
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
CDavy
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#12 posted 519 days ago
Here is my cut sheet.
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Andrew
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#13 posted 519 days ago
Just perfect, thanks so much!
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
CDavy
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#14 posted 519 days ago
No problem! Please share some pics of yours when you get it done.
-- “Knowledge is limited; but imagination encircles the world”~Albert Einstein
Andrew
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#15 posted 518 days ago
I certainly will. Thanks for responding! I absolutely love your design
-- Andrew - Albany. NY
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