Hello fellow LJ friends, need help designing 2 toy boxes for christmas presents email me please .

Hi Jim

Glad your feeling better. I think it might be helpful to do a search on LJs to see what others have built. http://lumberjocks.com/DMIHOMECENTER/blog/24940 Since you already have the measurements I don’t understand the need for plans. As far as the type of hings are concerned I would recommend the easy close type that make the lid close slowly .

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=410

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Make sure you have some ventilation holes in the toy box. We have gone through two store-bought toy boxes and both had them. I believe they had one on each end, about 2 inches in diameter, just in case a kid gets stuck in it. Or, in our case, our daughter got in and her little brother sat on the lid! We rescued her and she clobbered him, if I recall. Oh, the joys of parenthood. Oh yes, we’ll require pictures of the toy boxes when completed.

-- Regret- the feeling you get just after you do something really stupid.

Hey Jim, if you send me your email in a message, I can send you a couple of plans that may work. I believe both even use oak in their material list.

-- Matt - http://breakingboardom.wordpress.com/

Hey Jim, Try this out.

I did not make this, but I will be making a set of bunk/twin beds on this design for two grand sons.

Have you considered making one completed version of whatever you decide to make and make the others in an easy to assemble, easy to ship kit. Might add some fun!

-- jack -- ...measure once, curse twice!

Thanks everyone for your help and replies am greatful sent you my email matt thanks
jim

-- jim

Thanks Jack1, with your suggestion, yes l have for the past year been thinking about small business production plan. Going to start after christmas will have new table saw/router table by then as well as many more clamps etc at other house.
Run into structure problems ended up spending nearly $ 20,000 to replace about 70-80 ft of rim joist and sil plates and about 30 ft of exterror walls and another 25 ft of garage outside walls then $ 3,300.00 to remove all windows, doors plus 2 patio doors from bad work first installer installed improper so set me back in all just over $ 24,000 for work not in budget that includes all new siding could save siding removed to replace joice plates.

But anyway checking into best way and cost to box and ship things like shelves, dvd storage units coffee table sets and if would be worrth to do.
If not will continue to sell locally takes my mind of above mess lol.
Thanks again jack1

-- jim

Hey Jim, sorry to hear about the expenses for your house. Hopefully you have more luck when building the toy boxes. Hope the plans I sent were helpful.

-- Matt - http://breakingboardom.wordpress.com/