spec4 e4 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I made a toy box for my niece last month and go the pics now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenden Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Now that is a toy box! That looks very good Rob, i'm sure she will love it. Brenden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec4 e4 Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 First thing she did was get in it and closed the lid. LOL. It remind me of my brother and I playing in the boxes after Christmas. Then we took it in her bedroom and she started loading it up. Since I don't talk to my sister, my wife went over there the other day and Monica told my wife that she showed all her friends and she does her homework on top of her toybox. Monica want a coat rack, but I have not gotten around and make it. Everyone wants to know how I stain it pink. I figure it can grow with her after she get out of toys. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec4 e4 Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I forgot to add that it is made out of 3/4" birch plywood, which I stained pink. Even the bottom is 3/4"(how many times when you bought a box from the store and it comes with a thin "board" for the bottom?) Then I trim the corners and lid out of 1-1/8"X1-1/8" pine corner molding. I put a more over hang on the front then the side so she can lift the lid easier. Put a long hinge and 2 lid support, one on each side, so it want come down and hurt her. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenden Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I was wondering how you got it pink, i knew it wasn't paint. You made a heavy duty toy box! Brenden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec4 e4 Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 I used Rose Padals cloths dye and.alcohol from the hardware department. I took a large mason canning jar, two boxes, and I pour the two boxes in the mason jar, then I fill it up with the alcohol. Shake the piss out of it and do it some more. There's your stain. Thank you for the kind words on the heavy duty toybox. LOL I wounder how a rifle or shotgun stock come out? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Good and sturdy, like it needs to be to survive children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlecanoe Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Rob, The stain is a good touch. Lets the grain show through. It contrasts nicely with the trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spec4 e4 Posted January 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I would like to thank you guys for the kind words for the toybox. Littlecanoe, I figured it being all pink will be to much, I trim it out in pine. My wife want me to stain it a walnut color but I said no. After I finish it, she like it more. I am just happy I only have to build one. I still have to make my wife a cedar chest. I think she need to stay away while I make it. LOL. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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