No work in progress pictures. Just something I was told I had to do before I was allowed to get back to making my garden table.
Here it is on its back so I could paint on the front what it is for. Needs a second coat.
Right way up. it is virtually a full sheet of 18mm MDF. 1220 wide 500 deep 450 tall and it weighs as much as a full sheet too.
I saw these stays on Amazon that have adjustable close resistance. They kind of work but let the lid drop the last 6 inches hence the soft close pistons in the end panels. They also make it hard to close once open but maybe not hard enough. After a lot of head scratching I made a hard to deflect strip of metal that springs out under a fully open stay and makes closing impossible. An adult thumb can push it out of the way to close when required.
The lid has big cut outs to reduce weight and and a upholstered bit of 9mm MDF bolted to it so it can be sat on. I bought a bit of red material from ebay and used whatever i could find as padding. A few old outdoor seat pads cut down and a layer of foam underlay.
Box construction was near full length grooves at all joins and then glued up with loose tenons of oak laths.
SWMBO is currently ordering some animal stencils so I may not be finished yet.
Here it is on its back so I could paint on the front what it is for. Needs a second coat.
Right way up. it is virtually a full sheet of 18mm MDF. 1220 wide 500 deep 450 tall and it weighs as much as a full sheet too.
I saw these stays on Amazon that have adjustable close resistance. They kind of work but let the lid drop the last 6 inches hence the soft close pistons in the end panels. They also make it hard to close once open but maybe not hard enough. After a lot of head scratching I made a hard to deflect strip of metal that springs out under a fully open stay and makes closing impossible. An adult thumb can push it out of the way to close when required.
The lid has big cut outs to reduce weight and and a upholstered bit of 9mm MDF bolted to it so it can be sat on. I bought a bit of red material from ebay and used whatever i could find as padding. A few old outdoor seat pads cut down and a layer of foam underlay.
Box construction was near full length grooves at all joins and then glued up with loose tenons of oak laths.
SWMBO is currently ordering some animal stencils so I may not be finished yet.
