All of my kids collect Lego mini figures. Not quite sure what happened to baseball cards.
Their was something to be said
for that stale, tasteless, brittle stick of gum you found inside. I loved walking down
to tate's liquer store every friday when I
was nine years old, plopping 40 cents on the counter and grabbing a pack of cards. Good
ole tate always wanted to see what you got.
Those were the days. enough reminiscing. Now it's my kids turn to have some fun and I'm
going to give them something I never had.
A display shelf for those Lego mini figures. Just to make sure I get clean cuts from the
miter saw I'm going to wrap the board in blue tape.
That works out pretty well. Now I'll cut the rest of my pieces.
Now I'll cut the rest of my pieces.
For a complete list of cuts and materials
needed for this project visit my website. Simply easy diy dot com.
I am going to use dadoes and rabbets to assemble the shelf. That is not necessary if you plan
on painting it.
Pocket holes can be used. Some slight adjustments will need to be made to the cut list and I'll
go ahead and take care of that for you.
I'll have both measurements listed. Check the description for all the links including
a link to the extended bonus footage
over on Simply Easy Homesteading. I'll mark the thickness of the adjoining pieces and
for the dadoes I'll flush the top and bottom pieces next to each other and transfer those
marks.
In case your wondering a router works just as well,
no worries. The rip fence is set up to act as a stop block and the spacer is the same
thickness as the material I'm using in the display case. The first cut marks the back end
of the rabbet. Then I'll just clear the rest of the material.
After every one I'll just take a moment to make sure the two
pieces are flush. Flip it over do the other side. If your using the pocket hole version
you can just skip these steps altogether.
The dado however requires a stop block set up on both ends for it to work that way.
They should fit snug but not tight.
I'll do the same for the two side pieces as well.
To glue something like this up I like to work from the inside out. Glue up the side shelves
along with the shelves attached to the inside piece.
Then I'll attach the top and bottom pieces.
Followed by the side assemblies.
A few clamps and I'll return in the morning.
As I was finishing the Lego mini figure display I had a last minute idea. This is meant to
display Lego figures after all.
These are an old closet rod I've had in my shop for several years. New uses for old things I says.
One last thing.
Just as soon as I get this out of its adult proof packaging.
Surprisingly these were easy to cut to whatever
size I wanted. The trick is to use a new sharp blade and all you have to do is score the
top. Then it snaps rather easily
at that score line. It leaves a pretty clean line as well.
Some hot glue to attache the Lego base plates to the shelves.
I thought the base plates were 12 by 12 but they turned out to be 10 x 10 so I just cut
some smaller pieces to fit where needed.
For a complete list of materials along with a cut list for both this version and the pocket
hole version visit my website,
simply easy diy dot com and don't forget to check out the extended bonus footage video as well.
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Until then.