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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5125395, member: 91461&quot;]I&#039;ll start with a necessary, I blame [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] for this. Thanks to his extremely fascinating<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />and fun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> thread from a year and a half ago,&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/old-homemade-coin-cabinet-with-potential.336310/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/old-homemade-coin-cabinet-with-potential.336310/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/old-homemade-coin-cabinet-with-potential.336310/</a>, I had been laying plans<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on making my own coin cabinet for a long while. </p><p>Then, by chance, I came across these coin holders for sale (I&#039;d been leery of making my own as this is something he&#039;d cited as the biggest pain in the process) and I won them for far under my bid<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202636[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Enough spots for just under 1,000 coins!... anyone have 1,000 ancients to spare<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?)</p><p><br /></p><p>But where were these trays gonna go???</p><p>Leave that up to having a savvy and frugal wife<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>She is great at checking local listings for bargains and found a beautiful fixer upper for me that&#039;s drawers were the exact size I would need<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202646[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the trays, I couldn&#039;t very well leave them that awkward ply wood color. So, off to the store I went. I knew black would compliment the coins best. But I didn&#039;t want them glossy either as that could distract the eye. </p><p>I found a perfect satin black color and began painting...</p><p>Once done, I began gluing the felt circles I&#039;d ordered online, into their new homes:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202647[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then it was time to carefully<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> drill the holes in the sides of the drawers for the tray holding pegs to go into:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202648[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After a quick trip to the hospital to get the drillbit out of my good knee<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I kid, I kid. I made sure to drill it into my bad knee<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And success! It fit perfectly to have a top tray scooted to the back while the lower tray was at the front in each drawer:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202653[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, what to do about all the dings and places where the cabinets wood had warped or pulled apart.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202655[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Enter old English, his minwax friends and some good old fashioned elbow Greeks (little tiny Greeks jumped out of my elbows and did the work for me<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202656[/ATTACH] </p><p>So, what lays in the drawers now?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202661[/ATTACH] </p><p>... wonderful things<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202659[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1202663[/ATTACH] </p><p>But the work continues...</p><p>Not that there&#039;s anything wrong with the lovely old timey nobs on there now. But after seeing [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] coin nobs, rest assured when I find what I&#039;m looking for and they&#039;re installed I&#039;ll send an update. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a bunch if you made it through my journey<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see where and how you store your coins that aren&#039;t locked up at the bank, other coin/ curiosity<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> cabinets, hear ideas you might have to improve mine or anything that comes to mind![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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