Meccano Chest Completed

[Bryan Nuss]

Finally completed my Meccano chest yesterday. It took me almost a month to design and make it. I used oak plywood with solid oak trim.

It will house my 5000 piece (not including nuts & bolts) Meccano collection which my father started in 1954. The set (about the equivalent of at least two No. 10 sets, plus extra electric motors) weighs about 200 lbs, hence the use of 3/4" plywood drawers with 1/2" bottoms, all dadoed. There are 257 separate compartments made out of 1/8" plywood. I shellaced all of the inside parts and used 3 coats of satin wipe-on poly on the exterior. I got the 150 lb. drawer slides and brass hardware from Lee Valley.

Now all I have to do is fill it up!

Thanks for looking.

Bryan