http://10engines.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] 10engines.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2014-06-05 09:13 pm
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Ball Square "little library" - Help??

Folks, our "little library" took sort of a beating in the wind storm last month... the door got ripped off so I emptied and removed the shelving. Would welcome some ideas or assistance in building it back. Thinking we might re-purpose a kitchen or bathroom cupboard and insert it into the phone box frame. Any carpenters/engineers/tinkerers out there want to get in on this??? Thx James

[identity profile] kdsorceress.livejournal.com 2014-06-06 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have any useful comment, but I'm glad to see that it's gonna come back online --I was really happy when I first discovered it, and a little bummed when I realized it had been shut down (for the winter?). Thanks for making it happen!

~Sor

[identity profile] curiositykt.livejournal.com 2014-06-06 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe use one of those "childrens" locks that make you have to push in and then up to open?

[identity profile] courtney o'keefe (from livejournal.com) 2014-06-06 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a Home Depot gift card that I can donate if you need to buy supplies. It has about $80 on it.

[identity profile] rachelmello.livejournal.com 2014-06-11 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
I'm wildly busy all summer with projects, but if somehow you're still looking for help in September I can do this with you. Hopefully someone will step up before then, it's a great project you have going there!


I'd recommend against using a prefabbed cabinet because they tend to be made of materials not suitable for outdoor use. But it would be fairly easy to build something with Courtney's $80 from HD and other found materials.