{"id":706,"date":"2021-02-28T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:09:40","slug":"cat-proof-puzzle-table-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Cat-proof puzzle table cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With two cats, it’s difficult to have a puzzle sitting out on a table in-between actively solving it. At least if you want the puzzle pieces to stay on the table :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we received a really nice, new-to-us high-top table that would be just perfect for board games and puzzles, I designed a lightweight cover for the table that would keep the puzzle pieces safe from the cats. Here’s the initial design I sketched up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The design above is a side-view cross-section, showing the table top itself, plus the multi-piece cover, consisting of a plywood top and two pieces of dimensional lumber to keep the cover from falling off and also to keep it elevated above the puzzle pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hired my amateur-woodworker brother to build the lid, and it turned out great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The finished lid matches the rest of the table so well you hardly notice it’s there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lift off the lid, and surprise! Puzzle pieces are secretly protected from cats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Upside-down view – Jeremy used 5mm plywood, and added thin supports underneath the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here we can see the cross-section. The corner piece around the outer edge supports the cover above the puzzle pieces so they are not disturbed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With two cats, it’s difficult to have a puzzle sitting out on a table in-between actively solving it. At least if you want the puzzle pieces to stay on the table :-) When we received a really nice, new-to-us high-top table that would be just perfect for board games and puzzles, I designed a lightweight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New woodworking project: Cat-proof puzzle table cover","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BznB-bo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbeckler.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}