A play pen for Sam

 Sam has been getting very mobile over the last month so we decided to make a play pen so he could have somewhere to hang out in that was safe. With all the house construction going on, we have lots of random chemicals and tools laying around that he loves to get into.

 It is made out of hemlock and has six sides. Not all six side pieces have to be used at once so it is variable in size.

 A jig was made to align the drill so all the holes could be drilled in the ends.
 Once all the pieces were cut, they were pegged and glued up.

 Then wooden hinges were made.

 and glued onto the sections.

 Then we had Sam test it out. It is huge! He did help us discover that going at too sharp of an angle puts too much torque on the hinges and one broke. So, we are going to switch to metal hinges.

 And here you can see the gated side and the lock to keep the door closed.