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Written by Jim. From Kansas. on 2025-01-12 at 01:45

Finally got this printer's drawer hung in my office. I plan to display my childhood Hot Wheels in it, but I need to solve the problem of the cars being just a little bit wider than the drawer is deep.

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Written by Heliograph on 2025-01-12 at 02:11

@jimbush awesome awesome drawer!!! excellent piece 🥳 and the cars could stand on tiny transparent ramps per nook?

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Written by Jim. From Kansas. on 2025-01-12 at 02:23

@Heliograph

I hadn't thought about ramps. I wonder what I can find/make that will work.....

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Written by Heliograph on 2025-01-12 at 02:28

@jimbush maybe a really thin wooden layer, thin like cigar boxes used to be, or some fine cardboard from packaging, or just pieces of glass cut from old mirrors or windows?

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Written by Heliograph on 2025-01-12 at 02:31

@jimbush or those fancy camembert boxes 😄 I keep smol stuff in those https://www.cheeseandyogurt.co.uk/products/copy-of-cheese-boxes-wooden-medium-size (this is a random link from the web)

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Written by Heliograph on 2025-01-12 at 02:33

@jimbush and whatever the layer will be, just use some blue tack to arrest at the drawer side (so it remains invisible)

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Written by Jim. From Kansas. on 2025-01-12 at 02:35

@Heliograph I could go to the local home improvement store and get a bunch of kitchen counter laminate samples.....

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Written by Heliograph on 2025-01-12 at 02:55

@jimbush oh yes, maybe even in fancy design or colours 🥳

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Written by K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌ on 2025-01-12 at 02:14

@jimbush

LOL Flatten the other side that you don't see with a big hammer?

or squeeze them in a vice?

A real suggestion would be to cut strips of a veneer or sturdy cardboard to the width of the car and glue it to the shelf beneath them?

If it was notched neatly, 1 strip could go all the way across

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Written by Jim. From Kansas. on 2025-01-12 at 02:21

@Rory29

That's what I'm thinking. A matching strip of something thin and sturdy will do the job.

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Written by K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌ on 2025-01-12 at 02:26

@jimbush

They are not heavy

It is a great thing to use

I used to have lots of matchbox toy cars

LOL

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