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Finally got all the supplies together to make my kitty cube. I used the aforementioned metal wire modular kit but only used 1 cube (5 pieces). I used thick cardboard cut to fit in the bottom, wrapped it in a puppy pad, put it inside a plastic bag, sealed it up, put 1/4" foam padding over the top & added another puppy pad before upholstering it in felt. Outside of the cubby is felt. Inside is microfiber. I hand-sewed it bc my sewing machine wouldn't cooperate. I sewed 3 sides for each of the panels (felt sewn to microfiber). I had only secured the metal wire pieces at the bottom so I was able to slide the panels over (with 1/4" foam on the inner side for padding). Secured them at the bottom but left room for zip ties to secure the sides & back to the bottom more efficiently.
Poked holes for zip ties in higher parts & zip-tied on the top. Then I used plastic grid from a crappy "washable" HVAC filter that was garbage. I kept he plastic just in case though & it paid off. Hardest part of the entire project was cutting it. Jigsaw didnt' want to do it (wrong blade), Dremel was over at friend's house, Matrix ran out of battery & friend still has the charger. I ended up using wire strippers to make the plastic small enough to cut w/ scissors. I added the foam & taped it together. Was running low on felt so I used scraps to cover the front. Looks like Frankenstein's monster.
I only secured the front w/ 2 zip ties in the middle but sewed the rest of it on to the front by hand.
Got 1" foam for the kitty cushion. Upholstered one side in plush microfiber & the other in sherpa fleece. I added cheap shoelaces to tether it inside in case they get rowdy (although it fits very snugly). I hid the ties behind some of the fabric.
I just need to do some touch-up sewing & hang it up in their cage. Trying to figure out the best way to secure it so that if the cage ever needs to be taken apart, it still can be. I was going to use zip ties, but those are hard to remove & I need something sturdy but removable.

Wire pieces put together (sans top)
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Upholstered with top attached
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With front in place
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Cushion
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Finished cubby
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Finished sheathing the hobby bench and glued the top together.

bought a couple toys: a Kreg pocket hole kit 330 (the $40 version. And I got the hidden hinge kit for the cabinets Iā€™m going to build.

Might end up with a lot of 1/4 plywood and about 1/2 sheet of Mdf. Hate that stuff when I am cutting it. Dust everywhere
 

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Hope the kits worked well.
I still need to help my friend put his cabinet handles on now that he's feeling better & tested negative for Covid again.

Kittens love their cube. Temjin was pedaling her feet on the sherpa.

Slept until 5pm today then realized it was election day so I went to vote. My voting place only had 2 machines but the 1st one I tried was broken. Lights wouldn't come on to show the selection. Poll worker stepped in and hit different names to see if it would light up but it seems the LEDs are not working so they moved me to the other booth. The broken machine had been used 7 times that day. When I was done on the working one, it showed 12 people had used it. They said hardly anyone had come by & it was almost 7pm. When I went to sign in I saw my mother was listed as having voted by mail.

Speaking of which, when she went to drop off her ballot, they cut the envelope open to check to see that someone else had signed to confirm her signature & said they would re-seal it later. Makes me wonder if her vote will even be counted bc they did that. Not like there were any choices really. Only one candidate for each party actually running. I had thought other stuff was going to be on the ballot too as the list of what was on the ballot wasn't available online.
 
Speaking of which, when she went to drop off her ballot, they cut the envelope open to check to see that someone else had signed to confirm her signature & said they would re-seal it later. Makes me wonder if her vote will even be counted...
How did the people cutting the envelope open know what her signature looked like?
 

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