Clever dogs enjoy the inspiration of intelligent dog toys. A creative idea you can make yourself by using Dremel® tools is a toy with a drawer and pull cord. Fill the drawer with a home-baked dog biscuit and you have the perfect, interactive dog toy for your four-legged friend. Simply pull the cord, find the treat, devour it and if you're a really clever dog close the drawer again. Woof woof!
Step By Step Instructions
Have ten birch plywood sheets for the drawer and box cut to the correct size at the DIY store (see below for dimensions). A handy Dremel® Glue Gun 930 is used to stick the parts together to make a drawer open at the top and a fitting box that is open at the front.
As soon as the boxes are dry, the Dremel® 3000 comes into play. It is used to sand the edges cleanly and carefully.
Now it is the drawer's turn. Use a ruler to mark two spots in the middle, 4" apart. That is where the cord pull handle will be fitted.
To make the drawer handle, knot both ends of a piece of rope about 10" long. Then screw each knot to one of the marked spots, ideally so that the ends of the screws peek out on the other side of the plywood.
The Dremel® 3000 can be used to cut off the protruding screw ends on the inside of the drawer easily and cleanly by means of the EZ SpeedClic metal cutting wheel SC456.
Nearly done now: just paint the outer box in your own design, for example with environmentally friendly acrylic paint, and your dog can start playing with this enticing box.