Rubik's cube chest of drawers

Step 2 Materials and tools

Materials:
One and a half sheets of 1/2" plywood
One and a half sheets of 1/4" plywood
Two 12" lazy Susan bearings 
Three pairs of 22" full extension slides
Shorter screws than those provided with the above, say 60 1/2" flat head screws
45 3/8" rare-earth magnets (in hindsight, the 9 on the top are not really necessary, so 36 would be enough)
54 3/8" steel washers
54 6 mm x 30 mm dowels, cut in half
Wood glue
Epoxy glue
Brad nails
Undercoat
Gloss paint in six different colors of your choice. I used spraypaint, as it's a relatively cheap way of getting small quantities of paint, they keep well, and they're handy to have around.
Black gloss paint

Close to $200 all up.

Tools:
Circular saw, table saw, miter saw, router, orbital sander, cordless drill with a 3/8" forstner bit, and a brad nailer.

Comments

[jdougherty2]

The 9 magnets on top MAY be needed depending on how fast your kid decides to spin it. Having 9 colored tiles flying all over the place may be fun, but only until someone gets hurt. :)

[sconner1]

Then it qualifys as a sport.
Seriously though, If you're buying that many magnets what's 9 more?
especially if you get the benefit of being able to put any colored tiles on any position.
You could save 6, well 5 in this case, by permanently affixing the center positions as a real Rubik's center squares don't actually move in relation to each other they only "spin".

[makendo]

I suspect if it was being spun that fast, all the side ones would be long gone. Fixing the center positions restricts the possible configurations a lot.
Note also that the tiles have the washers rather than the magnets, and there may be an advantage in NOT putting the magnets on the top (beyond saving a little time & money) - it probably means you could safely leave cards on top without worrying about them being magnetically wiped.