My first ever box.

**Glenrob** · 9th September 2013, 06:10 PM

Carrying over from our discussion in the jig making Forum, I am hopefully putting this in it's correctly allotted slot. That is un less there's a place to post for first timers.

Please remember that this box was never intended to be anything other than a means to use up some rotten old wood and a basis for me to try out a few things I'd read about regarding different joints and (semi) raised panels.
As I mentioned in the other thread, this poor old conglomeration of wood had been constantly moved around my shed for the past few years and in doing so it's received its fair share of knocks, bumps and stains along with some fairly evident sun bleaching of the purple heart strip around the outside top of the lid. I forgot to mention that it hasn't received any form of sanding sealers, oils, waxes or whatever I should have done to protect my precious maiden box.

I was mainly wanting to try out making a drawer locking joint (at least I think that's what it's supposed to be). So the box corners were made using that joint and the others were just plain old mitred. I have no idea of the timbers' origin, other than it looked "interesting" and I only had enough to make this "box" with. Anything else that you see is, again, just me experimenting with a small bit of panel raising on the table saw, on both top and bottom of the lid. No reason for this other than I wanted to have a go at it.
There are the obvious gaps of a novice box maker so please go easy on me for them, and I had never even heard of, much less thought about, grain matching when assembling it either.

Other than that, I give you my 'First Box!"

Bad Box Maker Bob.

**Hermit** · 9th September 2013, 06:43 PM

That's a nice looking box, Bob. It has heaps of character.

Those joints are 'lock mitres', I believe. Pretty tight, too.
I thought about buying some 'lock mitre' bits, but shied away from the price, for now at least.

A quick sand and a few coats of finish would work wonders. Maybe not too much sanding - don't want to remove the character.

Re hinges, butt hinges with built-in 95 degree 'stops' would suit it best, I reckon, but 'Smart' hinges would be easier to fit. They have a 95 degree stop, too.

Edit: Love the 'Vette in the background.

**Glenrob** · 9th September 2013, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Hermit

That's a nice looking box, Bob. It has heaps of character.

Those joints are 'lock mitres', I believe. Pretty tight, too.
I thought about buying some 'lock mitre' bits, but shied away from the price, for now at least.

A quick sand and a few coats of finish would work wonders. Maybe not too much sanding - don't want to remove the character.

Re hinges, butt hinges with built-in 95 degree 'stops' would suit it best, I reckon, but 'Smart' hinges would be easier to fit. They have a 95 degree stop, too.

Edit: Love the 'Vette in the background.

Thanks Steve,
I'll try and work out what sort if any hinges I get for the box. For now it'll just get tossed around as usual, but as you suggested, I might give it a coat of something after a light sand to see how it comes up.

As for the Vette on my desktop, that's my second baby. The pic was taken at my mate's place in Florida where I went and stayed after it arrived by truck. Remember I told you about how it was being delivered while I was on the phone to him and then he emailed me the video of the entire arrival of the car within an hour or two after.

I went over there a few months later and worked on it for a month solid which was cheaper than filling the car full of nice new suspension parts that could have gone MIA while on its trip over here.
We had a great time putting an almost complete new "sports" suspension on the car during that time. I could actually feel my blood pressure and depression "floating away" while I was there.
Spending time there with a good mate in another country was really what I needed to blow all the cobwebs out of my system.

All I need is to have someone stay here for a month so I could go back there and unwind again. I think my BP went down a few points just thinking about it.

Oh Well....I can always dream,
Bob

**Hermit** · 9th September 2013, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Glenrob

Oh Well....I can always dream,
Bob

Nothing wrong with dreaming, mate, and you never know when those dreams will come true.

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