Thread: My First Box (circa 25 years ago)

Your first is a luxury item compared to my first. What is the box base made from? has it deteriorated over the years?

Originally Posted by double.d

Your first is a luxury item compared to my first. What is the box base made from? has it deteriorated over the years?

The box base is 18mm jarrah screwed (and probably glued) directly from the underneath into the 18mm thick box sides. Yes, the wood has contracted and cupped ever so slightly. The degree of contraction is probably the same as that seen in the lid but a little from both sides, whereas the lid has contracted towards the hinge side only.

Or do you mean the felt(?) I've stuck on the base as much to hide the screws as to protect any surface the box may be placed. That material probably came from my wife's sewing box and might be "fleece" used to make wind-cheaters. Yes, that material has deteriorated.

Thanks for that homesy. I won't be showing any pictures of my first box. It was a little more adventurous than yours, and a LOT less successful.

I'm impressed that you still have that original box after 25 years. Unfortunately I don't tend to hang on to early versions of anything new I try out so have nothing to compare my progress with later on.
Thanks for putting that up and stay proud of where you started.

Absolutely agree with the others, homesy. Thanks for sharing the start of your journey. Not many can say they have their original piece.

Thanks again,

Brian (Home)

Originally Posted by Treecycle

I'm impressed that you still have that original box after 25 years. Unfortunately I don't tend to hang on to early versions of anything new I try out so have nothing to compare my progress with later on.
Thanks for putting that up and stay proud of where you started.

I'm the opposite. I keep everything. (Just ask my wife.) I even have a prototype sarcophagus box made from OSB somewhere in the house. However, my last three "fancy" boxes were made for a friend so they didn't get into the house.

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i wish i hadn't been so rash now in my last clean out, as seeing old projects really does hammer home how much one has progressed. i just threw out/gave away my first ever box, which was supposed to be a cassette box project at school but with the teachers permission i changed the dimensions so that it could house Cokin Filters (for a camera). and as i rarely use a camera (or own one) anymore i decided to bin it and the filters. The box was constructed of pacific maple and completely veneered, felt lined which scored 2nd in the class in marking. I believe i scored a bonus point for managing to keep my thumb on and not slicing all the way through with the Stanley knife whilst sizing up the veneer.

Originally Posted by homesy135

I'm the opposite. I keep everything. (Just ask my wife.) I even have a prototype sarcophagus box made from OSB somewhere in the house. However, my last three "fancy" boxes were made for a friend so they didn't get into the house.

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I like the storage for your boxes so you can easily see what you have. I have to store mine in large plastic containers in the kid's old cubby and when I want one out I have to sift my way through the containers until I find it.