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Bob, the simplest are made with the table saw. Get a longish board and cut a plow for the bottom, then the top. I cut the plow for the top about 1/2 mm bigger.

Cut the board into two ends and sides. Using the TS again, cut two dados either end for a lock rebate join. Cut a plow in the front to hold the lid. Finally, cut the top and bottom to fit.

Join the lid to the front then cut it free with a backsaw. Assemble after finishing the interior.

If that doesn't help, one of these links may (note some are probably broken, I haven't checked them for a while).

Box, Joiner's
Box, Firewood
Box, Flower
Box, Fruit Dryer (PDF)
Box, Garbage Hutch
Box, Gift
Box, Glue Tote
Box, Grab-it-and-go glue tote
Box, Ice (ZIP)
Box, Indoor Window
Box, Jewelry (PDF)
Box, Jewelry (ZIP)
Box, Jewelry (ZIP)
Box, Jewelry - Classic
Box, Joiner's
Box, Knitting
Box, Lego Storage
Box, Lidded Turned
Box, Mah Jong
Box, Money
Box, Moving Picture
Box, Multimedia Storage Tower
Box, Mushroom Keepsake
Box, Music/Jewelry
Box, Newspaper Recycling
Box, Oil Stone
Box, Owl
Box, Patrol (Camp)
Box, Poker Chip
Box, Portable Wood and Wire Bin
Box, Potato Onion Vegetable Bin
Box, Tool Box, Tote
Box, Toy
Box, Tracing
Box, Tracing
Box, Turtle Disk (PDF)
Box, Turtle Trap (PDF)
Box, Vegetable Bin
Box, Wood and Wire 3-Bin System
Box, Wood Duck
Box, Wood burned (Dog Pattern)
Box, Wooden Letter
Box, Woodland and Wildlife Nest
Bench, Child's Toy
Boxes and Platforms
Box, Puzzle Box, Raccoon and Common Merganser Nest
Box, Router Bit
Box, Router Bit
Box, Scouting Patrol Kitchen
Box, Shaker Style Wall Candle
Box, Shoeshine (ZIP)
Box, Shop Vac Muffler
Box, Small (ZIP)
Box, Solar Beeswax Extractor (PDF)
Box, Songbird
Box, Squirrel - Eastern Gray
Box, Stairway Storage
Box, Steam
Box, Tape Measure
Boxes on castors
Boxes, Band sawn
Boxes, Planter
Boxes, Shaker
Boxes, Small - made with your router
Boxes, Transportable Take-down

See if this helps Bob. Notes for a courrse I run.

I find mitred boxes to be an easy and satisfying technique for making small boxes. This thread shows the process:

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f87/veneer-lidded-boxes-33333

I basically follow a method in Box-Making Basics -- Design, Techniques, Projects, by David M. Freedman, (Taunton Press, 1997). This is an excellent book, with lots of ideas very clearly explained.

Thanks all for some very helpful info.

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ICN, Bill

Originally Posted by Bwillie

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ICN, Bill

Many thanks for the terrific posts.

Wonder if you can help with a gluing query ... for mitred corners can you get away with one of those threaded rod/right angle clamp setups, or is it important to knock up a jig to get pressure perpendicular to each mitre face? Initially I'm thinking of a mitre alone with a splined mitre further down the track.

TIA

Note sure I understand the question, but here are some options for clamping small mitred boxes. Band-clamps also work well, but these particular boxes were too small.

Wow. Allsorts!

Thanks ZW.

The bottom right version is what I was wondering about .. no spline or tongue in the mitre in that case?

With splines you'd have to insert them prior to glueing. With keys (which I used here), you cut the slots for the keys after glueing up the box (see posts near the one linked to above).

Originally Posted by echnidna

1. Make a small box
That is what type of construction etc
2. Fit panels etc in the top and base
3. Make a few boxes of identical size

It's all in the Gifkins video, including panel construction

If you don't have a Gifkins, just use box joints instead.

Box Making Video

Thanks ZW. Yep. Figured that. My question tho is whether that bottom right style of clamp would work OK if the joints were just mitres butted against each other.

Gumby, not sure if I've seen that one. Is it about dovetailed joints only?

Originally Posted by rsser

My question tho is whether that bottom right style of clamp would work OK if the joints were just mitres butted against each other.

Yes: the mitres are simply butted against each other in the photo. Certainly strong enough to be handled enough to cut the key slots. For small boxes like that, I daresay you wouldn't even need the keys.

IMHO, if the mitres are a good clean fit, you don't need any extra joinery. The mitres in the J/box I made were just glued, but did have a rebated ply base which was inserted during glue-up to aid with squareness and strength.