Thread: Making a pencil case type box

Hi Paul
Here's a option.

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Make a jig that hold the lid in an angle at about 60. Drill the pull slot with a Forstner bit on the Drill Press.
Hope it's usefull.

Cheers Ole

Hey there Ole, Very interesting indeed. I might play with that today and see how it goes.

Thank you,,...............Paul

You might have success using a router bit in a drill press. You would need every bit of speed the press has! Then make up a support "ramp" that the lid would sit/locked on then bring down the press to a preset stopped position

Thanks Rod, another good thought there, I shall try that also.

I've been through Moonbi many times on our way to Tamworth. Nice little country village. I notice that craft shop on the main drag didn't last long, turned into a house now.

Paul

That Cafe/Gift shop was on the site of an old Coaching Inn. The smaller building on the right has a small cellar where they stored the liquid refreshments and general stores in the building.
The whole idea was a good one. The owner had Alpacas and would have some in a pen for the punters to feed/patt. There was a small collection of craft for sale inside the main building. A couple of crafty women approached the owner to see if she could sell some of their wares, but were put off when the owner wanted "to see if the quality was good enough" before they could display their stuff. It seemed like the owner's attitude to a lot of things brought her unstuck and the Cafe just fizzled out. The new owner is using the buildings as a residence only.

It seems that some people can make a success of something while others just can't

Paul, Sing out next time you are passing through. We are only 5 minutes out of the village.

Grind the point off a pocket hole jig drill and use the pocket hole jig.

A half core box router cutter in a router table with the piece held vertical will give you the shape you need.

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Originally Posted by NCArcher

Grind the point off a pocket hole jig drill and use the pocket hole jig.

I was going to suggest that but the slot might need to be a bigger diameter?

actually if the boxes are only for sale and presentation than would just a simple hole in the lid do the job?

Found this after a bit of googling. What an interesting problem!

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Hi all, and thanks for all your replies. I started to make a sample box yesterday, made it from western red cedar, not a timber I really like to use. I made the sides to thin (6mm), just too flimsy. The box itself wont be that large. Then,.........the woman come back again last night and changed her mind for the lid to perspect. Says she can get a print shop to make little stickers with the contents of the soap, and stick that onto the lid, and the cake of soap is still visible through the lid.

Anyway...!!!

She, through various sources has access to some timber, and this morning whilst I was off playing lawn bowls, she has dropped in a heap of lengths of white cedar,...........never used that before, and now wants the boxes made from that. So I am about to start ripping up some of this white cedar, see how it dresses up.

I actually like the idea of the hole in the lid. Anything to save me time.

And Rod, thanks for the offer regarding Moonbi. My wife's mother was in a nursing home at Tamworth for 5 years, we used to travel across pretty regularly. However sadly she passed away end of July, so our trips across that way now wont be happening that much.

Regards, Paul