My very first try at making a box.

**SAISAY** · 26th December 2009, 10:26 AM

This is my first ever attempt at making a box, keyed mitred corners, rebated bottom, hinged lid with a magnetic catch.

This tea box is made from Silkwood, salvaged from the frame of a window we removed. silver ash,( leftover from the kitchen benchtop) and ti-tree offcuts from a friend's kitchen benchtop. It was a Chrisrmas present for my brother in Denmark.

This one was a thank yougift to an old man who helped selling raffle ticket for a charity I am running.
The lid is lift off instead of hinged. The timber is silkwood from the window frame and milky pine from a tree that was blown down by Tropical Cyclone Larry a few years ago.
The milky pine also worked well for a chopping block but I forgot to take a picture.
Cheers

**Sheets** · 26th December 2009, 10:36 AM

Excellent work! Love the colours. Really very nice.

**Fencepost2** · 26th December 2009, 10:37 AM

Very nice and functional too Wolffie. I've been thinking about tea boxes since Fine Woodworking had an article on one a few months ago. The thing that has been holding me up is my wife's concern that it be airtight so as to help store the tea without it losing its flavour. I've been wondering about sponge or rubber seals. How do your boxes work out so far as air seal is concerned? With your nice examples here I think I might be off to the shed to make one over the holidays, thank you for stirring my thoughts again.

**SAISAY** · 26th December 2009, 11:09 AM

Fencepost
I have no idea about preserving the flavour, I am not a tea drinker and the people who got the boxes drink their tea too fast to worry about it. I did fill it with individuallyu wrapped tea bags.
I noticed the inside of the box didn't take very long to smell of tea

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Thank you for looking.
I carved the design on the lid mith my Dremel Stylus.
My next box project will be a jewellery chest.
Cheers

**SAISAY** · 26th December 2009, 11:10 AM

I forgot to say that a friend of mine has a commercially made tea box and it is not sealed at all.
Cheers

**Charleville** · 26th December 2009, 08:55 PM

Very nice

Well done!

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**artme** · 27th December 2009, 01:23 AM

Yep, nice box.

For the sake of looks an extra key in each corner would be the go.

**coffenup** · 27th December 2009, 09:05 AM

love it
regards Michael

**munruben** · 27th December 2009, 09:29 AM

Nice work. You have done a really good job.

**groeneaj** · 29th December 2009, 12:04 AM

Excellent box looking box, i really like it !!

Just a question, how are the dividers secured into the box?
Any tips on making the dividers? I am about to make a cufflink box for my brother and am wondering the best way to do it

Andy

**SAISAY** · 29th December 2009, 04:40 PM

The dividers are just a snug fit, eggcrate style, so they can be removed if they want to use the box for something else.
I think for jewellery, cufflinks etc. I would use flocked matboard, as used for pictures, glued back to back. That will only make it about 5 mm and is easily cut with a Stanley knife.
Cheers

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