The last thing I posted was the handle blank all glued and clamped up. It seems like it has been forever since I have worked on this project.
Here we have the lid trimmed up so it fits and opens properly. I do this before I add the handle, it makes things a lot easier for me.
Then it’s over to the jointer to square up the handle.
The handle ended up about 1×1. I ripped to 3/8 and then found where I wanted it to sit on the lid. I then matched my outline for the sculpting from the box, and cut the ends with my jig saw. 
I then glued and clamped it in place, flush with the top of the lid.
Next I set the lid back on it’s pins and mark where the handle sits on the box. I then made the notch for the handle to sit in and sanded it up. After I was happy with the look, I sanded up the sides and bottom of the lid and the inside of the box and gave them a couple coats of polyacrylic.
I have used CA glue to set the hinge pins and tomorrow we begin the fun and messy job of grinding the box to shape.
Thanks for taking a look,
-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks
6 comments so far
jaykaypur
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#1 posted 507 days ago
Very nicely done. Looking forward to the next step.
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JoeyG
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#2 posted 507 days ago
The next one it the fun one. I hope to get to it tomorrow and have the next episode up tomorrow night.
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David
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#3 posted 507 days ago
GREAT WORK.
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gfadvm
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#4 posted 507 days ago
Looking good so far. Really looking forward to the sculpting/grinding. A video of all the dust would be great!
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lanwater
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#5 posted 507 days ago
It’s shapping up pretty god Joey.
The step by step and the wonderfull pictures make me feel part of the building process.
JoeyG
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#6 posted 506 days ago
I wish I could do a video. I usually work alone except when I’m working with my kids and I don’t want them exposed to all that dust. Maybe I can come up with a stand for my camera and add it to the blog at a latter date. I would like to see what it looks like from a different perspective as well.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words. I’ll be back later with the grinding.
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