Reclaimed Oak/Cedar Box

nice box ,
good use of handy lumber .
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clean and functional !
well done .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Nice design and finish….well done Hackman24.

James, this is a nice looking box and I like the fact that you found a way to re-purpose wood to construct it.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Great looking box. Well made and easy on the eye.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Hey, James. You’re up posting early. If you stayed up all night making this box, sleep loss definyely didn’t affect you. Beautiful box.

-- Gary, Huntsville. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

well not up all night gary but most of it! box making is great therapy, as you said before :)

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Nice box. What is the lining material?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Great looking box. The groves in the top are a nice added design feature.

Great use of scraps.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Thanks everyone,

Charlie its just felt fabric backed with cardboard padding, ala GaryK’s blog, except I used thicker cardboard for a “plushy” feel.

-- James, Bluffton, IN

very nice box

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice box James. Can you tell me how you cut the slots for the corner joints? Did you make a jig for this? I woudl like to do the same thing.
Thx, Lloyd

-- Northern California http://www.lloydus.com

Thanks Lloyd,

Yeah I used a jig. Basically just a little sled that rides on your table saw or router table fence. It cradles the box at a 45 degree angle to the table, so you are cutting just the corner of your box. I assemble the box and the lid, then pass the corners through this jig and viola you have yourself slots for splines.

Do a search for a spline cutting jig there are many on this site, mine is probably just like everyone else’s.

-- James, Bluffton, IN

cool looken box

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com