Reclaimed Oak/Cedar Box

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

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Nice design and finish….well done Hackman24.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

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

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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. May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.

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

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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