Don't forget to tip your Waitress!!

Nice box my friend, I like the color..kinda reminds me of kickin back on a beach in Mexico with a Corona or two, that deep blue color sets it off :)

Nice work, I know she will appreciate it…thanx for the post

-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com

Nice box, but she’ll need a hiding place for the money or is there a secret compartment we don’t know about?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

They keep the cash on them and leave the change on the check-out counter. It’s a computer system and at the end of the shift they make a pay-out to the house. What’s left in their pocket is theirs’... No “Till” at all. It’s done that way in a lot of places these days. At the end of the day, the boss makes a Bank Drop, so there’s never any cash on the premises…
Thanks for your kind words!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Nice job. She should love it.

-- As the Saw Turns

I hope you put a tip in the box like a coin in a new wallet..nice box joints.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Great gift! You did a fine job on the box joints and thank you for the how to on the lid. Whenever I cut a lid off the box, I have to add a stip along the inside as an edge to line the lid up. This sound like it is a lot easier to do.

Great design. Great build.

Scrappy

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

Nice box…....nice joints…...........hope she fills it everyday. Good job.

-- Doug, New Mexico.......the only stupid question is one that is never asked!........don't fix it, if it ain't broke!

Nice box. I like maple and the blue really does set it off. I work for a plastic company and I have tons of acrylic and poly sheets laying around the shop. With the exception of jigs I hardly ever use the stuff.

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Nice job Mike. I like the blue on top – gives it some definition and makes it easy to see.
Glad to see you are grateful to the “women” you work with.
Waitressing is a hard job – a little beauty makes it easier. I suspect she will take it home, however!
You are truly a boxaholic!
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

ditto on the how to on the lid thank you
nice box

nice work , mike .

i made a similar box for a friends bible once ,
he was very thankfull ,
but wondered why it didn’t open ?

the seam was not visible ,
i had to show him how to open it !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

i love a box with a purpose … great little box

-- Paul , Calfornia

Thanks again everybody!!
Larry: Excellent idea!! I think I’ll ante up the first dollar!
Scrappy & Eddy: You’re very welcome!
Ellen: I don’t know if you ever worked as a Waitress, but you’re not kidding, it is very hard work!! Aside from all the running around, there are some people who who seem to go out for the express purpose of having a lousy time. There’s no pleasing them!! Oftentimes, the most demanding people are the worst tippers as well…or at least, so I’ve heard… I had the opportunity to try to be a Waiter many years ago. No Way!! I would have shown them the door!!
David: This one is almost invisible when it’s positioned right, but it jiggles around some… I really had to loosen it up because the air trapped inside was keeping it from closing!! I’ve been trying to work on the reveal of the joints, to make them pretty and all, but the actual connections aren’t too bad if, without glue, it’s keeping the air from escaping… The experiment on this one was with the lipped parting cut. That technique is more appropriate to miter cornered boxes. The first time I tried this on a box I had a plow-out to contend with, the same as with the dadoes for the panels. On this one, I wanted to see if I could cut the box joints correctly to eliminate that. It’s next to impossible to see from the pictures, but the “Box Joints” on the lid aren’t exactly box joints at all, but rather a weird sort of snaggle-toothed connection. Amazingly, it actually worked!! Will wonders ever cease?!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Another nice box, Mike. Have you considered using an etching cream and stencil to throw her initials or a symbol on to the acrylic top?
AND…. Makin’ gifts for a waitress, eh???? Anything goin’ on there?

-- Cheers and God Bless

Kristoffer: To answer your questions, in order: No and No…

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Cool box Mike she will love it my friend

-- cut it saw it scrap it

Thanks, Andy!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Wow.. Just love the color.
Good size as well… What you think it could hold $1000 in $1’s. LOL
Nice one Mike.

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)