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My local cigar shop owner asked if I could make him 100 or so boxes that he could sell his cigars in. He orders his cigars straight from the source and puts his own labels on them. So he wanted his own boxes.
I was able to make 110 of these from 5 sheets of 4×8 birch veneer ply. Made a lot of saw dust that day.

Each lid has a small routed groove in it for your thumb to grab onto.

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Sweet. That's a big lot-o boxes. Good for you.

What is the size, finish, and quantity holding capacity?

Steve
 

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Well, that was a nice job to have been given. I hope that you came out ok and that everything went well. It's nice to know that people still need things like this without using imports from China or somewhere. They are very nicely done.
 

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Thanks guys. Ya it did feel nice to be needed.

Steve, I didn't put any finish on them. He didn't want them finished plus he wanted to keep the final price as low as possible. Boxes are 7.75×4.375×4.375 I think he said he can get about 20 churchill sized cigars in there.
 

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Great Job! That's the way to do it!
I bet he was pleased with them!
Thanks for sharing.
 

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I hope you got a few cigars along with the payment, those are some sweet boxes!
 

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Very cool project! Nice work.
 

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Wow, over a hundred! That is alot of boxes, it is good to do something like this once in a while. Nice job, thanks for sharing.
 

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Wonderful project, and so wonderful that there are people like him.
 

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lots of work but it looks good!
 

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Nice boxes. It looks like you used a rabbet joint on the corners. What holds it together? Did you use glue? If so, what kind? Did you build something to hold the pieces together? I can't imagine clamping over 100 boxes. No body has that many clamps! Did you use any fasteners? brads or staples?
 

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DYNO,
Yes the glue ups were a pain. All I used was glue. I made a jig that helped me quickly clamp 4 boxes together and keep pressure on all joints. I'd leave them in for 12 minutes then remove them and move on. 12 minutes was enough time for the glue to hold these little box joints together and stay together.

I attempted to use my pin nailer, in addition to the glue, but they didn't hold the joints very well. I had to use the clamping jig.

I would include a picture of the clamping jig but I didn't take any and I gave it to the cigar guy so that he could do it next time instead of paying me to do them.
 
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