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My friend saw some of my work and asked for “something little”. So I made him a little box for his game room. I tried to simplify it as much as possible. Keeping the rabbited lid and simple box joints as the only means of design points. The joints came out a little loose. But since I didn’t want to start over, I sanded the joints about 45 minutes after glue up and routed the sides to heat up the glue and fill the joints with sawdust. In a hope that it would fill the gaps, plus I used a lot of glue,(cleanup was a major pain in the butt) I couldn’t clean it up while clamped. All in all, it came out ok. It’s for a game room that will see a lot of use and possibly bumps and drops. The lid fits air tight and all the wood was from cut offs of other projects. It’s a little rough looking but a functional box.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 151 days ago
Hi Bradford,
This box has nice simple lines that give it a nice detail. The box joints should make this a sturdy box as well.
Thanks for sharing.
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bryano
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posted 151 days ago
Dito on what Ryan said, box joint = strength, it will last a long time. If you havent allready check out my blog.
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cajunpen
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posted 151 days ago
Nice little box. Box joints can be tricky to get them perfect, but once you do they are a thing of beauty and very strong. Nice job.
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GaryK
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posted 151 days ago
Very cool. I like the rounded box joints.
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rikkor
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posted 151 days ago
Sweet box. The finish looks very good. I like the rounded joints, too.
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Blake
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posted 150 days ago
I often like simple boxes the most. Nice job.
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