Woops!!!

Very nice for a first attempt. You’re certainly correct about boxes being a challenge. Your joints look great.

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

The joints look good to me! Nice job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great looking box. Each one will get easier.

Lew

great box—-i think i would keep searching for 5×7 cards!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...

Good looking project. What kind of jig did you use?

-- Bill - If I knew GRANDKIDS were so much fun I would have had them first.

hmmm a new twist on the “measure twice cut once” saying :-)

Nice box in any case.

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark

Been there – Done that. My “recipe card” boxes lacked enough height to get the lid closed on them. Then voila! They magically became keepsake boxes:-))

-- Use the fence Luke

Thank you all for the kind comments.

bhack – the jig is a Craftsman jig that I got for Christmas. I just now got around to getting it out of the box. Seemed to work pretty good for the box joints, but I imagine the dovetails will get tricky.

If you have some card stock you can make your own. It’s a lot easier then making the box. LOL
well done on the box.

-- JJohn

PTIII
I know about the challenge. Check out my work and you’ll see the “challenges” clearly visible, called character marks and drips. It was the best I could do at the time. With practice we all get better. Your box is a nice “first”.
You should be proud of it.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Great box. Thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Maplewood, MN

This is a nice looking box. They can be a challenge to build despite their relatively simple appearance. You did a good job with the construction and joinery.

Well done.

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

never seen 5×8 cards. nice box

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I have to rename a few of my project as well. But don’t tell anyone they don’t know what it made for. Oh it tooo late you already told us.
It a great box and these lumber jocks make there talents look easy.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.