Wooden briefcase

Not sure what Yoga blocks are? I would say as far as wood movement is concerned that you could be asking for trouble and a bit of a challenge. You might consider veneering some canary wood over ply for the tops and bottoms. If your going to try solid wood I would use 1/4 saw material and connect it with brads,they will flex with wood movement and can be hidden .

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I made a the box part of a backgammon board this way (all sides bevelled but without any splines) twenty-some years ago. It’s about half the size you’d want and it’s still fine. Of course, it has not had to carry any real weight so that would be the concern, but the splines should take care of that.

My box is made out of Kiaat, not sure how that compares to canary wood.

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Hello, I’m starting to build two briefcases for my brothers and I can not find any website that has hardware for the case, such as latches, corner protectors (just on the vertical edges, when the case is lying on the face) and hinges and or lid lifters that will hold the lid in the upright position. I’m planning on using a chrome to silver finish with either 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, paduk, spanish cedar, or honduras rosewood. That can be decided later, but hardware is my main problem, if anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

NG, Here is a link for briefcase hardware.

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