Small box

I can’t help you on this but there are lots of box lovers here who will have a suggestion or two.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I don’t know if this would interest you, but you could always epoxy some hinges under the lid and on the interior of the box where they can’t be seen from the outside. This way the thickness of your wood would not be a concern and the lid would open as you would like. You will have to offset the hinges so that the lid sits flush on top of your box. Carpet tape may be helpfull in locating the hinges before epoxying them in place permanently.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Thanks; I’ll see how it goes. I’ll come up with something. (I am a great fan of epoxy)

-- herbc6306

If you haven’t assembled it yet you an make the front and back of the box lower than the sides by the thickness of the lid and use brass dowels through the carcase sides. If you had a tiny bit more thickness you could use 5mm barrel hinges (Woodcraft, Veritas, others). Probably still could use them if you glued a ledger strip inside or outside the box walls. Check my project pages, specifically the seven grain box and the pen box entries for more detail.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks Doug: The box isn’t assembled and the sides are taller than the front and back by the thickness of the lid. Using some kind of brass dowels was what I was thinking (if I can drill the holes in the sides and lid so they are alligned). Not sure where to drill the holes or what accomodation I need to make so the lid is free to swing up 90 degrees (seems like I need to cut something out because the lid will be rotating on the axis of the dowels). I’ve never seen those barrel hinges before—they look cool. I’ll get some of the 5mm ones from Wood Craft. I assume that’s what you used in one of your pen boxes. The more I think about it the better I like those barrel hinges. Like you say, I can just glue a strip of wood to the inside of the lid and back—do you think glue will do the trick (epoxy) or will I need to cut some kind of joint to keep the strip in place?

-- herbc6306