My father had several of those, going back to the 50s. For some reason, he went fishing at a local park and took ALL his tackle. Left it in the back of the station wagon. Next morning....all gone.
A collector had an entire wall, about 25 feet long, at an Arkansas fish and game place in North Little Rock.

 

Hi Jim
Here's one I made from cedar last year for my collection.

 

I like the idea of using the magnets to hold the side piece in place.
Did you have to orient the magnets in any specific direction so the molding would pull in tight ?

Joe......

 

Did you have to orient the magnets in any specific direction so the molding would pull in tight ?

Yes, they have to go in a certain way. These magnets are from harbor freight, in a stack in a tube of ten. I install the magnets from one end of the stack on the frame and from the other end on the side piece. In other words I needed to make sure the mating pieces were attracted to each other. I hope this makes sense.

 

Yes, your reply makes sense. I realize that they have to go a certain way to attract and not repel, but what I meant was do the magnets stay perfectly centered one on top of the other when you stick them together or do they shift slightly off center with each other ?

Joe......

 

the magnets stay perfectly centered one on top of the other when you stick them together or do they shift slightly off center with each other ?

They stay pretty much centered on one another. There is a little wiggle room if needed to get a tight fit with the miters, but not much.

 

Then I guess you got the self centering type. They come a lot of different ways.
A friend gave me a handful that were about the size of a dime. The wouldn't stick together centered, one would jump off center by about 1/16", in your application that wouldn't have worked out too well unless you oriented them so the miter would close tight.

There is a lot of info on these magnets in the two links.

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Joe......

 

Then I guess you got the self centering type.

These are the magnets I use, they stay " self centered" just fine.

 

Wonderful idea. How are the lures attached to the back?

 

Wonderful idea. How are the lures attached to the back?

before applying the stick on velvet to the back, I laided out where I wanted each lure to be, took a picture for reference, and at the eyelet of each lure I drilled two 1/16 holes side by side. I then applies the stick on velvet. Borrowing one of my wifes sewing needles and using , wait for it, mono fishing line, I threaded the needle thru the back to the front, thru the lure, thru the second hole to the back, and tied a knot. It was some work but the result was an almost invisible, neat, way to mount them. I then screwed the back to the frame in a rabbit cut to size.

 

That's a very nice box and a great idea. I love the magnet work. I want to start incorporating magnets into projects. The way you did it here was awesome.