Vacillated on this or the Turning forum and this one won. I had a box with lid on the headstock of my lathe and every time I needed something inside it have to lift the top and probably drop something. So decided a drawer would work better. Used mostly scraps I had in the shop.  

Box was the easy part with an apron in front and the side toward the tailstock to act as slide guards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used sliding dovetails for mounting drawer sides to face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just happened that this piece of ply was a perfect fit for the bottom . Just had to cut it to length. Cut slots in sides for the back to fit and then glue it up.

 

 

Had some Watco danish oil cherry from an estate to give the ply some color (not in pic) . Watco danish oil natural for the walnut front. Applied two blocks to underside on left and back to make a tighter fit to head stock. Waxed drawer sides and bottom. That little rim around the top makes a good retainer of round objects.

@Gerald...nice; fancy too. Yet another argument to keep all those scrap pieces.