Ok,,teasers are done, for now..been posting snippets for a few days...

so..

Had a lot of leftover Ash from the tool chest project...did a lot of resaw work on the leftover scraps...removing bad spots and other junky stuff...settled on working with 1/2" thick parts...

There was also a wee bit of maple....one bit of Ash provided enough to glue up a panel..

Wasn't quite as wide as I wanted, so, I added a piece..tried to align the grain across (up?) the panel on all 4 pieces...

There was enough "Good" parts..

To give me 2 ends and 2 sides for a box...

Needed to clean off the bench..

Then, when the panel came out of the clamps..

A Jack plane to flatten both faces, then..

A No. 704 smoother to finish leveling the lid...checking for high spots, too...

Then, I used a side and one of the ends..

Needed to square the ends of the panel, cut the 2 sides to length, and lay out for a finger lift on the front edge of the lid, and bandsaw it..

Which left Part 2...Joinery...

Stay tuned...

I’m following!

No scrap left behind. I'm a groupie follower.

Before the joinery could begin...all 4 side pieces needed to be a wee bit flatter..

Front and...

Back were leveled on both faces as needed...then, adjust the "Jig" a bit...

And do both of the ends..both faces...

Get everything sharpened up and ready to go...That chisel sets the spacing of the fingers..

This is the back of the box...1st corner...then a bit of work with a saw..

Then a bit of work with that chisel...

Chop halfway down on the show face, then...

Remove the rest from the Inside face...use these fingers to lay out the matching set...saw and chop, then a dry fit..

Stopped here for a day....then, while on Laundry Detail..

Get the rest of the corners milled, enough to do a dry fit...with clamps

 

So..clear some space...

Lay all 4 sides out, in order...the a Flash Mob of Clamps followed the bottle of glue to the bench..

1 x2 scrap of pine to keep the long sides from bowing in....let this sit a day..or 2..

Next episode?  "Hey, yer slip is showing.."

Stay tuned...

 

 

 

Looks like a busy day today

You know who I miss?

 

😁

Mallet is enjoying Retirement...still standing by inside the tool cabinet...

Hey, yer slip is showing!

Those wood strips...one needs ripped to width...and all 3 need to be mitered on the ends...1 x 2 can be used later as a caul..

14" Mitersaw, anyone? 

Not sure if these are still made..

Mitered corners, glued and clamped into place, let sit a spell..

There is a sheet of 1/4" plywood sitting there...I traced around the inside of the box...and then cut the panel to size..

And "dropped the panel down inside, with a bead of glue, a few clamps...

Clamps are pressing down on a few Pine Cauls...spreads out the pressure a bit better, that way.

 

Next episode will be about attaching the lid to the box....yeah...always a fight when it involves me and a pair of hinges..

Stay tuned...

Hmmm...since this is a Monday...about the only thing that will get down today, will be a coat of Witch's Brew Stain...

 

Yesterday?   Task was to install a pair of these...things...

Narrow section to sit atop the edge of the box, in a shallow Mortise,,,,the WIDE section gets attached to the underside of the lid...sounds easy enough, right?

One mortise done..then..

A second one gets done did...Tools are piling up on the bench...because to install the screws..

That No. 2 Pencil is for scale....and that Brass one is too big...

I need to drill a Pilot hole first..

That eggbeater drill..and this little drill bit,,,that was almost too large...eggbeater was sold at Sears, back in the day..

Dunlap....house brand for Sears...NOT Dunlop, that is a brand for a tire...

Yellow handle?

Methinks that is a No. 0 Phillip's screwdriver tip...

Hinges are installed box is clamped up in the vise..

And a brass corner piece is added to the bottom edge of the box..all 4 corners..

 

next task?  will be a final sanding, and then a coat of Witch's Brew Stain....brush on, wipe off....and allow to dry for a day....

Stay tuned...

 

A Finale of sorts...stained and varnished,,

And...

Will need a couple slots to hang this case up with..

Maybe cobble up some sort of shelves for the inside...so maybe all the pills I take every morning have a better place to sit..and..

I can shut and latch the door...

 

Thanks for looking in...!

Turned out very nice Bandit  Know what you mean about the daily meds. Should work well for that.