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In my quest to keep things organized and put where I can see and get to them easily I turned to a area that is open cabinets above the two windows in my shop. The lights have been upgraded so I can see well, now I am ready to organize / get rid of stuff / add more stuff, to this area. In place are some boxes someone gave me to burn. They were to big so I resized them and made them work for the time being. So now I want better boxes, that lock so when I get on the ladder and bring them down stuff doesn't go everywhere. (Yes it has happened, you know it did) A recent email from someone complained that everything we make is good but who has that kind of money to make stuff. I told them even BC grade plywood can make nice things with some effort. The reply made me chuckle, prove it. Okay, challenge accepted. For the front and back I am using 3/4 inch BC plywood, for the sides 1/4 plywood, for the bottom 1/2 OSB. The tops will be made from shorts of pine I cobbled together and some plywood. No hardwoods, will be creative with the finish on each one just to show how lesser grade wood finishes. First thing to do is rough cut my plywood pieces down to size and edge band them with some thin scrap from a short piece of 2x4 stud. It's pine and cheap. Finished these 1/4 pieces and let cure overnight. With the edge banding done I sanded them flat, just needed a few passes with 120 grit to flush the entire edge good. Now work can begin on the boxes. Took me about an hour to cut all the pieces, used a rabbit joint for the front to sides. Looking for dovetails? See @steven newman I glued this but because I have heavy things planned to go inside these I added some screws to the mix. Considering the material being used probably a good idea, or overkill you call it. Cut down some scrap 3/4 pine I had and made the tops. Lap jointed these, took awhile to set the cuts up and do all 16 pieces and check for dry fit. End of day now got the boxes glued up and the tops dry fitted. I will cut the plywood inserts for them tomorrow and glue them up. The bottoms? Yes I did use the OSB as promised. Also glued and screwed, can't be too careful. That is a wrap for this evening.
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