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It has been a long hard winter in Michigan's Keewenaw peninsula. So cold I could hardly stand on the concrete garage wood shop floor for more than an hour. But I did manage to get this box made. The photos were taken this morning on last nights 26 April 2014 fresh fallen snow. A friend of mine gave me some of his left over bamboo flooring out of which I have made this box for him. I followed Boxguy's excellent Boxland blog. I also had a chance to use my new to me but vintage 20-inch bandsaw to make the divided insert. (I haven't been able to find venetian blinds new or used in our small town, so I made my own.) The most difficult issue for me was to remove the bottom "glue spacers" and factory finish from the flooring and keep a uniform thickness. It will be much easier now that my planer has arrived. It took a lot of time sanding down the flooring. The bamboo also tears and chips so in the end I had to fill some imperfections with pixie dust. Finish is tung oil, wipe on poly, and paste wax. Box measures in inches 3.5 by 8 by 5.5. So if used as a tea box the bags must be inserted side ways. (Height was limited by the width of the floor boards.)