Lacewood & Cherry box

First class!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Sometimes, simple clean lines are what is called for, like this case. It helps focus you eye on the wood. Very nice.

-- Andy -- No animals were harmed in the posting of this entry, although the terrier next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you.

I agree—I think its simplicity is one of its strengths. I would be proud to have something like this on my dresser. (Add to my project list.)

-- Glenn, Arkansas

I like the clean design. It really came out nicely.

-- Happy woodworking!

Tell me about those hinges, What kind of hinges did you use and where did you get them? they look very small. Is there a stop on the hinges or will the lid go all the way back and break the hinges if a person is not careful.

-- Joe Cool

Joe –
Thr hinges are mini barrel hinges from Rockler “http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=9838”. To install then you drill a 5mm hole in the center on the board thickness then put a 45 degree miter along both edges. The miter stops the lid at 90 degrees. They can be a pain to set up on the drill press, but they look really cool and work w

-- Patrick

PGreene, Thanks for the tip on the mini barrel hinges. By pain to set up on the drill press I assume you mean to make sure the holes get drilled at exactly the correct place to that the corners of the box line up properly. Now those barrel hinges cost more that the barb hinges I use $8.79 as appose to $1.10. Of course it cost more to get the equipment to cut the slots for the barb hinges. I bought the small blades for the drill press to cut the slots but the drill press does not lock well to prevent up down movement. I think I have found some small enough slot cutters to cut the slots on the router table. I will let you know. This would solve the accuracy issue for the slots.

-- Joe Cool

That price does get you a bag of the hinges though. I built myself a jig to attach to the fence of my drill press. with stops and a correct depth set it works pretty well. Really good setup directions come with the hinges. I did try putting three hinges on a box once…and while it looked really cool it was a nightmare!

-- Patrick

Oh , I see 10 to a pack so that is only $1.76 a box with free shipping. I am going to order some and give it a try. Thanks for the help.

-- Joe Cool

Patrick,

I’m looking to build a similar box, i love the proportions on this one, do you mind listing the demisions?

excellent choice of wood!!

-- David - Houston, Texas. (http://www.justsquareenough.com/)

David –
The box is 13” long, 8” deep and 4” high. The sides are made from 3/8” thick material and the top is 1/4” thick. The dividers inside are 1/8” thick.

-- Patrick

thank you patrick.

-- David - Houston, Texas. (http://www.justsquareenough.com/)