Long lost Relative

Beautiful job. I think you are getting the best pallet wood ever. Andy is a pretty good guy also.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

I opened this thread because of the title.
Then I see your box.

I was somehow certain you were gonna tell us it was an urn for someone’s ashes :-)

Nice box!

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I thought that box looked familiar and I really like that wood used for the trays.

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Great job

-- Todd

Mike, It turned out absolutely perfect!. Ya had me worried a few times but your work is great. There is a lot more to one of those style boxes than folks realize. “Pins in the half laps are not through” I don’t understand that??? They look like they’re “through”. And I’m not tellin anyone about the hinge glue up! LOL

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Thanks, guys I guess I should have thought about title. I didn’t have padauk stock thick enough for dowels so I used plug cutter and cut it from my1/8” panel leftover and just forstnered and sanded flush. Ya Andy lesson learned in appying finish before hinge glue up lol. They kept falling off till I sanded it lol. It’s fun to be a rookie. Now I have to make another bench and try those dowel splines on it, to cool. Whats next splines inside a box inside a circle thats actually the hidden key to a puzzle box?

-- mike c

Ah, now I understand the non-through pins. I started using these to make sure the joint wouldn’t be spread apart by the trapped panel but don’t think they’re necessary as those half laps are really strong.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Great work! Love the colors as well.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Very nice, Ive done a few “trunks and hope chests” and know they are not easy. Keep up the good work !!!!!

Well done Mike! Any box that look close to Andy’s boxes are a sure winner! Great contrast in the woods too!
Nice work to both!

-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!