Valet Box

Well done. You’re getting the hang of it.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Jap that looks great , work for me .

-- Kiefer https://www.youtube.com/user/woodkiefer1/videos

I really like this box. I had for got all about the tray boxes you and Blackie have been making…I think I will add a few of those if you don’t mind….. will you please tell us the cutting sequence on front and drawers. I would think you would cut the drawer out first. Thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Larry in Hawaii,

That turned out very nice.

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Thanks for comments –
Larry – those cuts were where I had the brain freeze & Randy helped me out… Cut off both the back & front. Then tape the front back on & cut out the drawers. Everything is then aligned.

With both the front & back off, you’re pretty much good to go cutting out however you want the top tray.

I should also note that Randy is light years ahead of what I’m doing, this is really only the 2nd valet for me. Randy’s also doing a hybrid with slab drawer fronts & butt & mitered outside box in addition to hidden drawers ,etc.

-- Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad

Outstanding..

A highly functional b.s. box and very easy on the eyes, well done !

love the curvature on this. a great adaptation of a bandsaw box

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

Thanks for clearing up the cutting sequence on that one….I guess you could also glue the front on instead of taping…gotta think about that one

-- Larry in Hawaii,

Larry – gluing the front back on might be option, but you’d have to do your top tray cuts before you glue front (or back) on.

I use my Ridgid EB4424 oscillating sander for the 1st two sanding grits, before I hand sand. So I keep the front off until I’ve completed that work.

-- Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad

You are so correct..I forgot about sanding the top part. Sometimes I get into a hurry and miss the “little” things. Again, thanks for making that a bit more clearer in my minds eye.

-- Larry in Hawaii,

Looking good.

I think I’d use this sequence (because I don’t understand cutting off the front and immediately taping it back on for cutting the drawers out):
1-cut off the back,
2-cut out the drawers (solid blocks at that point),
3-cut off the front
4-cut out the trays and sand the insides
5-close the kerf on the front by clamping(closing kerf on box is optional; I think I wouldn’t do it by clamping cuz it just makes the drawer space tighter with possible need to reduce the drawer; I would use sawdust and glue.)
6-glue on the front and back & sand everything flush
7-drawers: cut off the fronts and backs; cut out drawer cavities & sand; glue on fronts and backs

-- Spence in Skokie, IL

sawtooth, given the quality of your work, anything would work! A very good suggestion & alternative to what I did.
Thanks.

-- Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad

I posted a couple of pics of band saw boxes I made where the front IS cut off… but then discarded. The goal was to have the drawers protrude 1/2”. More ‘artsy’ and not as functional as a valet-tray box, but an interesting variation on the band saw box motif.

-- Spence in Skokie, IL