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Forum topic by GANGGREEN | posted 09-27-2018 12:08 PM | 589 views | 0 times favorited | 7 replies | ![]() |
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09-27-2018 12:08 PM |
OK, beginning question here and there’s probably a dozen simple answers, but I don’t have one off the top of my head, so I’m asking those of you who are quicker than me or who have done this a million times. I’m wanting to build a keepsake box for a friend with a sliding dovetail base and lid. Basically, I’ll make the base out of a 8/4” piece of cherry that I have on hand and the lid out of a 4/4” piece of cherry or a second 8/4” piece. I think I can manage most of the work (even though I’m really green with this stuff), but I can’t figure out what to use for a circle template to hog out the base of the box. He wants to present the box to his wife with several CDs of her children’s voices (long story short, she gets separation anxiety when she’s apart from her kids and he thinks this would be a nice gift) so I need the box to be in the 6 or 7” square range and the hogged out portion must be large enough to accept 4 5/8” CDs easily. I’m thinking a 7” square box and 5.5” recess would do it. The problem is that I can’t think of something to use for a perfect circle template. I know that you can make one out of MDF or something like that, but I don’t have circle cutters and don’t trust my skills with a saw well enough to cut a perfect circle. I also don’t have a spindle sander or anything like that to clean up said circle. So, what’s an easy solution? I know you folks will be able to help. Alternately, if the hogged out circle doesn’t make sense, does anyone else have a plan for a simple, yet attractive smallish keepsake box that will look nice? |