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Lee Schierer
09-04-2017, 7:22 PM
I was asked to build something for our upcoming 50th class reunion for use in a Chinese auction to give us seed money for the next reunion. After tossing several ideas around I decided to build a tea caddy to give to the class. Since my wife and I are tea drinkers, I also decided that while I was at it, it was just as easy to build two and make one for us. I went through my short stock inventory and found some nice pieces of red oak and some really nice pieces of cherry. I planed the boards down to 1/2" thickness. The corner joints are locking rabbet joints. The dividers are made of 1/8" plywood from the local craft store. They are finished on the inside with clear shellac and the outsides are finished with spray lacquer.
Here is the one made of Red Oak.
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Here is the Cherry one.
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Guess which one we are keeping.

Frederick Skelly
09-04-2017, 7:49 PM
Very nice! Personally, I'd keep the cherry. I love cherry. I think the stain took very well on the oak. There's not a mark or blotch in it. What made you decide to use plywood for the dividers?
Fred

Lee Schierer
09-04-2017, 9:37 PM
I wanted them thin and didn't want to try using solid wood as I thought the tabs might break off too easily.

Frederick Skelly
09-04-2017, 9:53 PM
I wanted them thin and didn't want to try using solid wood as I thought the tabs might break off too easily.

Makes sense. Thanks for the tip.

Bruce Page
09-04-2017, 11:14 PM
Looks good. What kind of hinge did you use?

Jim Becker
09-05-2017, 9:26 AM
Very attractive and excellent for the purpose!

Lee Schierer
09-05-2017, 9:49 AM
Looks good. What kind of hinge did you use?

I used small box brass cylinder hinges from Rockler.

Bruce Page
09-05-2017, 12:59 PM
Thanks, I'm going to give them try.

John K Jordan
09-05-2017, 1:30 PM
Nice. I'm not going to let my wife see that unless you are prepared to take a commission!

Your solution looks a lot better that what I use, regular and decaf:

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BTW, a cup of hot tea goes well with toast with a bit of the freshly canned apple butter in the picture. :)

JKJ