Fun little box

[Rob Luter]

I had some leftover Alder and Walnut and decided to try something new. It's a small mitered box with splined corners and a sliding lid. Finish is a light coat of Watco Natural Danish Oil. The mitered end follows the lid and the seam all but disappears when closed. A pair of rare earth magnets keeps it closed tight.

The fun part was building a proper crosscut sled and a sled for cutting the splines. I'll get a lot of mileage out of both of those.

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[Phil Mueller]

Nice looking box, Rob. Great job on the mitered fit. Funny, I recently made a spline jig for a couple of picture frames I was working on. It too, will get some good use.

[Rob Luter]

Nice looking box, Rob. Great job on the mitered fit. Funny, I recently made a spline jig for a couple of picture frames I was working on. It too, will get some good use.

Thanks Phil. I was telling my wife that have as much fun building jigs/fixtures/production aids as I do the actual projects. They sure help down the road with accuracy and repeatability.

Now that I can make accurate miter cuts and splines without too much effort I may crank out a series of boxes.

[Mel Fulks]

A most useful item, I keep my pinch-dogs in one much like yours.