I've made a few bevelled boxes and I'm in the process of making another..... I know the first time that I saw one, I had no idea how to do it... so, I thought I'd drop a little "how to" in the hopes that it will help somebody else along the way....
On a bevelled box, you'll start out with 3/4 or even 7/8" thickness all around.... so you have the meat to bevel off....For example, on this one, 3/4" starting thickness....
You can see the lid's border sitting 1/4" proud of the box. I have the border sitting on ply spacers inside the box, with 7/16" of the border inside the box... the spacers will be in there when I drill the hinge pin holes. The border has a groove 3/8" deep centered. I used an outer border of Bubinga, 1/2" wide followed by alternating strips of Cocobolo & Bubinga 1/8", 1/16", 1/16", 1/8", 1/16th" and 5/16" respectivley to make an overall width of 1-1/4".
The lid is mounted 1/4" proud of the border. I cut a 3/8" rabbett, 1/2" deep leaving a 1/4 inch "tongue" all around the bottom of the lid piece.
This will allow an 11 degree bevel, the saw blade will just "kiss" where the angles meet on the lid. Should be a fun cut.... I'll post a picture after I make the cuts...
The lid will be cut first, then the box will be turned on it's side to bevel the top edges 11 degrees to match the bevel on the lid.
The side of the box, all the way around, will be bevelled at 9 degrees.... leaving 3/8" thickness at the top.
I thought I'd throw this picture in just because I think it's cool.....