Not another box...
#20
Ah...the joys of being retired
Winkgrin .....a new bench?   Not right now.....having to much fun with this one.   Even built a storage area underneath, to stash a few items...

Ok, Got the glue spread on the dovetails....and a few clamps applied...
   
Will let this sit a day or so.....then maybe make a few bead cuts all the way around.  Top bead to conceal where the sliding top will come out...need to make a few saw cuts...
   
Will need to clean the corners up first, get them all looking spiffy....the panel for the sliding top will be from "leftovers"
   
More rebate work to do...
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Maybe saturday, I can get a little more done..
Rolleyes 
As for the under-bench storage....
   
Battery tools have been moved.   Hand planes are now on that shelf.   Drawers are for the "beater" chisels I am now using anymore...

Stay tuned,,, might get this done before Monday.....hate working on Mondays
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#21
Ok...Got a little more done today...
   
Dovetails were planed flush,  and even the top and bottom edges...laid out a line
   
And milled a couple beads with this old plane..
   
Two beads went all around the outside...
   
Then a little work with a saw..
   
So a lid could be made....stay tuned for more pictures
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#22
Welcome to my little world..
Winkgrin
   
Where all kind of planes are used...
   
Sometimes a saw gets used
Rolleyes
   
I could then size a panel to fit, including a rebate all the way around...once it fit well enough to slide easy...a handle was glued on
   
When you slide the lid shut....
   
It will be hard to tell how to open the box.
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Might be about ready for a finish of some sort?   Lot of sanding to do. 
Stay tuned...
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#23
Glued up lid has been fitted...
Winkgrin 
   
A bit hard to see?   Look for a saw cut
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How about a side view?
Winkgrin  
   
It is rather a bit on the "Plain" side.....
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Leave something sit too long.....

May get a bit of thin Walnut made into trim, to dress it up?
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#24
OK, the first coat of The Infamous Witch's Brew, is now applied to the box..
Winkgrin
   
It may get a second coat, before a gloss top coat..
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At least the dovetails show up a little better
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As for all that "Clean Living"  myths....
Uhoh
   
This was taken about this time of year.....in 1954.....Dad and his pipe, me still trying to get that walking thing done pat.....
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#25
Basically, I scrapped off the worse of the mess....wiped it down....and added a coat or two of Amber Shellac...
   
The BLO in the Brew was taking way too long to "dry" out..
Angry ...did away with it.   Had to unstick the lid, too
Upset  
   
A piece of glass served as a scrapper  to remove the gunked up areas.  
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Just a box made from leftovers.....may stick it into a cubby on the computer desk, to hide the bills....
Winkgrin
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Thanks for looking in
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#26
Ok, basically out of lumber, for now.    I do have a 1/2" x 8" x 48" slab of Poplar left....might see what I can cobble up out of it. 
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Uhoh

Need to rub out the finish on this box a bit, before it is shown to "Polite Company"....
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#27
Looks nice!
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#28
very nice job.
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