to build four jewelry boxes as Christmas gifts. Ive tentatively picked out some scraps, and Ive drawn up some dimensions. Most of it is in my head, and thats a scary thought. Theres some oak, cypress and walnut in there.

Jewelry boxes? Are all the people getting gifts women?


Don't listen to her. Us men would enjoy a nice box to put our EDC in. Knife, wallet, watch, flashlight and maybe car keys. Something masculine. Lined with red or green velvet as nice as a new pool table. Nickel plated brass or polished brass for the hardware.

All girls. Oak sides cut and a few passes on the jointer. Its dado time for the finger joints. Thinking 1/4 inch.

That's a good start. Can you posting progress pictures?

Thanks

Yes please on the posting and steps. It would take me that long to make one much less four. You have selected some good wood choices and am looking forward to how each one looks when finished.

Also you never said what she offered.

I love wooden boxes. I have made a few, I have never figured out finger joints. I would really like to learn dovetail joints. Maybe someday


MO

This is really cool-
They will treasure that gift you made instead of purchased-

I'll post as I go. I've got a couple of ideas in my head about how to do the lid and the base, which I need to nail down before I dado the ends for finger joints. I'm thinking to dado for the base to where it sits above the bottom of the sides. That way if I decide to do some sort of legs, the glue joints will be hidden by the sides. The lid I was thinking to double dado so that it is inset in the top. However, I'm not sure how that will work with the finger joints. What I may do is have the lid front and back exposed and the sides of the lid covered with the sides of the box. That means the lid sides would be hidden and the back and front exposed. That way you would be able to open it without hardware and I could use dowels for the hinges. Plus I think it would look better than just the lid sitting on top of the box.

Jig and test run on pine before I ruin the oak.

Where is the cat?

Trans leak soaker upper.

And the oak.
I've already made several noob mistakes. I'm sure there will be more. Oh well. Rome wasn't built in a day. And box joints. Theyre box joints.
So next I'll cut the base and place it in the grooves I cut on the inside. Then its clamp and glue time. Then the top and feet. Sand and poly. Almost done.
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We be gluing. I plan to glue these two pieces together for the top. Walnut in the middle or the outside. Im leaning the middle. And the reason all my shiis looks wore out is because it is. Wife wont let me have any good stuff.

Gluing up the the base and lid. Cypress and walnut waiting in the wings for box 2 and 3. Ill probably do butt joints on the next one.