For several months I have been working on making the first box in Doug Stowe’s book ‘Basic Box Making’. I have learned a lot a long the way. For those who follow my blog, you know that there have been several challenges, for a neophyte such as myself, to overcome.  The photo of the spline cutting jig, for use on my router table, was the second jig I built in an attempt to finish the tiny box.  The first one I exploded.  If anyone is interested the tale of these boxes, just stop by the blog and look at the last couple of months worth of ramblings.  It was quite a strange trip indeed.

Last night I applied some Tung oil to this tiny box. It is one of 12 in the batch. I decided to create a batch of tiny boxes, because I reasoned that having to do each aspect of the build, multiple times, would be educational. It was! I learned a bunch. The bottoms fit better in the later boxes, I am improving at getting a good fit for the lid, and my spline cuts are now rock solid.

Woodworking is fun!

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