Camphor laurel box

[Kev M]

Just finished this for the wife. I mainly used Honduras and Rosewood mahogany, Rosewood, Northern silky oak and Jarrah for boxes but thought I would give Camphor Laurel a go and damn. it looks nice if I say so myself. She loves it so I am in the good books till the next stuff up.

I usually do my lids within a groove, same as the bottoms. Then cut off the lid after the box is glued up. How does everyone else do theirs. Just curios as always looking for new ways to skin the same cat so to speak



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[RGP]

Very nice wood especially when it is for free. I find if naturally dried it takes years to be stable I usually resaw it & let it sit on the edge for a while before using it.

colour ranges from light cream to a very dark burgundy red nice in the bottom of bed chest & toy boxes.

Try doing a rabbit for the lid, custom fine fitting after the carcass is glued up especially if you are using a thin contrast between the box lid & box sides.

[Treecycle]

Nice looking box. Camphor can be very speccy and smells so nice to boot.
Many of my boxes have the groove for fitting the lid panel like yours but sometimes when not using dovetail joinery I fit the lid panels using what is similar to a tongue and groove.

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[Kev M]

Yeah mate. I cut a groove on all four sides, usually 3mm wide with a plow plane. Then rebate the lid and bottom to the groove width and depth and also allow enough space for movement. They fit perfectly and the gap around the lid to the box sides is uniform.