12-04-2015, 10:45 AM
When I need woodworking therapy, I sometimes do a set of dovetails in poplar scraps. Recently, I decided to do the same thing while directing my efforts towards something more lasting. My wood rack has a number of odd single boards that can yield little more that a box; and since I like the sliding-lid Shaker boxes, I made a few of those from those small boards, as gifts. The wood I had was birch, quarter-sawn sycamore, and some cherry. The boxes below are the result:
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