Months ago a friend did one of those "Could you just make me a ...." questions.
Sorry not many WIP pictures but just a few towards the end.
Made from resawn oak sanded to 9mm thick and joints cut on my homemade box joint jig written up elsewhere on this forum somewhere. The front has a 3mm veneer glued inside to accommodate the lock. The lid is recycled meranti (AFAIK) also 9mm thick fitted with two 3mm diameter brass pins as hinges.
A fine vee groove cut on the front edge of the lid made it easier to lift the lid without a knob or handle to stick out.
Inside showing 4mm plywood base
The lock cut out was a bit of a faff. I ended up doing it on the milling machine.
The lock came with little escutcheon that finished it off nicely.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233028503642 ... K:MEWAX:IT £2.95 including screws
Inside I lined with blue felt and weetabix packets using Custard's method as written up on UKW
The gold plated chain also came from ebay at £1.69 for 2metres.
Finish was three coats of thinned satin PU varnish and wax applied gently with finest of fine wire wool to de-nib the final coat.
That's another Christmas present out of the way!
All made Bob's way with no hand tools apart from a no 0 pozidrive screw driver and a paint brush.
Bob