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I would not claim to have a fraction of the skills of the several box makers who frequent these parts and invariably have problems of one sort or other when cutting off the lid.
One method I have tried is to use the table saw to cut most of the depth of the sides leaving a mm or so to cut by hand but this still needs the body and the lid to be dressed to a good finish.
This time I tried something different agai. Each of the sides were prepared over long by a few mm but to final width (box height) plus a saw kerf. Sanded all over and a coat of water based PU applied and de-nibbed.
Then I cut each side to form the lid piece and the body piece and part kept in order. All cut edges then had a short piece of masking tape applied and glued back together with cyanoacrylate. the corner joints,(mitres n this case), lid and bottom rebates etc were formed and the box glued up. I opted for some decorative splines across each corner for added strength.
Once that had all set I trimmed and sanded the splines flush. It was then easy to break the masking tape joints apart to reveal a perfectly finished top and bottom of the box and then to fit the hinges and apply final finish
Apologies for not having any WIP photos, I was concentrating more on the technique and not necessarily expecting great success so no photos were taken.
Hopefully this might help someone get a good result as I did.
One method I have tried is to use the table saw to cut most of the depth of the sides leaving a mm or so to cut by hand but this still needs the body and the lid to be dressed to a good finish.
This time I tried something different agai. Each of the sides were prepared over long by a few mm but to final width (box height) plus a saw kerf. Sanded all over and a coat of water based PU applied and de-nibbed.
Then I cut each side to form the lid piece and the body piece and part kept in order. All cut edges then had a short piece of masking tape applied and glued back together with cyanoacrylate. the corner joints,(mitres n this case), lid and bottom rebates etc were formed and the box glued up. I opted for some decorative splines across each corner for added strength.
Once that had all set I trimmed and sanded the splines flush. It was then easy to break the masking tape joints apart to reveal a perfectly finished top and bottom of the box and then to fit the hinges and apply final finish
Apologies for not having any WIP photos, I was concentrating more on the technique and not necessarily expecting great success so no photos were taken.
Hopefully this might help someone get a good result as I did.
