Trinket Box

For the Trinket Box I wanted to use different woods for the lid/stand, base, front/back and the sides. First I cut out the front and back out of Sapele (200x140x14mm) and the sides out of Oak (350x140x14mm). Then I marked and cut out the dovetails on the sides using dovetail template, steel rule, marking knife, dovetail saw and chisel. Then using the sides, marking knife, dovetail saw and chisel I marked and cut out the front and back to fit them together. After doing a dry fit and I adjusted it to fit, I made the base out of MDF (340x190x6mm) and ash veneer using PVA, a veneer jig and a veneer press. I used the router table for a groove for the base to fit and adjusted the groove with a rebate plane to make 6mm MDF + the veneer fit. Cleaned up the base and did another dry fit using clamps, check for square using squaring rod. Then I glued and sash clamp, check for square using squaring rod again and clean off the excess glue before it dries. While that dried I made the plinth sides X2 (220x34x18mm) and the front and back (380x34x18mm) out of Ash, using the table router and a moulder cutter (of my choice)