Quick and dirty utility box
John in NM
The idea here is that not every box one makes needs to be a masterpiece. With little time to spend on woodworking these days, I feel its important to get the practice in and not sweat the details too much.
I've been tying fishing flies again lately, and I've noticed that a few bugs got to my older materials. So I figured I would knock together a quick cedar box (no, I don't know if cedar really helps, but I wanted to try it). The material is some less than 1/4" thick closet liner from Home Depot (no real lumber yard down in Alamogordo).
As I said, the dovetails are nothing special - the idea is function over form here. I tend to think that people sweat over this too much and it keeps them from getting anything done. The nastiest dovetail I've seen was on a sloppy chest at my mom's house - but it still held the box together.
Simple raised panel, done with a block plane.
New home for my expensive chicken feathers.
