2x4 Pencil Box with Sliding lid

Years ago I came across an old house that was being renovated and spotted a 2x4 sticking out of the trash so I grabbed it. Since the growth rings were very tight and thought that I would build a nice box for some of my mechanical pencils with it.

After planing the lumber and cutting the 2x4 into quarter sawn strips I glued a few of them up to create the base and the lid for my box.

Hand planing and sanding the wood now saves a bunch of time down the road.

~ Dimensions ~

I was only really concerned about the inside dimensions of the box which for me were:
180mm long
90mm wide
25mm deep

~ Cutting ~

After cutting the pieces to length, I needed to cut a thin groove down the length of the sides in this case 25mm from one edge.

The front also needed to be cut through in order to allow for the lid to slide through resulting in a front that is 25 mm tall.

~ Fitting the lid ~

In order to shape the lid, I used my block plane to chamfer the edge until it slid easily through the groove. Once the lid fit I then shaped the lid by blending the chamfer into a nice easy curve.

~ Glue up~

To lend a hand with the glue up I used my 1x2x3 blocks to make sure things were nice and square. I also started off using Wood glue, then switched to CA glue as it is plenty strong enough and sets up much faster.

~ Finishing ~

After the glue had cured it was time for some light sanding, mainly to remove the CA glue that soaked out.

Once everything was sanded to 400 grit I applied a few thin coats of tung oil.

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Tools Used:
Tablesaw
Block plane
Sandpaper
Ruler
rOtring 800 Pen - https://amzn.to/3UB7ycD
rOtring 800 Pencil - https://amzn.to/3USFzFg
Glue
1x2x3 Blocks
Tung oil

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