Art Supplies Box made from Cedar Fence Picket | Hand Tool Woodworking

I had this cedar fence picket left over, and it has some nice runs of grain. Also, my kids have a bunch of crayons and makers and such that just kick around in a box. I thought maybe I would make a box for their supplies and perhaps help things stay organized. So far, it has worked!

A major challenge was the wood itself. It is very soft and brittle. The smell was nice at first but then got on my nerves and I felt like I was sneezing and sniffling a lot, too, because of it.

I wanted to have a sliding lid and a floating bottom panel, so I cut two groove and proceeded to dovetail when I noticed that the grooves would show. So, I had to go about solving that issue. You see, initially I was going to mitre the corners (not dovetail) like in this episode of The Woodwright's Shop (https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-sliding-lid-boxes/), and that would have solved any issues... But I wanted some strength since it would be for my two children, and that's where I went wrong. Now, there is a way to have dovetails and not show the groove, but you'd have to rebate the tails on the inside down to the groove depth, which would make your tail boards look thin from the ends but they would be full thickness along the length (between tails).

There was also the issue of the grain busting out all the time and chipping up... I almost just chucked it. But I stuck with it, learned some stuff, and the kids love it, and honestly, I do, too!

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