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"The lid to my wife's sewing box broke.  Conveniently, it's made of wood (!).  Figured I'd try to bang one out today.\n\nHad a $0.51 piece of cull (2×6) from the Depot.\n\nThe original top frame is 1/2\" thick, so I surfaced the cull piece so it was good and square/smooth, did a re-saw on my TS to get about a 5/8\" thick piece from which to cut my pieces.\n\nI traced the pieces onto the 5/8\" board,\nCut them close with my jigsaw,\nUsing rasps, and then files, shaped them as best as I could to the originals,\nUsing my TS, cut mortises and tenons (for lack of a better term) into the pieces (still got some squaring up to do, there….),....\n\nBut then … I tried to create the rabbet in the pieces so that the box's original padded top could be flush-mounted, as before.\n\nThat was a mess.\n\nOne piece (one of the long ones) came out rough … but workable.  I used a 1/4\" kerf router bit and did it freehand (prolly' a big mistake).\n\nWhen I tried the short pieces, though, I just ripped them apart.\n\nWhat IS the best way to do this?  Is this where I'm supposed to build some sort of router jig to get the shape right??  Should I true up the four pieces, square them up properly glue them up, clamp them, and THEN try to router the rabbets in the built frame??\n\nAnd … since all of my pieces look like a drunk guy did them … how WOULD YOU do this (if you dared), from the start??\n\nI don't have a router table (yet) or a shaper or a spindle sander or a band saw or a scroll saw or ….\n\nTrying the picture thing again….  There's three pictures.  Kindly click through to the album for a bit more info….\n\nSewing Box\n\nI quit for the day, but … will get back at it again in a day or so….\n\nThanks!!!!"
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