My neighbor replaced his hardwood floor with new Acacia floor boards and had several left over, about 4.5" wide and 24" long. I decided to make a box from it with following challenges:
- hidden finger joints and slanted side boards
- a wooden hinge, carved in one piece
- a combination lock that is mostly hidden inside the lid
Since the boards were narrower that the desired box width of 8", I resawed a few boards and glued them book-matched together for the bottom and lid. For the latter, I glued 3 plies of these thinner sheets crosswise for less warp and cupping.
Other materials used are claro walnut for the dial and the lock cover and baltic birch with a piece of olive wood for the lock bar shifter.
Side boards prepared with joint fingers that will be hidden in the finished product:
