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FEATURE PROJECT Lid and Tray A Lid. The lid of the toolbox features a solid-wood panel that "floats" in a mitered frame. With the lower half of the toolbox finished, you can now turn your attention to completing the lid. The lid is built much like the bottom of the toolbox. It features a mitered frame surrounding a solid wood panel. To allow the panel to expand and contract with changes in humidity, the panel "floats" in a groove that is cut on the inside edges of the frame. You can see what I'm talking about in Figures 7 and 7a. I started by making the lid molding (G) for the frame. After cutting a couple of blanks for the molding, an ogee profile is routed along one edge (Figure 8a). Then a roundover is routed along two other edges (Figure 8b). To allow the frame pieces to fit over the lid section of the box, a V^'-wide groove is cut on the face of each blank. To do this, I switched over to the table saw and used a dado blade, as you can see in Fig. 8c. Then a W-wide groove is cut on the edge of each blank to hold the lid panel (Figure 8d). Once all the profiles and grooves have been cut, you can start mitering the individual frame pieces to fit over HANDLE FIGURE the lid section that you set aside earlier. Just cut the miters so that the frame pieces fit around the case, but don't glue the frame together just yet. You still need to make the panel. Panel - The lid panel (H) is glued up from solid, 3/i"-thick stock. It's sized to fit in the grooves of the frame, less Vi6M on all four sides. (I made my panel 6V8" x 26l/»".) After cutting the panel to size, you'll need to cut a groove along each edge to create a tongue that fits in the groove of the frame pieces, as you can see in Figures 7a and 9a. Before assembling the lid frame and panel, a chamfer is routed along NOTE: MITER LID MOLDING TO FIT AROUND LID CROSS SECTION A '/a" CHAMFER A Saw Storage. Mounted to the inside of the lid, a custom-fitted wood block and turn-button secures the saw handle. And a leather "pocket" holds the end of the saw blade. BLANK ROUT w ROUND-OVERS TALL AUXILIARY FENCE LID PANEL 18 ShopNotes No. 62 |
