Weighted Base Box Build Process

2/10/2021

It's too wet outside to work on my Chunky Planter, so I decided to do a bit more on the box. I started by chiselling out the rest of the spline slots, which was quite a quick process having already cut the sides.

I then used my portable workbench and ryoba to cut the maple piece into 10 mm wide strips:

After each cut (and before the first one) I used my shooting board to get one clean edge on the to-be-cut strip. This resulted in four roughly equal size strips, each with one good long side:

To make things a bit easier later, I put all the splines in a pile on the shooting board and reduced them to the same size and with the two long edges parallel:

I then put them back into the vice on the portable workbench and cut them in half.

I could then do a test fit. Some of the slots needed a bit of fettling, but it didn't take long to get them all in and snug with the two edges.

I then put some glue in the slots and a little onto the faces of the splines and pushed them loosely back in. I could then put the whole lot in the vice (taking advantage of the fact they're all the same thickness and with parallel edges) and squeeze them into the slots.

I then took them back out of the vice and used some clamps to hold them while I wiped all the excess glue off with a damp cloth and then left them to dry.

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