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                                    The box.
                                        
Two additional coats of tung oil, a few hinges and a latch, and I have a
finished wooden box.

[Yeah, the top is about a millimeter off from the bottom. Sigh.] [1]
 [But the back is nicely aligned. Woot!] [2]
 

The whole purpose of the box was to have a place to both store and use my
dice for the twice-monthly session of D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) [3].

[Just a small sample of my dice collection] [4]
 

There was always the risk of a die rolling off the table and bouncing arond
the floor, only to end up under the couch. Now though, I have a place to
safely roll my dice.

On reflection, I think making an enclosed box and then cutting it open [5] is
the better way to go. The top and bottom of my box don't quite line up and I
think it's due to making each half separately. Also, while I would like for
the sides to be thinner, I doubt I could make it any thinner and still use
the hinges and latch. As it was, even with the smallest screws I could find
(3/8″), you can still just feel the screws just coming through the wood
underneath the felt. I also think I would have preferred to use miter joints
[6] rather than butt joints [7]. Perhaps next time.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/03/23/front.jpg
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/03/23/back.jpg
[3] http://dnd.wizards.com/dungeons-and-dragons/what-is-dd
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/03/23/dice.jpg
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/03/07.1
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miter_joint
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_joint

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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