Aromatic Cedar Hinge Box.Jewelry Box

[Herb Stoops]

I was experimenting with wooden hinges and tried to make an all hinge box. The box corners, lid hinge, end handles and latch are all hinges. Here is what I came up with made out of a aromatic cedar board.
It has 2 hidden compartments,one inside under false bottom and one on the bottom, to stash the cash.
Herb

[old55]

WOW

[RainMan]

Great work as always Herb . I haven’t seen that done before

[Cherryville Chuck]

Very nice. Two questions:
Did you use a box/finger joint jig to get the spacing? and...
How did you drill the pin holes?

[Herb Stoops]

Very nice. Two questions:
Did you use a box/finger joint jig to get the spacing? and...
How did you drill the pin holes?

I used my homemade box joint jig,and at the time my new Incra Wooden Hinge boring jig.
https://incra.com/router_system_accesso ... after.html
The jig is set up for a #40 dia. bit for the pin, and I used that to drill a pilot hole ,then enlarged the hole to 1/8' for a wooden dowel pin.
Here are the pictures of the build.
Herb

[Herb Stoops]

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[Herb Stoops]

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[Stick486]

I was experimenting with wooden hinges and tried to make an all hinge box. The box corners, lid hinge, end handles and latch are all hinges. Here is what I came up with made out of a aromatic cedar board.
It has 2 hidden compartments,one inside under false bottom and one on the bottom, to stash the cash.

nice work HErb.. well executed too....

[Nickp]

Awesome...!

[Cherryville Chuck]

So you just have to pick a size that matches one of the 4 in the jig. Where would you find a #40 drill bit long enough to drill across all those pin holes? I have a 1/8" by 12" installers bit like you do but I don't know if they go any smaller than that. I made a drawer under my built in oven that is only about 2 to 2.5" deep and I put a hinged lid on it using wooden hinges but I took the cowardly way out by making individual teeth and gluing them to the carcass. That way I could drill each one separately.

[Herb Stoops]

# 40 was the standard pilot bit for Boeing and I bought some long ones years ago at Boeing surplus. But a bit came with the kit and was the same for all diam. of hinges bushings.
Here is a source for bits only:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=Aircra ... its&ia=web
Herb

[HandyDan]

Those are really unique boxes Herb. I like the look and definitely don't see it everyday.

[Cherryville Chuck]

Holy crap. These guys make bits up to 12 feet long. https://www.drillbitwarehouse.com/store ... drill-1-16
Their prices are quite reasonable. $3.02 for a 12" long 1/16" bit.

[CharleyL]

That's taking "Hinge" to the extreme. So when there's nothing in it, can you hinge it flat and slide it into a low space, like under a bookshelf?

A very interesting box. I have one of the hinge jigs, but only used it twice so far, and definitely not to the extreme that you have. Just a few small hinges that I mortised into the lid and back edge of some boxes, as if they were metal hinges. Then glued them into place.

Charley

[Herb Stoops]

No, Chuck, not collapsible, Hmmmm Have to think about that.
Herb