Sliding Lid Boxes

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HEY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

I AM ROY UNDERHILL, AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE WITH ME AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY LIKE ME--GET YOURSELF STUCK PROMISING MORE THAN YOU CAN DELIVER, WHICH I DID A LONG TIME AGO AND I'M STILL PAYING THE PRICE.

UH, MY AUNT EDITH-- EVERY YEAR WHEN THE GRANOLA GOES STALE, SHE LIKES TO, UH--WHAT SHE DOES, SHE'S GOTTEN IN THE HABIT-- SHE COVERS IT WITH CHOCOLATE AND, UH, MAKES TREATS CALLED-- THE KIDS-- THE NIECES, THE NEPHEWS, THE GRANDCHILDREN-- ALL CALL EDITHS, THESE WONDERFUL CHOCOLATES, AND I SAID ONE YEAR, "GOSH, I COULD MAKE A NICE SLIDING-LID "LITTLE WOODEN BOX FOR EDITH'S TREATS.

ISN'T THAT GREAT?"

WELL, THAT IS FINE, BUT IT HAS NEVER QUIT, AND I HAD TO STREAMLINE, UH, THE WAY I MADE THEM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY'RE JUST LITTLE MITER-ENDED BOXES THERE.

DO YOU SEE HOW THEY'VE JUST GOTTEN MITER JOINTS IN THE CORNERS?

THEY'RE JUST GLUED TOGETHER VERY SIMPLE, UH, RUNNING ON GROOVES.

TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, HOW THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED.

IN FACT, WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW TO MAKE THEM, AND IF YOU LIKE TO MAKE JIGS, YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING THE JIGS THAT MAKE THIS GO FASTER, THESE GROOVED BOXES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'LL GET THESE OUT OF THE WAY HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT, UM-- WELL, HERE'S ONE I CAN TAKE APART HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS THE SLIDING LID IN.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE--OOP!

IT POPPED OFF.

WE'LL TAKE ONE OF THE ENDS AND SAW THROUGH IT.

THAT GLUES TO THIS, UH, LID RIGHT HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE INSIDE THE WAY IT'S GROOVED AROUND.

I'LL TAKE IT APART THE REST OF THE WAY.

HERE WE GO.

THERE'S A GROOVE.

IN FACT, IT JUST UNWRAPS, DOESN'T IT, REALLY, BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE LONG BOARD, UH, THAT I GROOVED AND PUT A BOTTOM AND A TOP IN, AND THE TOP IS JUST MADE LOOSE ENOUGH THAT IT WILL SLIDE.

SO OUR FIRST THING IS TO MAKE THIS LONG GROOVED BOARD.

NOW, I SAID I HAD A TRICK.

AHA.

I DO.

I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE THESE BOXES SO I CAN DO THEM NOT JUST FOR AUNT EDITH AND THE CHOCOLATES SHE LIKES TO GIVE EVERY YEAR, BUT FOR UNCLE CALVIN AND THE, UM-- THE ARROWHEADS THAT HE LIKES TO GIVE OUT.

LOVES TO GIVE OUT ANCIENT ARROWHEADS TO THE GRANDKIDS, GREAT HISTORY.

SO WHERE DO WE BEGIN?

AH, WE BEGIN WITH THE WOOD.

LET'S START-- LET'S START GROOVING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'VE GOT A LONG STRIP, THIS QUARTER-INCH OAK, AND I'M GONNA PLOW THOSE GROOVES IN IT, IS THE WAY IT'S CALLED.

WE PLOW THE GROOVES.

I'LL PUT THIS-- WE GOT A LITTLE ROUGH SURFACE-- I'LL PUT THAT UPWARDS HERE, AND I'VE MADE A, UH, CRADLE FOR THIS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A-- WHAT WE WOULD CALL A, UM-- AH, IT'S NOT A SHOOTING BOARD.

THIS IS A STICKING BOARD, REALLY.

I PUT THE BOARD IN HERE AND FENCE AGAINST THIS OUTSIDE, AND IT HOLDS THE WOOD, UH, LEVEL AND FLAT AND TIGHT AND MUCH BETTER THAN IF I WAS TRYING TO RUN THE PLANE THAT DOES THE GROOVING, UH, RIGHT UP AGAINST THE SIDE HERE.

I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND USE-- UH, CUT ONE GROOVE, THEN SHOW YOU, UH, THE WORKING END DOWN HERE.

SO I'M CUTTING A GROOVE 1/8 OF AN INCH...

IN FROM THE EDGE AND 1/8 OF AN INCH WIDE AND 1/8 OF AN INCH DEEP INTO THE QUARTER-INCH STOCK.

AND THE FENCE WILL SOO-- I'M SORRY, THE, UH, DEPTH STOP WILL SOON ENGAGE--THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, ISN'T THAT NICE?

YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

I'VE GOT MAKE SURE I'M REALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THERE WE GO.

OK.

SO YOU SEE I'VE GOT A NICE GROOVE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BOARD CUT WITH THE PLOW PLANE HERE, AND THIS IS A, UH, COMBINATION PLANE.

THIS IS THE OLD 45 HERE.

IT'S GOT A CUTTER RIGHT DOWN IN THERE.

HERE'S THE DEPTH STOP THAT'S ADJUSTABLE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE SPUR THAT NEVER GETS USED RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU SEE THE CUTTER RIGHT THERE.

THE SPUR IS TO CUT THE GRAIN-- WE'LL SEE THAT ON A DIFFERENT PLANE-- AND HERE IS THE FENCE, UH, THIS ROSEWOOD SURFACE RIGHT HERE, AND I HAD THAT RUNNING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF MY STICKING BOARD, AND THAT JUST HOLDS THINGS-- [BLOWING]-- A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN IF I WAS JUST PUTTING THIS ON THE BENCH AND RUNNING THE FENCE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE EDGE.

IT WILL ADJUST UP THAT TIGHT, BUT, UH, ADDING THIS LITTLE EXTRA HALF-INCH OF SPACE HERE JUST MAKES THINGS A LITTLE EASIER, AND THERE ARE PLANES-- I'LL SHOW YOU ONE IN A MINUTE-- THAT WON'T ADJUST THAT CLOSE TO THE EDGE.

SO YOU DO NEED THIS KIND TO WORK.

SO HERE'S THE GROOVE AGAIN.

GROOVING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

NICE WHEN IT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT MUST GO DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS VERY TIGHT.

UH, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SMALL THING, THE WOOD IS STILL WOOD AND IT STILL EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS.

WE NEED A FULL 1/8-INCH-DEEP GROOVE, UH, FOR THE LID AND THE BOTTOM TO FIT IN SO THEY DON'T SWELL UP AND, UH, GET TOO TIGHT.

SO YOU SEE THOSE NICE GROOVES THERE.

I'M GONNA DO ONE MORE GROOVE DOWN THE MIDDLE, AND I'LL LET YOU GUESS FOR A MINUTE WHAT IT'S FOR, BUT IT IS--IT'S THAT MIDDLE GROOVE THAT SOLVED MY PROBLEM-- OR PART OF IT.

YOU SEE RIGHT HERE?

THIS IS A WOODEN PLOW PLANE WITH WOODEN SCREWS.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL TOOL.

YOU SEE THE SPUR THERE-- I'M SORRY, THE, UH, CUTTING IRON RIGHT THERE, THE CUTTING IRON HERE.

THESE ARE EXCHANGEABLE.

THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH.

HERE'S THE FENCE RIGHT THERE, AND THE DEPTH STOP IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IT'S BACK HERE.

HERE'S THE DEPTH STOP RIGHT THERE, ALL ADJUSTABLE, BEAUTIFUL, JUST A GREAT TOOL.

I WISH I HAD A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IRON FOR IT.

SO, AGAIN, IN THE STICKING BOARD.

HERE'S THE THIRD GROOVE IN THE SIDES OF OUR LITTLE GROOVED BOXES.

A WOODEN PLOW, AND THESE WOODEN PLOWS WERE ALWAYS THE, UH-- KIND OF THE CENTERPIECE OF EVERY, UH, JOINER, EVERY CABINETMAKER'S TOOL CHEST BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE, TOO.

SO LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS DOWN HERE.

SO, 3 GROOVES.

MITER ENDS JUST GLUED TOGETHER, NO DOVETAILS IN THIS ONE.

VERY SIMPLE BOXES.

OK, SO WE CAN PUT THAT ASIDE.

SO THAT'S OUR STOCK.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

THAT'S TWO FEET LONG.

THAT'S PLENTY FOR THE BOX.

IT'S ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE, QUARTER-INCH THICK, READY TO GO THERE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CUT THE BOTTOM NOW, THOUGH.

I'LL CUT THOSE, UM, TO A PRECISE LENGTH, ABOUT 6 INCHES, AND PRECISELY SQUARE.

I AM GOING TO USE A LITTLE WOODEN MITER BOX, BUT LET ME GET THAT 6 INCHES ON THERE FIRST.

UH, THIS--THERE WE GO.

I'LL SEE HOW WIDE THIS IS HERE.

SO THERE'S 6 INCHES, AND I GOT TO BE--CAN'T GO OVER.

YOU COULD BE A LITTLE BIT UNDER YOUR MEASUREMENTS, BUT IF YOU'RE TOO BIG, THE BOX WON'T CLOSE UP AND GLUE UP.

AND THE WIDTH ON THIS IS 3 1/2.

OK.

SO, TURN THIS AROUND AND PUT THIS IN THE MITER BOX.

THIS IS A MITER BOX THAT I MADE.

YOU CAN SEE THE 45 RIGHT HERE.

LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THE--YEAH.

SO I'M GONNA USE THIS FOR A 45, AS WELL, AND IT WAS SIMPLE.

I JUST MADE THIS U-SHAPED BOX VERY SOLIDLY AND SECURELY, AND THEN, UH, PUT A SQUARE ACROSS IT LIKE THIS, 6 AND 6.

SO WHAT YOU DO IS FIND THE SAME NUMBER ON BOTH LEGS OF THE, UH, FRAMING SQUARE, AND THERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT GAVE ME THE LINE OF THIS 45 DEGREES.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU FIND 45, UH, AN EVEN NUM--THE SAME NUMBER, AND THE SAME NUMBER ON BOTH LEGS GENERATES A 45.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE, HOWEVER-- THAT'S 90 DEGREES.

THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO DO FIRST.

SO LET'S GET THIS GUY GOING HERE.

AH.

I'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE SHE NEEDS A BUNCH OF THESE, AND I HAD-- THERE'S MY MEASUREMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I PUSH THIS DOWN IN THE MITER BOX AND SET IT, UH, TO A NICE SQUARE CUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

YEP.

THERE WE GO.

OK.

SO THAT'S OUR BOTTOM.

NOW, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, GROOVE THE BOTTOM NOW, AND I'M GONNA--ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT GROOVE.

LET ME SHOW YOU A BOTTOM.

HERE'S A BOTTOM.

THE BOTTOMS ARE ACTUALLY, UM-- HOW SHOULD WE SAY-- THEY'RE RABBETED ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THAT MAKES THE TONGUE THAT FITS IN THAT 1/8-INCH GROOVE.

SO WE'VE GOT TO PUT A RABBIT ALL THE WAY AROUND OUR PIECE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT TO THIS.

SO WE'LL TAKE THE MITER BOX... AND THAT WOODEN MITER BOX-- IT WORKS WELL.

YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A FEW TRICKS WE HAVE TO DO WITH IT, UH, TO TUNE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I LIKE THE WOODEN MITER BOX.

IT SUPPORTS THE WOOD BETTER ON THE BACK END.

WELL, ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU LIKE JIGS, HERE'S ANOTHER JIG.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS--EH, IT'S JUST A HOLDING, UH, DEVICE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE I'VE TAKEN SOME WHITE PINE AND MADE V-SHAPED CUTS UNDER IT, AND IT GIVES ME, UH, SOMETHING TO HOLD THE WOOD VERY SECURELY WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT RABBETING STEP.

SO NOW I NEED TO FIND MY-- AH, HERE WE GO.

AND AGAIN I'VE GOT A WOOD AND AN IRON ONE.

THIS IS THE IRON ONE, A FILLISTER, THEY'RE CALLED.

A RABBET PLANE--A SHOULDER, A STEP IS A RABBET.

UH, THEY'RE CALLED FILLISTERS WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE MORE SOPHISTICATED HERE.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CUTTER AND THE FENCE AND THE DEPTH STOP, AND THIS ONE'S FINE.

THIS IS IN IRON AND IT CAN BE TUNED UP, BUT IT IS NOT, SO I'M NOT GONNA USE IT.

I'M GONNA USE ONE THAT IS TUNED UP, UH, THIS WOODEN ONE.

THIS IS A WOODEN MOVING FILLISTER, AND AGAIN YOU SEE THE FENCE AT THE BOTTOM, THE, UH, SPUR HERE.

I WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THE SPUR RIGHT THERE THAT CUTS THE WOOD AHEAD OF THE CUTTER RIGHT HERE, AND HERE'S THE BRASS AND STEEL DEPTH STOP.

AND THIS ONE IS TUNED, SO IT'S GONNA CUT A VERY NICE SHOULDER, JUST--JUST THAT LITTLE GENTLE SHOULDER.

AND LET ME SHOW YOU ONE LAST THING I LOVE ON THIS.

LOOK RIGHT THERE.

DO YOU SEE THE BOXWOOD ON THE END?

THAT'S ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE MOV--MOVING FILLISTER PLANES.

THIS IS BOXWOOD KEYSTONED, DOVETAILED INTO THE, UH, BEECH BODY OF THE PLANE, AND EACH ONE OF THESE PLANES HAS A DIFFERENT STRATEGY FOR DOING IT.

IT'S JUST GREAT.

SO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA-HARD BOXWOOD ON THE END TO, UH, HELP IT WEAR BETTER.

SO, LOTS TO LOVE IN A MOVING FILLISTER.

PULLING BACK NOW, SO HERE WE ARE.

I'VE GOT THE WOOD HELD.

PULLING BACK, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SPUR HAS MADE A LITTLE KNIFE CUT ACROSS THE END RIGHT THERE.

THAT I'M GOING TO INDEPTHEN WITH A SAW CUT, AND THAT WILL PROTECT THIS END-- THIS FROM BREAKING OFF AT THE END, BECAUSE THIS OAK TENDS TO DO THAT.

AND I JUST PLOW DOWN-- OR I GUESS FILLISTER DOWN.

AND WHEN THE DEPTH STOP SAYS STOP CUTTING, I WILL STOP, BUT I CAN'T-- OOP, THERE--I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TEAR OUT.

I'M GONNA GET--REACH OVER HERE AND GET ONE OF THE SIDES THAT I PLOWED AND SEE THAT IT FITS ON HERE.

OK, THAT'S A SNUG FIT, AND THAT'S OK ON THE END.

I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT FITS IN THAT GROOVE.

ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND, DO THE OTHER END.

SO ACTUALLY--YOU KNOW, HOLDING THE WOOD IS A BIG PART OF THE ISSUE HERE.

SO, AGAIN, SPUR-CUT BACK.

WE PULL BACK, AND THEN CUT LIKE THIS.

NOW, YOU SEE--I'LL SEE IF I CAN SHOW YOU A WAY TO DO THIS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE I'M DOING THIS WITH A SAW.

WELL, I CAN CONTINUE SAWING ALL THE WAY ACROSS, COULDN'T I, AND THEN JUST CHISEL OUT.

SO YOU CAN DO THIS, UH, WITH OTHER TOOLS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, UH, THESE SOMETIMES HARD TO FIND, UH, WOODEN PLANES.

THE IRON PLANES WORK JUST FINE, THOUGH, DOING THIS, BUT THEY ALL NEED TO BE TUNED CAREFULLY.

SO LET'S CHECK THAT FOR A THICKNESS THERE.

DOES IT FIT?

I WANT THIS SNUG, BUT NOT THAT SNUG.

ALL RIGHT--AND YOU SEE I'M SHY ABOUT DOING THAT END-- I'M SO AFRAID IT'S GONNA BREAK OFF--BUT THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

SEE HOW THAT FITS IN THE GROOVE NOW?

ALL RIGHT.

OH, EXCELLENT.

LET'S TAKE IT OUT AND-- OH, LET'S TAKE IT OUT--[GRUNTING]-- AND IT FITS NOW DOWN IN THE SECOND PAIR OF UNDERCUT SHOULDERS HERE.

ALL RIGHT, AND THAT HOLDS IT DOWN AT THIS END.

SO ALL THIS--THIS PINE IS DOING IS JUST HOLDING THE WOOD WHILE I USE THE... MOVING FILLISTER TO CUT A RABBET!

[LAUGHING] YOU CAN GET--YOU CAN DINE OUT JUST ON THE WORDS.

YEAH.

SO HERE WE ARE.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, NICE SIDES--OOH.

A LITTLE BIT FAT RIGHT THERE.

AND ON THESE SIDES, YOU REALLY NEED IT-- YOU CAN'T HAVE A LOT OF FRICTION THERE.

THAT IS JAMMING.

I WONDER WHY.

IT'S JAMMIN', AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GROOVIN'.

HERE WE GO.

OH, YEAH, THERE WE ARE.

EXCELLENT.

SO I'LL PULL THIS OUT.

WE'LL DO THIS FOURTH SIDE-- OH--[BLOWING]-- CUTTING THE RABBET ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT-- UH, JUST ONE MORE THING ABOUT PREPARING THIS WOOD.

AGAIN, BACK-CUT JUST EVEN ON THE LONG GRAIN.

THERE WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT.

NICE WASCALLY WABBET.

I'LL SEE IF WE AGAIN FIT.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD.

A LITTLE SNUG.

I'LL MAKE THIS ONE THE BOTTOM.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT WILL WORK.

SO THAT'S GROOVED ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO I'VE BEEN USING THESE TOOLS, AND I HAVE SHOWN YOU-- LET ME SHOW YOU A WAY, THOUGH, THAT YOU CAN JUST USE SOMETHING LIKE A CUTTING GAUGE.

YOU DO NEED TOOLS NO MATTER WHAT.

UH, YOU NEED SOMETHING TO DO THIS WITH, BUT LET ME JUST SHOW YOU.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLOW PLANE, UH, AND AUNT EDITH WANTS YOU TO MAKE CANDY BOXES FOR HER EDITH'S CANDIES, UH, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE BECAUSE HERE'S A WAY YOU CAN DO IT.

I'M GONNA JUST USE THIS 1/8-INCH CHISEL TO MARK AN 1/8-INCH WIDE.

COME IN ANOTHER 1/8 RIGHT THERE, AND THAT GIVES ME THE POSITION TO SET THIS.

THIS IS A CUTTING GAUGE, ALL RIGHT?

SO A CUTTING GAUGE IF, UH, YOU NEEDED ANOTHER TOOL TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

THERE'S A LITTLE--A KNIFE BLADE DOWN IN THERE, AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE, THAT KNIFE BLADE SHINING AT YOU.

THAT'S ADJUSTABLE IN ITS DISTANCE FROM THE FENCE.

SO AGAIN WE'LL JUST KNIFE THROUGH THE WOOD, AND I THINK THIS IS--YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT READY TO GO HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST TAKE THE GAUGE AND SET IT AT THE FAR LIMIT-- WELL, IT WASN'T READY TO GO.

I HAVE TO--BUT I WILL JUST SHOW YOU HERE.

COME IN A LITTLE BIT NOW, AND I'M--I WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

[LAUGHING] THIS WOULD PROBABLY GET YOU OUT OF HAVING TO MAKE CANDY BOXES IF YOU RAN THIS FUNKY HERE.

NEVERTHELESS, YOU CAN SEE, UH, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CUT LINES ON EITHER SIDE.

AND I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN HERE ON THE BENCH TO MY, UH, BENCH STOP.

I'VE GOT A LITTLE, UH, REMOVABLE BENCH STOP DOWN THERE, SPRING-LOADED THERE.

SET IT RIGHT THERE, AND THEN WE'LL JUST TAKE THE CHISEL, THE 1/8-INCH CHISEL, AND USE IT BY HAND.

BUT ONCE THE SIDE GRAIN IS CUT, YOU CAN VERY EASILY CUT THESE GROOVES.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT FAST OR ELEGANT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT AND CUT A DECENT GROOVE ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT'LL LOOK BETTER THAN THAT, TRUST ME.

ALL RIGHT...

I WONDER WHAT'S IN THOSE CHOCOLATES.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S, UH, GET ON WITH IT NOW.

I'M GONNA START CUTTING THE MITERS.

UH, WE NEED TO MITER THE ENDS SO THAT THE GLUE WILL HOLD-- HOLD IT TOGETHER.

I MADE THIS MITER BOX, UH, OUT OF THAT-- JUST WALNUT AND PINE AND TUNED IT AS BEST I COULD, BUT THERE IS TRICKS YOU GOT TO DO TO MAKE A MITER BOX WORK WELL.

FIRST OF ALL, THE SAW HAS TO BE PERFECTLY SHARPENED, UH, AND I TELL YOU, IT WILL CUT--WELL, LET ME-- OK, I'LL DO ONE HERE.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I MEAN.

UH, THE WOOD IS FIBROUS, AND AS THE SAW GOES DOWN, IT WANTS TO PULL INTO THE, UH, ANGLE OF THE MITER.

SO--[BLOWING]--I'M GOING TO PUT A SHIM, ACTUALLY-- I BLEW OUT THE SHAVINGS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT STICKING OUT.

I WANTED TO ACTUALLY PUT A LITTLE SHIM DOWN IN THERE, UH, TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, AND NOW HERE'S MY HAND SCREW.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I CLAMP THIS UP, AND I GOT TO CLAMP IT THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH, UM, IT'S A MITER BOX AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UNDER CONTROL, YOU'VE USED THEM, AND THE SAW IS NOT SHARPENED OR SOMETHING ELSE IS OUT OF WHACK, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD CUT.

SO I'M GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE BOTH HANDS ON THE SAW AND CUT EVER SO LIGHTLY.

I'M, UH, JUST REALLY TRYING TO SKATE ON THE WOOD AND KEEP IT, THE DOWNWARD PRESSURE, FROM PULLING THE SAW, IN THIS CASE, TO MY RIGHT.

IT WILL MAKE THIS CUT DIVE DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE PIECE THAT I'M KEEPING.

BY CUTTING LIGHTLY, I CAN PREVENT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

AND THE SHIMMING OUT THAT I DID I BELIEVE CORRECTS AN ERROR IN THE BOX ITSELF.

WE SHALL SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE WE ARE.

I'VE CUT OFF THAT FIRST PIECE AND MADE THE FIRST MITER GOING IN.

I'LL TILT THAT UP SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.

YOU SEE HOW THAT MATCHES THE ANGLE THERE?

SO IT MATCHES THE 45 VERY ACCURATELY.

IT'S THIS UP-AND-DOWN CUT THAT WE'RE NEVER QUITE SURE OF AND HAVE TO TEST EACH TIME.

SO I TAKE--HERE'S THE MOMENT-- UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT TO CHECK IT, AND IT'S-- IT'S QUITE A BIT OFF.

ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO SHIM IT SO MUCH THE NEXT TIME.

AND THE BOX WILL MOVE WITH HUMIDITY--ALL KIND OF THINGS WILL HAPPEN-- BUT TO TRUE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT IS DEAD SQUARE, WE HAVE ANOTHER TOOL TO HELP US, ANOTHER JIG--HOORAY-- A DONKEY'S EAR.

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S A DONKEY'S EAR, BUT IT'S CUT OFF.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS GOT CUT OFF, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THIS DONKEY'S EAR IS AT 45 DEGREES TO THIS FACE RIGHT HERE.

SO THIS FACE AND THIS FACE ARE, UH, GOING TO END UP WITH, UH, PUTTING A PLANE AT EXACTLY 45 DEGREES.

SO I'VE GOT A FINE-SMOOTHING PLANE, AND BY FEEDING IN LIKE THAT... WE CAN NOT ONLY TRUE THE 45, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER GLUE SURFACE HERE.

NOW, IT'S ROUGH RIGHT THERE.

DO YOU SEE HOW IT BROKE IT A LITTLE BIT?

SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL-- I NEED A VERY, VERY FINE CUT-- BUT THAT'S HOW YOU TRUE IT UP USING A DONKEY'S EAR AND A PLANE.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TAKE IT NOW AND CUT THE OTHER END.

I'VE GOT IT MARKED HERE, AND I'LL--LET'S SEE.

I'LL--I'M GONNA NOT--I'M GONNA DO IT WITHOUT THE SHIM, BECAUSE MY LIGHTER CUTTING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING PRETTY WELL.

AND I'VE MEASURED THE LENGTH OF THIS ACCORDING-- WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M-- I MEASURED IT TO A MARK THAT I MADE INSIDE THE MITER BOX.

I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW I GOT THAT IN THERE, UH, BECAUSE THIS--THE BOTTOMS REALLY NEED TO BE PRECISE, SO I'VE GOT TO CUT THIS TO A PRECISE LENGTH.

I'M GONNA AGAIN CUT VERY LIGHTLY.

YEAH.

SO IF YOUR SAW IS NOT JOINTED PERFECTLY, UH, IF THE MITER BOX IS SLIGHTLY ASKEW A LITTLE BIT UP AND DOWN, THAT MAY NOT END UP WITH THE NICE MITER THAT YOU WANT THERE.

LET'S SEE HOW THAT LOOKS.

IT'S FINE IN THIS DIRECTION.

SO HERE I'VE GOT A MITER SQUARE, AND I HOLD THAT ON THERE AND IT'S DEAD ON, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S-- THAT'S A NICE MITER RIGHT THERE.

I CHECK THAT WITH THE MITER STEEL AGAINST IT, LOOKING GOOD.

IT'S, AGAIN, THIS DIRECTION-- AND IT'S EVEN WORSE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO I DO?

I HAVE TO ADJUST THAT ONE.

SO THIS'LL GO AGAIN TO THE DONKEY'S EAR.

WE'LL MAKE A BUNCH OF THESE.

LET ME SHOW YOU THE LENGTH, THOUGH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S, UH, ON BEFORE I TUNE IT UP.

UH, DO YOU SEE HOW THIS HAS TO GO FROM END TO END?

THIS WAS 6 INCHES LONG, THIS PIECE HERE.

IT GOES FROM HERE DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF THE GROOVE SO THAT IT'S JUST GOING HALFWAY DOWN THE MITER SLOPE HERE AND HALFWAY DOWN THE MITER SLOPE HERE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOT TO FIT SO THAT THE NEXT GROOVE WILL HOUSE IT JUST PERFECTLY.

SO LET'S SEE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A BOTTOM.

WE'VE GOT A SIDE.

THE END WE'LL DO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND PUT ONE TOGETHER TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN TSHOW YOU HOW THE ASSEMBLY WORKS AND SEE HOW THAT TRICK WORKS THAT I HAVE SO THAT AUNT EDITH AND UNCLE CALVIN ARE BOTH HAPPY WITH THEIR ARROWHEADS AND THEIR CHOCOLATES.

AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY BECAUSE UNCLE ROY HAS MADE EVERYTHING FOR THEM, SO HERE WE GO.

HERE IS A BOTTOM GOING IN, AND WE PUT THE GROOVE TO THE INSIDE, ALL RIGHT?

THERE'S ONE, ALL RIGHT, AND HERE'S A TOP.

BUT HERE, OF COURSE, IS A MIDDLE, AND THAT'S THE TRICK NOW.

DO YOU SEE HOW I CAN PUT THE ARROWHEADS AND THE CHOCOLATES IN THE SAME BOX?

AND I'LL PUT, UH, THIS RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE END, ALL RIGHT, AN END.

I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO IT, BUT I'M GONNA USE IT JUST TO HOLD IT TOGETHER FOR NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW, DO YOU SEE HOW WE'VE GOT THE 3 CHAMBERS THERE?

PUT THIS ON.

ALL RIGHT, AND THIS END HAS ALREADY--I'VE ALREADY-- YEAH, THERE WE GO-- I'VE ALREADY GOT THIS END CUT.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I-- HOW IT WORKS HERE.

SO THIS ONE IS CUT AWAY SO THAT IT FITS ON THE BOTTOM.

THIS'LL BE GLUED, BUT THIS PIECE HERE I WILL GLUE ONLY, UH, TO THE TOP, TO THE LID PIECE RIGHT HERE.

AH, THERE WE GO.

IT GOES THIS WAY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S GLUED RIGHT THERE, AND THAT BECOMES THE HOOK TO HELP YOU SLIDE THIS OPEN.

I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER, IF I CAN, WITHOUT HAVING EVERYTHING EXPLODE, AND CUT THIS END HERE NOW, AND I GOT TO REMEMBER WHICH END TO CUT.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S GONNA CUT RIGHT HERE, DOWN.

I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE THAT LID PART.

AGAIN, I'LL TAKE THE MITER BOX WITH THE RIGHT-ANGLE CUT AND SET IT IN, ALL RIGHT, AND WE'LL JUST SAW IT.

WE'RE GONNA JUST SAW RIGHT THROUGH THE LID... AND THAT GOES DOWN.

EXCELLENT.

EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW WE HAVE THE BOTTOM AGAIN AND THE TOP, AND THAT GIVES US A SLIDING LID.

WE'LL JUST GLUE THE ENDS, PUT IT TOGETHER WITH RUBBER BANDS, AND THERE IT IS.

WE'VE GOT THIS DOUBLE-CHAMBER BOX, AND I HAVE ONE HERE PUT TOGETHER.

IT'S REALLY--[LAUGHING]-- IT'S WORKED OUT WELL.

SO THIS SHOWS, UH, NOT ONLY THE NICE BOX LIKE THIS-- YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD BEFORE THE FULL-DEPTH BOX THAT REALLY SHOWS THEM THEY CAN HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ONE THING, BUT I LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS A LESSON, TOO, THAT THE KIDS CAN HAVE THE ARROWHEADS.

IT TEACHES THEM THAT THEY CAN SOMETIMES HAVE, UH-- WE CAN HAVE OUR CAKE... AND EDITH, TOO.

SO THERE YOU GO-- LESSONS IN WOODWORKING.

THANK YOU.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME HERE IN "THE WOODWRIGHT'S SHOP."

I'M ROY UNDERHILL, AND MAY THE GRAIN BE WITH YOU.

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