After the Wood is Milled

I use this little contraption called an Incra Jig

to make the box joint corners. As you can see

I create these joints on two sides of 5 boxes

at the same time. Most methods used can only

make one half of one corner at a time. Using

this method, I can do 10 half corners at a time.

Time is money .... it helps keep my prices

down.

Three passes of the sides have been completed here.

The cuts are made when the sides pushed at that

green router bit. The whole thing rides on the fence

to the left. The fence is ready to be moved again

for the next cut.

Here is another view of the same process

as in the photo above.

Here are all of the sides of 4 banks.

Here are the four sides glued together. They

are left a little long on purpose. When all

six sides are put together, they will be

sanded smooth.

Milling The Wood For Banks

So many of my boxes, and in this case banks,

require 3/8" and 1/4" thick stock. I could

buy these dimensioned woods at a very high

price, or mill them to size myself. To keep my

costs down, I do it myself.

The wood I start with is called, in the trade,

4/4 (pronounced four quarter) or 1 inch before

it's milled down to 13/16". If I'm careful, I can

get two pieces out of this. 1 at 3/8" (plus 1/16")

and 1 at 1/4" (plus 1/16"). The band saw blade

eats up 1/16" also. Add them all up and you

get 13/16". I then put them through a planner

to get the final thickness.

This is the band saw with the dust collection behind.

This piece is about 2/3 the way through the band saw.

This is called resawing.

This is the thickness planner with the dust collector.

Thickness planner with a piece going into the feed end.