Fitting lids to boxes

[Treecycle Hardwoods]

I have been making these small keepsake boxes to sell in a local store. I have been using a forstner bit to hollow out the inside. There is a variance of almost .020 between the largest and smallest ID. This basically forces me to custom fit each lid. I have tried to make all the lids first at the same size and tried making all the boxes first then custom fitting each lid. Either way i average about 2 boxes per hour. Is there any efficient way to make the lids and the boxes a bit faster i am hoping to get up to 3 boxes an hour.

Thanks for the help

Greg

 

[arkie]

If you're going to drill the body hollow, I think you have to fit the lids to the body. You could try drilling the body with a smaller drill first, then cleaning up with the forstner.

I have been making these small keepsake boxes to sell in a local store. I have been using a forstner bit to hollow out the inside. There is a variance of almost .020 between the largest and smallest ID. This basically forces me to custom fit each lid. I have tried to make all the lids first at the same size and tried making all the boxes first then custom fitting each lid. Either way i average about 2 boxes per hour. Is there any efficient way to make the lids and the boxes a bit faster i am hoping to get up to 3 boxes an hour.

Thanks for the help

Greg

 

[CodyS]

Can we get a pic?

You could set-up a jig for a router... that should produce a consistent fit.

 

[Treecycle Hardwoods]

I would love to share some however i keep getting an error message. I am using an android app to post here and i can't seem to figure out the configuration for photo uploads using this thing

 

[CodyS]

I would love to share some however i keep getting an error message. I am using an android app to post here and i can't seem to figure out the configuration for photo uploads using this thing

send some to me- cody . sheridan 1 at gmail . com (just take out the spaces and @)

Maybe you need to resize them before you upload?

 

[Treecycle Hardwoods]

I have been reading the support for the forum runner there are posts there about having to allow png's i am not sure what that is or how to turn that option on.

 

[Gene Howe]

Greg,
Would it be possible to make your box stock large enough to allow you to cut the lid off of it, then form the cavity?
In some of the boxes I make, the bottom AND top come off before the box is milled. Then I can exactly place the thin piece that fits in the box on the lid and finally, glue on the bottom.

 

[Treecycle Hardwoods]

Hey gene thanks for the suggestion i am currently having difficulty loading pix to the forum from my phone. Otherwise i would have some up here already. The boxes i have been making so far are spalted maple with a walnut lid. I will get back to this thread when i have solved the photo mystery.