in this video I make a box out of some reclaimed cherry wood, the sliding lid was made from reclaimed underlayment. this box was assembled using dowel joinery.
Hmmm... It just occurred to me that if you mount the lid to the underside of something--a shelf, a workbench, etc.--then the box becomes a drawer! (If you standardize the sizes, then you can attach a row of lids to the bottom of your workbench surface and then, when you are working on a particular project, you can just grab the drawers containing what you need from a storage area and slide them into place at your workbench. Everything you need will be right at hand, but out of the way. You could also have larger 'drawers' that bridge two--or more--lids.) Does that make sense?
fak892 interesting, I personally have had that cut go bad on a table saw, being that it was wider than it was long. But looking back I at least should have used the hold to secure the board and not my fingers. Thanks for the concern!
