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I made a box for my wife to store and organise all of her flower and plant seeds. (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by foliumcreations@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
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The box is made from reclaimed wood, and she is super happy with it.

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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Such a lovely thing to make! It's very nice!

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

FYI - In .y experience it's a bit small for a good seed collection.

The proper size would be around 1/2 of your house.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

I much prefer a index card like arrangement for seed packet storage. A pile makes getting an inventory of the contents very hard and I don't keep an inventory of my seeds.

[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate that you did the hinges properly instead of just screwing them to the back.

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I tried doing them properly, but managed to fuck up the alignment. So what you are seeing is a fix, they are actually mounted on the out side. Sorry to disappoint you.

[–] scott_anon_21@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But your next hinges will be better yet. And I learned what to do the next time I mess up my hinge install. Which is likely the next time I attempt a hinge install. 😉

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The hinge mortises look aligned to me. How are they misaligned?

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They where ever so slightly off , and not deep enough. So the lid didn't close properly.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

How'd you cut them?

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's beautiful, and such a sweet thing to do for your wife!

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks for the kind words!

[–] orionsbelt@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

dang, super nice! great inspo to get motivated for my next project

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Thanks so much! And nice to know my work inspired someone.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great idea. I might copy it.

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes please do! I didn't make any plans for it just sort of designed it as I went. Otherwise I would have shared the plans.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

If you like sharing, (in the future) you can always take photos and put it up on instructables.com.

[–] scripty@mas.to 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@foliumcreations Looking good! Did you cover the hinges with a darker wood?

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I tried doing them properly, but managed to fuck up the alignment. So what you are seeing is a fix, they are actually mounted on the out side.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How did you do the hinges like that?

[–] foliumcreations@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You try to do them on the inside, fail , then mount them on the outside and insert different color of wood to make it seem intentional.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago

I am also a master of Wabi-sabi

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

And here I am, keeping my seeds in recycled baggies in an old cigar box. :)