Red Zebra Wood Box with a Slide -in Lid

Poplar Lid

Mistakes are easy to make if you don't pay attention. This little Red Zebra Wood box with a Poplar slide-on lid looks fine, but the grain orientation of the lid should have been the same as the grain orientation of the box.  As such there will eventually be another lid for this box. 

The slot for the lid to slide into was cut with a t-slot bit. 

Lid Off.

The fit is good, but as wood likes to expand or contract across the grain when humidity changes I can't trust that the fit will always be the same. 

Slides in easily.

The red zebra wood block was dense and heavy.  It cut clean and nice.  The Poplar lid also cut nicely but wanted to split out on the edges. Toolpaths need were simple to create.  The same vectors were used for both the box and the lid.  A small .003" allowance was used for the lid toolpaths so they wouldn't be too tight to slide in easily.

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