Practising our Box-Making Skills
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340254)
Rockingham, Australia
December 29, 2016 8:13am CST
For Christmas, we gave our son a wooden box that Vince had made. It has several compartments to it and a hinged lid. We've lined the base with blue fabric.
We want to make some smaller, slightly different ones as display cases for different sets of coins. That will be our next project once we get the car window fixed (yes, it's stopped working again but luckily this time it is stuck in the up position).
Our son is going to keep his clippers and accessories in it. We will have a few challenges with cutting the holes the correct size and putting the lining in nicely but that's all part of the fun.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Dec 16
It's very nice, my hubby has made many things for our house over the years. He made me a wonderful microwave cart, it's pretty big with drawers and two cabinets on it. Someone once offered us 700 dollars for it, we didn't sell.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Dec 16
@JudyEv My husband too made some of the cabinets in our house. I love everything he makes
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@rebelann (112873)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Dec 16
My grandpa used to make stuff like that and he even gave one to dad many decades ago but after he passed away ma put it away somewhere and I haven't seen it since. I wish I had thought to ask her for it but in 1980 I had other things on my mind.
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@allknowing (136588)
• India
29 Dec 16
I admire your joint effort as many couples have different interests but you seem to share.
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@allknowing (136588)
• India
30 Dec 16
@JudyEv When there are common interests life is a one big happy song
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 16
@allknowing Well mostly - unless one string goes out of tune. 
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Dec 16
I guess we do most things together. We make a good team really. I am just the TA (technical assistant) with most of our projects but I contribute ideas, fetch and carry, hold things, find things, plug things in and out. I love it.
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@mom210 (9117)
• United States
3 Jan 17
@JudyEv Oh yes, I love when they pick up little hobbies like this. I have one that works on vehicles too, he does okay but makes some mistakes.He has saved his brother a ton of money. That car should have been parked by now, the repairs at a shop would cost more than the car is worth. But it is still on the road thanks to little brother.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
29 Dec 16
That is wonderful and what a great gift. You both did a great job on it.
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jan 17
@Happy2BeMe We sometimes joke that if we charged by the hour, even little things would cost thousands! Because we are so slow. :)
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
30 Dec 16
@JudyEv that is all that matters that it gets done and looks great
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
29 Dec 16
I love it! If I had the right tools I would be willing to give this craft a try.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
29 Dec 16
@JudyEv my husband is going to make bird houses with the scrap wood left over from our renovations.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
30 Dec 16
I love boxes and compartments to make things organize. Nice project.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
31 Dec 16
That's nice! I might ask my husband to make me one .. 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Dec 16
@JudyEv it does indeed make it look more expensive and fancy
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 16
I love boxes with lots of little compartments. It will be fun to try making one for the coins.
@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 16
It's nice to be able to make this stuff. We can do picture frames now too although we stick to simple ones.
@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
29 Dec 16
That's a very creative and good looking box and a gift I am shure he will treasure for a long time.
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 16
He is pretty hard to buy for so we were pleased to come up with the idea.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Dec 16
I haven't tried to build anything in many years. I'm not very good with my hands.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
29 Dec 16
Nicely done. I love homemade gifts. I have had bad luck with power car windows too.
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@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 16
We have now ordered a new part so once that is in hopefully the problem will be fixed for good - or even longer!
@JudyEv (340254)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Dec 16
It's something that hopefully he'll get some use from for a while.
