Walnut and White Oak Box

[RanchRoper]

Looks very good. Great work.

[BrokenolMarine]

It's done! I got out in the shop this morning and applied two coats of wax. I LOVE the smell of this British Beeswax. It's got a very pleasant tang to it, and it lingers. My shop will smell good for a couple days.

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After each coat, I buffed it out. The first coat is always the most work, because the wood soaks up the wax and buffing is actually work. The rag drags and you have to really buff hard to push the dried wax around, but once the friction warms 'er up, you start to see the sheen and ... payoff. When you apply the second coat, the wax glides on and buffing out is a breeze... The box is slick as silk.

Once the wax was applied, "Wax On" and then buffed out... "Wax Off," Yeah, Yeah, I couldn't resist.. so sue me....
I put the hinges on. I slowly closed the lid. There was a gap. Not much of one, but a gap. Seems once I tightened the screws, the careful measurements of the cavity for the hinge was just a bit too deep. The front of the lid wouldn't close all the way down, it was up just about a 1/16th of an inch.

Not too worry, there is a reason I have that five gallon bucket in the corner with all those off cuts. I removed the top from the box, and dug thru the bucket. Bingo! I took one of the very thin off cuts of mahogany where I had cut back the bottom trim, cut IT to fit under the hinge perfectly as a shim, and BOOM. Success. The lid was reattached and closed perfectly. With the hinge in place the shim isn't visible at all unless you are looking for it. Even then, you have to look.

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Done.