Actually it was you that inspired me with your gadget station. I built two of these campaign boxes while following along. I know Greene and Greene came after campaign boxes were no longer used but what the hay, it seemed like a good idea at the time! The wood is some 4/4 oak that I picked up at a reasonable price and then hand planed it down to 5/8″. The lid panels were made up from re-sawn pieces and ended up about 1/8″. I don’t have a paneling bit for my router so I did the panels with my table saw. The corner joints are screwed and the plugs are walnut. I cut the plugs on the band saw and the holes with a chisel.
The bottom is birch plywood (but you can’t tell) for stability. All the hardware came from Lee Valley. The handles are recessed in (with about a 1/16 to spare). The finish is Tung oil with a wee bit of MinWax Rosewood Stain to bring out the grain. As these are “Campaign Boxes” I had plaques made with my sons’ names and recessed them into the top each box. The reason I made these boxes was my twenty something sons still carry their “important” documents around in shoe boxes from apartment to apartment! ! probably should have just bought them filing cabinets instead.
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5 Responses to “Phil’s Campaign Box”
Nice!
I am new to woodworking and slowing acquiring tools. Love the Box!! Would like to attempt to make something like that for my daughter. Was wondering what tools would be needed and if anyone had some simple plans to follow?
There are a few great books on Amazon about box making, and some of them assume you have quite a lot of tools. If you have a table saw, Freedman’s Box Making Basics was pretty darn good. One of Doug Stowe’s books (Basic Box Making) is much simpler, and shows how to make a table saw sled to make more accurate (and safer!) cuts.
I was browsing for box ideas and this caught my eye. It’s a nice twist on the design. Thanks for sharing.
I’d also like to add to Dean’s comment. Doug Stowe has a DVD to go along with his book also titled Basic Box Making. It shows how to make 2-3 types of sleds and corner fixtures. (it also shows several boxes from start to finish) Along with Marc’s recent video on a sled this would get you well on your way to making good boxes.
Excellent, with just one or two alterations this would fit any chest from about 1200 onwards, think I will end up making 5 or 6 of these for our Medieval Re-enactment Group.