Weekend Warrior Woodworking Issue #1 December 2013 | Page 9

The Organic Bandsaw Box

By Daniel Clark

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Many people may be intimidated by the band saw box, falsely believing that this project could be too complicated or need specialized tools. Fortunately, this is not the case. This organic band saw box is a very easy and enjoyable project, calling for little in the way of math, measurements or expensive tools. In fact, when I was working in an industrial arts classroom, I found it be a perfect project for beginners. The students could make no wrong cuts as long as they stuck to the basic steps. I describe it as simply quality without perfection. It uses up the end cuts and scrap from larger projects and it only requires tools found in most basic wood shops. There is little math in laying out the project, but the measurements are basic fractions.