Several of you have been interested in this project (see below if not familiar)
so I wanted to give an up date. I built the second tray today and it went
better. Building the first tray — or sliding till — I was not happy w/ the
alignment of the cross pieces and had to remake several to get even a semblance
of straight lines. For the till I gang marked all the pieces and cut the
joinery. Being hand cut, not all the V’s lined up perfectly. For the lower tray
I only marked the outside edges and before cutting the V’s I carried the marks
to the top of the piece —
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This way I could lay a square across and mark the intermediate pieces. Even if I
had an error in the cutting I was more likely to get a straight line this way —
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For pieces that did not go all the way across, a square from the outside edge
gave me the straight joint —
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In these pics the lower tray is just hand fitted. I have marked each piece as to
orientation and location and differences, too small to see, exist and can only
be seen in the actual placement of the piece. Doing a glue up of this many
pieces all at once you need to know exacally where they go. This lower tray was
a bit easier to do since half of the compartments are larger to accommodate
necklaces.

This pic shows the two trays as they will sit in the drawer SWMBO uses to store
her jewelry —
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Finally, several people commented on the potential difficulty of fishing
earrings out of too deep a cubby. I tried it and not a problem —
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The bottom tray is now glued up. Only have the planning of the top surfaces
flush, trimming the bottom board flush and applying a finish. It will be done
for Christmas!


Bill