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    Tea Caddies

    I was asked to build something for our upcoming 50th class reunion for use in a Chinese auction to give us seed money for the next reunion. After tossing several ideas around I decided to build a tea caddy to give to the class. Since my wife and I are tea drinkers, I also decided that while I was at it, it was just as easy to build two and make one for us. I went through my short stock inventory and found some nice pieces of red oak and some really nice pieces of cherry. I planed the boards down to 1/2" thickness. The corner joints are locking rabbet joints. The dividers are made of 1/8" plywood from the local craft store. They are finished on the inside with clear shellac and the outsides are finished with spray lacquer.
    Here is the one made of Red Oak.
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    Here is the Cherry one.
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    Guess which one we are keeping.
    Lee Schierer
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    Very nice! Personally, I'd keep the cherry. I love cherry. I think the stain took very well on the oak. There's not a mark or blotch in it. What made you decide to use plywood for the dividers?
    Fred

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    I wanted them thin and didn't want to try using solid wood as I thought the tabs might break off too easily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Schierer View Post
    I wanted them thin and didn't want to try using solid wood as I thought the tabs might break off too easily.
    Makes sense. Thanks for the tip.

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    Looks good. What kind of hinge did you use?
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    Very attractive and excellent for the purpose!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Page View Post
    Looks good. What kind of hinge did you use?
    I used small box brass cylinder hinges from Rockler.
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    Thanks, I'm going to give them try.
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    Tea time

    Nice. I'm not going to let my wife see that unless you are prepared to take a commission!

    Your solution looks a lot better that what I use, regular and decaf:

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    BTW, a cup of hot tea goes well with toast with a bit of the freshly canned apple butter in the picture.

    JKJ

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