Originally Posted by
Vaughn McMillan
Yes, I started with a single piece of 3/4" cherry long enough to make all four sides of the box, making sure to have the wave start and end in the same relative position so they'd match when it was wrapped around into a box. After seeing how clunky it looked with 3/4" thick sides, I trimmed them down to 3/8" after the box was glued up. Since it had mitered corners, the trimming caused the wave to become offset at each corner. It's hard to describe in text (and I'm supposed to be a tech writer) but essentially, the closer to the inside face I trimmed, the farther off the match at the corners became.