Making a wooden box with threaded lid for my frankincense

Tools and materials I propose: Wood threading kit
Lathe Wood turning tools set
Forstner bit set
No4 hand plane
Woodworking vise
Jointer planer
Table saw
Bandsaw

I made this piece out of a piece of apricot wood. 

First of all I split the wood in smaller pieces with an axe.

Next I cut the edges straight, with a handsaw.

I then mounted the piece between centers on the lathe and turned it true with my roughing gouge.

With a skew chisel I created a tenon that fitted my chuck.

I filled a few cracks on the wood with super glue.

To cut my threads I used a threading kit that can create both male and female threads.

First I had to reduce the thickness of my stock to fit the male threading tool.

I used the parting tool to establish my goal and then used a flat chisel to remove material fast.

Then I started cutting the male threads.

At this point I started hollowing the box with forstner bits. This was end grain drilling, so I took it really slow. I gradually increased the sizes of the bits until I reached the diameter I wanted.

Next I finished shaping the body of the box and moved on to the lid. 

I started hollowing again!

Before using the threading tools it is nice to add oil. The oil helps the thread chasing process.

Then I begun cutting with the tap. My kit has two taps. One that makes a roughing pass and one that finishes off the process.

And it worked nicely!

At this point I cut the lid of the lathe with a handsaw.

I then screwed the lid on the box and started turning the lid with the spindle gouge.

Next I split anotherr piece to make a cross.

I roughly planed the piece with a hand plane to make things easier on the jointer. Next I used my jointer/planer to square my stock. I cleaned the rest of the edges on my table saw.

I then  made my half lap joints on the bandsaw and glued the cross pieces together.

Next I sanded the cross.

I then drilled a hole on the cap. This hole would receive a dowel connected to the cross.

Next I painted the cap black with latex paint. I applied two coats while sanding between coats.

At this point I parted the box off the lathe. I used the parting tool at a slight angle to make the box sit nicely on flat surfaces. The tool left a small tenon, which I cut off with a carving gouge.

Next I drilled the hole on the cross and glued the dowel, the cross and the cap.

I finished my box with my home made beeswax and mineral oil finish.

I made this box for two reasons. First I want to try out my new treading kit. The second reason was to make a nice box to store my frankincense.

I am really happy with the way it came out, I hope you enjoyed this build too!

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