Quote Originally Posted by JohnnyEgo View Post
Much appreciated!

Next comes the part of any project I hate most. Finish sanding. Anyways, all the boxes need some work, and some of the joints look pretty gnarly:


The answer comes via a cup of sawdust and a bottle of superglue.


I pack the larger gaps, and surface sand until the smaller ones are full of dust, then hit it with a few drops of CA glue to lock the filler in place.


Once the glue dries, I use sanding blocks with 100, 150, and 220 grit and hand-sand everything flush. I have 80 grit in my rotary sander which I use to take down the most proud of the dovetail fingers, but I use it very sparingly, because it has a tendency to round over sharp corners. The 100 grit on the sanding block actually takes down the end-grain cherry pretty quickly. It probably only took me 10-15 minutes of sanding per box.


Hit the outside of the box with some Watco Danish. Box joints cleaned up quite nicely, all things considered.




Same process for the smaller boxes. Nibbled away at them over a couple of nights.



Nice job, as always.

Now, tell us about the L box