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"Sure thing! Throwing a video of it up in my videos now. " Chris Wharton replied Nov 20, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Hahahahahah! Absolutely right. " Chris Wharton replied Nov 18, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Hi guys. Finally got ‘er done! I’ll have some better pics of the thing soon, but asi…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 18, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Hi Rich. Good questions. I think the consensus from this discussion is that the thic…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 8, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Really helpful, thanks. I chose padauk for its look and I knew it to be a tonewood,…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 7, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Thanks, Mark. When you say 'linings,' what does that usually entail? " Chris Wharton replied Nov 7, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Super helpful, thanks! " Chris Wharton replied Nov 7, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Hi John. No worries...I got your meaning and I appreciate your insights. I used the…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 7, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Thanks for all the ideas, thoughts, and insights. Sounds like the joinery is overkil…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 6, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer
"Good call on the bracing. Might be considering that depending on how well this glues…" Chris Wharton replied Nov 6, 2019 to Joinery suggestions for hand-made boxes	43	Nov 23, 2019 Reply by MadGomer

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Chris Wharton's Discussions (14)

"Sure thing! Throwing a video of it up in my videos now. "

"Hahahahahah! Absolutely right. "

"Hi guys. Finally got ‘er done! I’ll have some better pics of the thing soon, but asi…"

"Hi Rich. Good questions. I think the consensus from this discussion is that the thic…"

"Really helpful, thanks. I chose padauk for its look and I knew it to be a tonewood,…"

"Thanks, Mark. When you say 'linings,' what does that usually entail? "

"Super helpful, thanks! "

"Hi John. No worries...I got your meaning and I appreciate your insights. I used the…"

"Thanks for all the ideas, thoughts, and insights. Sounds like the joinery is overkil…"

"Good call on the bracing. Might be considering that depending on how well this glues…"

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