It has been very busy in tech (working on the box) so it was hard to find time to post but here is were I am so far:

I have now done all the cross-cutting (going perpendicular to the grain) but still need to rip (cut along the grain) because that requires a different saw. We used a miter-box saw to cross cut and we will use a band saw to rip cut.

Band saw

Miter-box saw

Here is my wood so far:

Before cutting I had to measure and it took a lot of work to get it correct. To do that we used try-squares.

Try-square

It feels good to learn about tools.

It was very helpful to see the cardboard model because that’s showed me that my box was too big.

Cardboard model

Now I will need to rip cut on the band saw. Then I will:

1. Think if I need to replace and remake any pieces (probably and hopefully not)
2. Sand wood
3. Glue wood
4. Decorate the box
   1. Add dark varnish
   2. Use flocking powder to decorate inside of box
      

      Box with no flocking powder

      

      Box with flocking powder

   3. Make it have “Eli’s Flashlight” on it (I don’t know how to do that yet, just that we can)