Spring in the Air

It is now officially spring and despite the torrential downpour and sporadic, unpredictable weather we're having on the eastern seaboard I have begun working on some new projects. One of which involves my new Wacom tablet (thanks Sarah) which I got brand new for half-price on eBay and the other involves half-inch drills and circular saws. Roh-oh-oh! *grunting* Oh, yeah!

So I need to build a couple sawhorses and get some lumber to build some crates which I am hoping to build for use at work (for dispatchers to place their feet on). This idea comes after they started using our First-Aid toolbox as a footrest on their new tall office chairs. Yeeeah. . . :-P

The plan is for a very simple box, but I am not sure how to join the sides yet. In essence, the box will have five sides--the sixth face will not exist, an open bottom since it sits on the floor. The front, back, and top can be joined with the left & right sides by miter, but that would require bracing inside the box. Not a problem, but I need it to last. I don't want the edges to crack or split since they'll be pushed on and kicked around by feet for a very long time and on a daily basis. The simplest solution is to have the top overlap the front and back boards so it can be nailed directly together. That would also cut back on a lot of work, but would it look as nice as edge-less corners?

I drew this with my new tablet, :-0