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newts
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Good stuff,keep em rolling in 
I want to make a full cutting list, before i start making large quantities of mug coasters 
I'm sure it's thin timber & not ply on the ones i've seen close up 
The radial blade marks indicate the it was cut on a large circular saw & not a bandsaw as iwould have expected. To start with i'm going to make plywood boxes, as they will not split.
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Spokesmann
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You're right MF!
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| newts wrote: | | To start with i'm going to make plywood boxes, as they will not split. |
Make em right and you'll only make em once
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newts
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| MFSteam wrote: | | newts wrote: | | To start with i'm going to make plywood boxes, as they will not split. |
Make em right and you'll only make em once |
If i can get hold of some 80yr old floor joists that are fairly knot free, i'll make them from timber. I'd prefer as close to the originals as possible
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good plan but you need a knot or two so you can poke them out and have them rattling in the bottom of the box.
Make sure you dont make lids, Bowman boxes dont have lids
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Spokesmann
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Bowman lids always fall off, once the wire holding it to the box snaps/rusts!!
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Bowman lids always fall off, once the wire holding it to the box snaps/rusts!! |
I've found thin string makes a good replacement and looks sort of period as well 
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Anybody got the sizes of 101 & 122 boxes
If not i'll have to guess
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