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Video # 17 – Nielsen Dean’s Box – 2025 Batch![]()
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As promised, I am committed to post the remainder process videos for Dean’s Boxes.![]()
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After the mortises are cut and the hinges and lids of the boxes are installed, the next step is to properly fit the lids to the boxes.![]()
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Remember: The boxes we are making are 100% handcrafted. We have gone through dozens of steps and multiple parts. The material we are using is wood, which expands and contracts. Although we are being as precise as possible, there will be a few variations in each of the boxes. It is normal to have a 1/16” small margin of error on each piece. All the pieces have been cut, glued, clamped, sanded and withstood a lot of handling.![]()
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All the discrepancies are corrected on the steps described in this video which is played at 1.25x speed for brevity.![]()
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Video # 16 – Nielsen Dean’s Box – 2025 Batch![]()
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The following video at 1.5x the speed is self explanatory.![]()
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The boxes have been routed, and it is time to install the hinges to check everything for fit.![]()
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This step took us a couple of days, as there are one hundred boxes in this batch.![]()
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I will be posting almost daily now, because we are soon approaching the end of the process, and I am behind on the videos. Lol!![]()
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(We are doing our best to have these ready by next week. 😜)![]()
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Video # 15 – Nielsen Dean’s Box – 2025 Batch![]()
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Moving right along…![]()
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After the boxes are glued and removed from the clamps, the time has come to rout the mortises for the hinges.![]()
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The video (at 2x speed) shows me routing the mortises with a little plunge router using a little jig as a guide. The jig makes sure that the mortises on both the lids and the boxes are aligned.![]()
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The first item I rout is the lid, followed by the box.![]()
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This process is repeated one hundred times.![]()
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I am the “Router Queen of the Universe”! ❤️💪🏼😂![]()
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Nielsen Dean’s Box – 2025 Batch – Video # 14![]()
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This is the fourteenth video for this batch of boxes at 2x speed.![]()
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After the interiors are completed – with finish and all the hardware is installed – the next step is to glue up the box.![]()
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The process is straightforward. The one-minute video shows me doing a glue-up. ![]()
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This step took me about a week to complete. We are making 100 boxes, we have a limited number of clamps, and glue had to dry. Patience is the key.![]()
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Nielsen Dean’s Box – 2025 Batch – Video # 13![]()
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As you have seen from the previous video, we have been installing the interior components of the boxes.![]()
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Amongst the components, we have the curtains.![]()
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The Dill-Nielsen Dean’s Boxes have a different attachment for the curtains. If you ever have to change them, it would be easier than hammering the nails that were used in the past.![]()
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For brevity this video has been speeded up to 1.25x in order not to significantly distort my voice. It is still long by social media standards at almost four minutes long. However, my purpose is to document the process and show you what it takes to make these boxes, and not to satisfy the algorithm.![]()
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Hope you good folks have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. I am grateful to have you as a following in my life. God bless you.![]()
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