Joints for corners of large box frames?

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I’m in the process of finishing up a design for a gaming table for my brother-in-law, and would like some input on how to join the corners. I’ve never done anything like this before, so I don’t have any ‘sacred cows’ when it comes to techniques or methods, but I have very limited access to power tools. Everything I’ve done so far on the table has been with hand tools (planes, backsaw, chisels) – and would love to finish it by hand if possible.

Aside from that, here’s what I’ve got so far:

(Table top is 4X8 sheet of plywood, 3/4” thick)—to be used for “Warhammer 40,000” game

You can see, I haven’t quite decided on how to join the table top and trestles together—it is supposed to be easy to take it apart and store against a wall when necessary.

I’ve never done drawers, of any kind, before, so that is something I’ll be learning for this project (any tips, resources, or suggestions appreciated).

Given what you see, and what I have on hand, what are your impressions, and what joint(s) would you suggest for the corner of the table?

Thanks a bunch guys!

- Lucky

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Sending larger Small Items through the Mail

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I’m not sure if it’s helpful to anyone else, but this is what I came up with.

Today I shipped out a box of ends and pieces of cutoffs to a fellow LJ.

The weight was around 30 lbs and if I had shipped it like I normally do in a heavy duty box the cost would have been @$50 shipping.

Instead, lately I’ve been using flat rate boxes. The one I used is called a ””Priority Mail Board Game Large Flat Rate Box””:https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=2&productId=PGBFRB&categoryId=subcatMSS_FlatRate

Inside Dimensions: 23 11/16” x 11 3/4” x 3”

Outside Dimensions: 24 1/16” x 11 7/8” x 3 1/8”

Cost for Priority Mail Shipping was $15.45…... a big savings over $50!

I also stuffed it a bit fuller so it was actually about 24×12x3 1/8.

If you have items to ship and look for a cost effective way to ship them, check out the Flat rate offerings from the USPS.

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Subjective Contours

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Another interesting illusion flew-in directly from Japan! As MindLab originally explains, non-existent contours are sometimes constructed by the brain to compensate for the missing sensory information. Check the four wheels in the second image – the “missing” parts can easily be mistaken as contours of the square, right? See what happens if we fill the missing segments with pink colored lines – the color seems to transparently spread throughout the inside of the contours. In same manner contour of a circle appears, right inside the center of the lines diagram to the right.

However, contours or surfaces don’t appear if we only see the colored segments. Curved line above is made of nothing but short blue lines and demonstrates this perfectly! Now, if we add longer black lines next to each side of blue bar, curved blue band with subjective contours appears! How amazing was that?

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