shellac time........

one down, three to goThe left short side was done first with the front long side next. I worked my way around the bottom until all four miters closed up.a lot to removeRabbeted miter corners confuse me a lot. Rather then saw the miter closer to the line I used the plane and shaved it to the line. When I got close I stopped and took one shaving, checked it, and repeated until the miter closed up at the corner.um.......The back left corner has a small gap with the other three sides pretty much seamless. I am not putting a small molding on top the base. So I had to play and fuss with it a bit to get to this point. This gap is due the corner of the box being slightly out of square.happy face onGot the base band clamped and the box dropped into it without a problem. I can live with the gap.final cutoutClamped the sides together and drilled a 7/8" hole 1 1/2" in from each end.double lineBefore I drilled the holes I had ran a line to mark where the base cutout would be. I cut the line out on…