Tom, ...man, you give me way more credit for planning than I deserve
I start with a block of wood, and the rest is an ongoing saga.
I rarely make drawings other than a list of basic dimensions. All my planning goes on through visualizations before I go to bed. When I can visualize the end, then I measure and cut the first pieces. I've been very restricted in my activity lately (new stent), so my creative juices aren't turning into projects.
Yesterday, however, I got out a chisel to deepen the mortise for the latch strike. Persistent wet weather seems to have fattened up the wood so it wouldn't open easily. Got out my best half inch chisel--razor sharp little thing--and deepened the mortise by just about 3/32nds (2mm). I really love using tools and will be glad when I can start doing some projects again.
Checked my "fun" money stash yesterday, set aside for my cafeteria to theater conversion, and it was ample. But the darn church seems unable to approve my project for a new stage (platform). And they aren't communicating, so I have no idea the status now, 2 months later. Hate to abandon that conversion mid project, but it's not up to me.
Bob, you've made a number of BS boxes from glued up BB ply. Maybe I'll try one like that. I love the layers that show with that stuff, and I have a bunch of it available, plus a bunch of grandkids I can send them to. I like the way you used a layer of Walnut on the outside, and that could make making a lid easier. I could put some trinkets inside, kids like that kind of stuff. Now, let me picture that in my mind...