Step Up Your Box-Making Game! | Four-Corner Grain Match

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One of the tricks woodworkers employ to make keepsake boxes look their best is to cut the box sides from a single board. If you keep the pieces in order, you can achieve a nice grain wrap around three corners. Unfortunately, the fourth corner will always be a mismatch. There is a way to get a nearly perfect four-corner match, if the material will allow for it. What I mean by that is the board needs to be thick enough to sustain a resaw down the center. In the case of this particular project, I had a board that was a full 1" thick and after resawing I was able to easily get the desired 3/8" thickness for my box sides.

To make a four-corner grain match, it all starts with careful layout. Draw a center line down the length of the board and then measure and mark the cross-cuts that will make up the box sides. The layout and cutting process is shown in the video and feel free to pause as needed to get the info you need. You'll have to forgive me for not writing out every step as this operation is incredibly difficult to describe. So watch the video.

In the end, you should have four grain matched corners. They may not be 100% perfect but they'll be close enough to serve their purpose. And even experienced woodworkers will look at the box and wonder how you did it. So step up your box-making game and give a four-corner grain match a try!

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In a time when every other woodworker channel seems to be a sham wow commercial for the 5 tools under $20, you are still putting out great content on builds. Thanks man, and that turned out beautiful, and great instruction also.

keithbrock

Good lord. How many box videos have I watched? Way too many, given that I rarely learn much new. But that little moosh of a bad edge really ties the room together. Thank you.

OldDocThedan

One additional technique is to start with a board wide enough to get the top and front to grain wrap. I call it the 5 corner match.

mikehill

The quickest I have ever been in viewing one of these

ddutton

I've been doing them that way for years but it's good to see it explained so well.

AusWorkshop

I've seen a lot of hard wax finishes in YouTube land recently. In fact, I think this is the first tung oil finish I've seen for a while: I'm glad the classic is still relevant!

Mikey__R

I guess with an urn you don't often open it up to check on the inhabitant, but I kept waiting to see what you did for a handle. Very nice! I will use the 4-corner-match trick.

subgeeze

Marc has a masterful eye, which I think is what sets him apart. Yes, he has the skills, but he makes beautiful pieces of furniture, because he has an uncanny eye for making the grain work within his pieces.

christ

Thought it was just another box video, but love the tips on resawing, and the tonge oil. Nice work

nevadacool

After you posted this on Instagram I tried it on both a small tool box (box jointed) and a tissue box holder (mitered) . My biggest issue was what you warned about; I took too much material out in my resaw because my bandsaw was drifting and it required some extensive jointing to get it flat, so the grain is not perfect but it still flows pretty nicely. I’m going to make sure my bandsaw is all Snodgrassed up next time.

jeremyspecce

When I first started making boxes, I was measuring 16ths and 32nds trying to get everything just right. Now I only measure my box lengths and sides as a starting point and then I reference everything off those. Has cut down on construction time tremendously and people tell me my boxes are not only gift worthy but could also be sold. Also amazing what you can do with an Oshlun box blade set for cutting grooves, inlays and such. Sometimes I'll just use one of them to make a 5mm groove for my bottoms. I only have a DeWalt Table saw and planer but I get by. Would love to have a 6" table top jointer. Nice video. Well produced.

inrock

I remember you posting a short version of this to Instagram and at the time I was a bit confused. This video cleared up my confusion and I think this is quite possibly the most satisfying trick one can use for making a fancy box. Thanks, Marc!

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