Hinges Needed

trvlnmny wrote in news:adb81ec0-3b8f-4e6b-9d9a- snipped-for-privacy@k10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:

Your local hardware store will probably have the small hinges you need. You may have to allow a little extra space at the top for the hardware to attach, which is simply done by extending the sides down a little bit.

(It's a common thing on small boxes like this. The bottom side is 90% of the height, while the top gets the other 10%.)

Puckdropper

I don't follow what you're trying to do. What's the point out of making a cash box with cheap materials that anyone can easily open? Why not just buy a metal cash box? They're cheap enough and they make them in fake wood grain. ;)

If you want to make something nice, I'd use some stouter stuff than

Provide some more background, please.

the sides and bottom using 1/4" ply? Brads and edge gluing? I'd think the thing would break under just normal daily use.

---------------------------- Isn't that why box joints exist?

Lew

I'm making no assumptions on this one.

If you can make decent box joints in 1/4 inch construction-grade plywood you're a better man than I.

You might consider a glued on leather strip as a hinge. I've used magnets to hold lids.