Peter Follansbee, joiner
3 Landing Rd.
Kingston, MA 02364
781-585-5295
[above] detail showing the square oak pegs fastening the rabbet joint at the front corner of a box.
[right] detail showing the cleat and pintel hinge I use frequently on carved boxes. A small wooden pin is cut into the ends of the
rear board, then a hole bored in the cleat fastened to the lid slips over the pin, creating a wooden hinge.
Carved boxes, construction notes & details
Seventeenth-century boxes were usually nailed at all four corners. Occasionally, they were glued and pegged. Either way, the
bottom boards is then nailed up to the box's carcass. I use both methods, but more often than not I glue and peg the corners.
In
a similar vein, I typically use a wooden hinge, seen sometimes in period work. Most often, a seventeenth-century box has iron
hinges installed.
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