re: Box Swap 2023 - Mosquito

Thanks everybody!  When I started the box I wasn't exactly sure where it would go, but I was pleased with it in the end.

I didn't use a combo plane for the banding, but the Howkins probably would have worked for it... I did use the Fales patent for the grooves for the lid, and on the lid itself (because one groove went across the end of the board).

The latch is push the knob down to open.  It's spring loaded under the catch, so it will push the latch  down so it catches the front of the box.  

The walnut piece slides in under the purple heart from the front, and there is a screw that goes through the walnut catch and in to the canarywood knob, whose base sits in a drilled hole.  Pushing the knob down pivots the walnut against the purpleheart, compressing the spring under the front most edge of the catch (the part that protrudes), thus allowing you to open the box.  The spring then pushes the latch down again once you let go, so you can just slide the box closed without having to push the knob down again.

I don't have any more details on the latch itself, but I do have a video to edit for showing opening and closing as I just described

I did, actually, before the chisels and router plane lol