Mahogany Briefcase
This is a simple briefcase that was built in high school shop. The body is mahogany, built with simple rabbets and glued together. There are two dadoes that run the full length on the sides of the lid portion to hold the ‘dividers’ which are of 1/4” mahogany plywood inserted before the glue-up. The top and bottom are made from 1/4” mahogany plywood glued on. The lid was then ripped apart from the bottom once it was all assembled. I believe the finish is some awful polyurethane from a spray can. Cheap hardware, an awful finish, and the overuse of power tools all came together with a lot of glue and simple joinery to make it.
Interestingly enough, this saw a lot of hard use by myself and my brother over a 10 year period and there is only one rabbet joint that has begun to separate after 15 years.
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