On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 6:19:13 PM UTC-6, Leon wrote:
I separated the tops from the bottoms and that made the grove around the
perimeter of the previous pictures of the boxes disappear.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

The box opened with the detail of how the twp parts fit together.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

And with the first coat of varnish on the sides.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb112...posted-public/

By making the sides out of the same piece of wood and separating later
you naturally get the grain right on each side. A bonus is that the
boxes do not have to be perfectly square as the top and bottoms glue up
at the exact same angles. Less to worry about than if I had made the
tops and bottoms separately.

Those look great!