Arch wrote:

Hi Scott, I suppose there are many reasons for wanting to make threaded
box lids; the fun of making a jig, the satisfaction of learning a skill,
the novelty of a different kind of lid and whatever compels you
personally to want to buy a threading device. All valid reasons of
course, but none of which has much to do with a box owner's needs or
even desires. Why unscrew a box lid to select or put away cuff links and
earrings?

So that the lid doesn't fly off and scatter the contents to the four winds
when you drop the box?

Except when the box is open the threads are hidden and don't
ornament.

Unless the whole box is threaded.

Some threads in wood are traditional; nut crackers, curds & whey
presses, kitchen canisters and other treen. Threads are needed for some
special boxes such as religious containers and urns, but IMHO, most of
the appeal of threaded lids for small boxes lies in the making thereof.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.


Turn to Safety, Arch
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