I saw this stepped-lid in a wood working magazine and thought it would be easy and fun. Turns out it is much harder then it looks to get all the miters crisp and the lid edges to look consistent.
Box was made of Cherry and Maple. Bottom of the box is Poplar. Overall it was fun but very frustrating and make mes realize I need to work a bit more on my miters and accuracy in general. For these small parts I added a clamp to my smaller sled which made cutting less stressful.
Here are the plans I worked from. The only change I made was to make it a bit taller and added splines.
