After completing Nicole’s tea box a couple of years ago, I still had some of that hardwood left over, and wanted another challenge.  Nicole’s cousin asked if I could make her a storage box for her essential oils.  I had no idea what those even were, but a few minutes with Bing and I knew everything I needed to know – this box needed a lot of tiny little spots for storing little bottles.

This time, I got to play with my new thickness sander , and made a stack of 1/8″ thick maple strips.  Laying out a grid of dividers, cutting them on the table saw, planing the sharp corners off each piece so they were nicely touchable… I think it turned out nicely.