Well, first off, Brian, I love those multiple center boxes you did.... So, where's the video??? I may have to experiment to find out....
I have the Bonnie Klein jig, which is not manufactured any more. I believe the Baxter jig was some what of a new and improved version of Bonnie's jig. It does take some learning, and I haven't done that video yet. I should probably get the Baxter jig so I can compare. With the method I learned from Bonnie, I made a bunch of waste blocks that were glued onto a 1 by 8tpi locking nut, and glued the box blanks onto that. This made it easy to do multiple boxes at once without having to use a chuck and do them one at a time. Made sense to me, but again, no experience with the chuck method.
Not familiar with the Chefware set up. Is that the one where you use a chuck, and then pivot it out of the way of the cutter to check your fit?
When cutting the threads, I never liked the CA glue for softer woods. I would use paste wax and/or walnut oil. It seems to lube up the wood nicely, and I could get clean threads with that method. I may have been too sloppy with the CA glue.
I have always used 16tpi cutters. A little less adjust on the shoulders of the boxes to time the threads. With boxes less than about 1 1/2 inch diameter, There was not enough wood movement that getting the lid off or on was ever a problem. Much over that 1 1/2 inch, then there were fit problems, but for me, that involved going down to Sacramento from Oregon for a craft show. I have done some myrtle and big leaf maple boxes with friction fit lids, and after about 2 years, the lids still spin and have the 2 second drop off fit.
What do you all finish the inside of your boxes with? Bonnie would use the Bulls Eye spray lacquer. Any penetrating oil would leave a smell that never seemed to go away...
robo hippy