Just been thinking about this a lot because the feet really bug me somehow. I think it probably is do-able as other people have mentioned, but also, are you sure this is a real box someone made and not AI-generated? I hate to have to ask it, but these days… and man, why don’t the feet visibly support the box? I guess it could be inlaid… like I said, I don’t think it’s impossible. Just odd somehow.

Oak’s the one that really gets me.

Lovely! Does the top just slot into the body?

As long as they’re both water-based and you scuff it up a little with 120 beforehand, you should be fine, although I haven’t used that specific set of finishes. Can always do the tried and true and try it out on a test piece first if you’re really worried.

But yeah, TBH, even if you went crazy and used epoxy or urushi, pretty sure it’d get scratched up with kids being kids. I use 10+ coats for specific applications, and it’s very scratch resistant (in fact it seems more more than the technically harder urushi… this is where I redact a few paragraphs of finish hardness discussion…), but standing up to kids, nah.

I really like the bottle stoppers. Not sure I really have anything big enough but I’m going to see what I can glue up. The bigger pieces are usually softwoods too, unfortunately, but even just carving something decorative for the top could be cool.

I did try that once but you’re right I should give it a go again with better wood choices (verawood is just too waxy to glue unless you treat it right I guess.)

Ohhh, I hadn’t even thought of that, and I have done some small epoxy projects before. I guess the question would be then what after that… But at least it would be a bigger chunk to work with.

90t 10" Diablo does plywood without affecting veneer.

Well now I know what else I’m buying on my next trip to the hardware store…