Tamra, my two boxes are solid wood sides with plywood on top and bottom. I can make box joints fine and have all the tools needed for this. I am trying to identify the wood used in my box. It is very stiff and very light. Under the stain, it is a honey-blond color.
I already have my design laid out and the table saw is ready to rip. I supposed I need to take the two-hour roundtrip drive to the "good" lumber yard in my area and have them identify it (and sell me what I need). But I wanted to try to pick the wood up locally at our "less-than-good" lumber yard. They won't know what it is, but they can get me whatever I want to order and then do the basic ripping to save me some saw time.
If I find out *for certain* what it is I will post back here. I was just hoping we had a carpenter or cabinet maker amongst us here who knows this specific box. I don't need it to be an exact copy, but using solid wood with box joints is a part of the plan, as is the nailed-on top, hardware, and the Unimat tag. I will probably stain it walnut, as one of my two boxes has that and it looks great to me. (The other is a more reddish-brown that I like a little less.)
Thanks, everyone!
Wade
Pachyderm