Cut your bottom the exact size of the box, nail the bottom on, and “get
out” a piece of wood (by cutting and planing in the usual manner) to
nail round so as to form a skirting to it, and at the same time hide
the joints of the bottom; “get out” a similar piece of wood to nail
round the top which will form the lid. Then get a pair of box joints
and a lock, and having put them on by a stroke of your own ingenuity,
you will have a “box.”