Hinging the Box

After finally sealing the overall box shape the next stage is to cut it apart again to give me two halves that meet neatly together.

The photograph shows the top half of the box with a piece of copper tubing lined up along one side to provide me with an idea of the length necessary to make the hinge for the box. Its sitting on another sheet of copper acting as a spacer to position the hinge tube in the right position to join both halves of the box.

...and then...with a prayer to the god of soldering and a lot of luck and swearing, the high knuckles are soldered to each side of the box. With that done, the box now looks like this;

The inner tube has been left deliberately long so I can easily take the box apart again whilst I work on the next stages.