Japanese Style Pencil Case Build Process

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This is what the CAD model would look like with the butterfly joins removed and all the cross-pieces held in place with wenge dowels.

I think I like the look of this, so I'm going to go with that design. It doesn't do quite as good a job of meeting my design criteria of being joinery that's new to me and challenging, but it's going to require some quite precise drilling as the dowels (currently drawn as 4 mm diameter) have to go into the 9 mm thick wenge ends without breaking out:

I am a hobbyist metalworker and woodworker. I work as an electronic design engineer and spend most of my working days in front of a computer so I enjoy having the opportunity to use my hands and make things in my spare time. I particularly enjoy making tools as I can then use them on other projects. This website showcases some of the things I've made.

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