ROTATING WEATHER STATION
This was one of those projects that took longer to complete than it should have due to a few construction mishaps along the way. In this case, the lid had to be redesigned a few times but in the end I believe the final version works much better than the original plan.  My wife is an avid weather buff and has been wanting a weather station for some time.  Me being me, however, I design projects for a specific setting and purpose and this little box is one of may absolute favorite projects because of its targeted purpose. I wanted her to be able to have the instruments close at hand without taking up the room to mount them all face forward.  So the box idea made sense, and to make seeing each instrument easy I decided to mount the unit on a tiny lazy susan.  The box is solid butternut and the lid and base are solid walnut.  The small "skirt" that covers the lazy susan is padauk.  Everything is finished in three coats of Bartley's Satin Gel Finish.
	Next to a pair of sunglasses, you have a better idea of the box's size.  Each weather instrument is set in a 2 3/8" through hole drilled with a forstner bit.
	Here's a shot that shows the dovetails.  The box is joined with half blind dovetails using the PC 12" dovetail jig - a jig I later sold because it was simply a pain to use and not worth the results. The Stots dovetail template has worked much better for me.
	Here you can see the lip cut into the lid and the rabbit on the top of the box.  Both were cut on the router table using a rabbit bit.  The original idea of a top that opened 90 degrees and mounted with butt hinges didn't work so well so this was what I ended up with. You can also see how the padauk "skirt" helps to keep the lazy susan from sight.
	Since the barometer requires an unobstructed supply of fresh air to operate properly, I found this vent at Rockler to set into the fourth side.  I would have preferred to find something brass, but it will do.
	Here you get a view of the top of the box. The lid has a round over profile cut into it using a round over bit on the router table.
	Here you can get a better look at the swivel mechanism. It sets inside the padauk skirt so as to hide it from view. This was a simple solution to mortising into the walnut base. The base has a chamfer edge along the top cut into it using a 45 degree chamfer bit on the router table.