Day two of work

My second day was my longest and most intensive of the whole process. I worked in the shop for 8 hours, and I made significant progress. Home Depot was out of the 1x6 I needed, so I ripped down 1x8 instead. I then cut the 1x6 into the pieces I needed for the lid and the bottom.
Then I started screwing together the body of my trunk. I had planned on screwing in the sides first, then adding the bottom after. I ended up attaching the sides to the bottom first, then fastening the sides together. During this process, I was getting frustrated because the pieces were too wobbly and didn't want to stay together. It turned out that the jig had been set to the wrong size sometime before I used it, so the holes were too shallow and it was making the connections too weak. I had to take apart all of the pieces and redrill the holes correctly.
Despite the extra time it took to redrill the holes, I'm glad I did it. It made a big difference in how steady the stool felt. Assembling the stool went smoother after that. I recut a few pieces of wood to try to make the stool a little more square. It didn't work out perfectly, and there are a few gaps in the stool still, but it's better than it could have been!
After making the body of the stool, I started constructing the supports for the sides. I wasn't sure how to attach these, but with some help from Sam and Tim, I decided on using more pocket holes and some glue to prevent them from twisting.
I wanted to move on to attaching the supports to the body of the stool, but I realized that I had made a mistake when constructing the lid of my stool. I had accidentally used two pieces of 1x3 instead of 1x4, so my lid was 16 inches wide instead of 18 inches. I didn't have enough 1x4 to replace the 1x3, so I ripped some 1x3 down to 2 inches and added it to the lid. This was frustrating, but it also allowed me a chance to redrill the pocket holes in the lid, which were also too shallow.
After remaking the lid, I started attaching the supports to the body. I had some trouble figuring out how to attach the support to the body, because there were already so many pocket holes and nails in the body that I was worried it would split, and I didn't want to screw all the way through to the inside of the trunk. I wanted to use 2 inch screws to fasten the middle of the supports to the stool, but there were only 2 in the shop. I thought I would have to use 2 inch nails instead, but then figured out a way to screw into the bottom of the stool instead, which allowed me to use longer screws.
I finished the day with a mostly constructed stool. I only had to attach the lid and then I would be done.