Wow thanks for the help guys :) it will take a few reads for everything to make sense to me but I'm sure I have all the info I need now.
To answer a few questions - no I don't have any guides etc yet and yes I'd prefer to make the money box out of a solid piece of wood or if not, joining two...
Hi I'm pretty new to wood working and have never made anything such as a money box that needs to be precisely cut and finished in order to look good. I tried my jigsaw but the hole was not good at all; the front was good but the back was much bigger in diameter due to the blade not remaining...