Basic Box Making

box Making Is Perfect For Beginning Woodworkers Interested In Gaining Skills, Experimenting With Design, And Feeling Satisfaction At A Project That Can Be Completed Without The Time And Expense Commitment Of A Bigger Project. This Book Will Offer Basic Designs, As Well As Many Variations To Teach Different Woodworking Techniques While The Reader Creates A Practical Item Or A Gift That Will Become An Heirloom. While This Book Will Be Enjoyed By Beginners, It Will Also Be Great For Any Woodworker Interested In Small Projects That Can Be Done In A Weekend With Wood Leftover From Another Project. karen Ellis - Library Journal beautiful Wooden Boxes Can Often Be More Valuable To Their Owners Than Any Treasure They Might Contain. The Pretty Boxes Stowe ( taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide To Box Making ) Features Here Are Unique, Different From Those He Has Presented In His Earlier Books. The Progression Through The Eight Basic Projects-each Showing A Couple Of Variations-is Logical. The Layout Is Consistently Good, And The Text Is Warm And Encouraging. There Is A Growing Number Of Wood Box-building Books, And This Is One Of The Better Ones. A Great Introduction For Beginners; Strongly Recommended For Public Libraries. Learn the art of box making from one of the foremost experts of the craft. Through Doug Stowe's decades of experience, you'll learn the basic techniques to get started, as well as more advanced ways to approach finely crafted boxes. Project after project, your skills will build, and you'll come to refine your work, asking how can processes could be simplified and how can finishes be improved. Throughout the book, Stowe offers this Repeat yourself. Repetition leads to refinement, and refinement leads to success. Though it's not necessary to build the projects in this book in any particular order, they are arranged by the level of difficulty. As you grow in confidence working through the projects in this book, use your imagination and ask a few What if this box were made in that wood? What if that joint were used on this box? What if the lid had more overhang? What if I made it larger, or smaller? The question "What if?" will challenge and engage you as a box maker for years of adventure. Front Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Introduction......Page 10 A Simple Lift lid Box......Page 11 A Rustic Treasure Box......Page 30 A Sliding Top Pencil Box......Page 45 A Stationary Box with Hidden Splines......Page 60 A Lap Cornered Box......Page 87 A Fold Out Jewelry Box......Page 103 A Jewelry Box with a Sliding Tray......Page 125 A Dovetail Box with a Wooden Hinge......Page 145 Back Cover......Page 161 Teaches the basic techniques to get started, as well as more advanced ways to approach and create finely crafted boxes. This book offers this advice: Repeat yourself. Repetition leads to refinement and refinement leads to success. It arranges the projects by the level of difficulty, instructing you to use your imagination and ask a few questions. "Learn the art of box making from one of the foremost experts of the craft. Through Doug Stowe's decades of experience, you'll learn the basic techniques to get started, as well as more advanced ways to approach finely crafted boxes"--Publisher website (publisher website (December 2007)