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Overview
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 advice: 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 questions: 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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781561588527 |
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Publisher: | Taunton Press, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 01/30/2007 |
Pages: | 160 |
Sales rank: | 274,361 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.37(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction 2
A Simple Lift-Lid Box 4
Prepare the stock 6
Mark and cut the box sides 9
Fit the box bottom 12
Assemble the box 14
Add keys to the corners 16
Make a lift lid 19
Final touches 20
A Rustic Treasure Box 23
Cut the parts to size 26
Cut the corner joints 27
Make and fit the bottom 30
Assemble the box 32
Add a lid 33
Prepare for final assembly 34
Attach the hinge 35
A Sliding-Top Pencil Box 38
Prepare the stock 40
Cut the joints 41
Rout a groove to house the bottom 44
Make the bottom panel 45
Groove the sides to accommodate the top 47
Assemble the box 48
Fit and shape the lid 49
Install the lid stop 50
A Stationery Box with Hidden Splines 53
Prepare the stock 55
Miter the corners 59
Fit the raised panel 60
Cut the hidden-splinejoinery 62
Prepare the inside before assembly 66
Glue up the box 67
Cut the lid loose from the base 68
Make and assemble the base frame 69
Add pulls to the box 71
Install tray supports and lid keeper strips 74
Make the sliding tray 76
Sanding, finishing, and final assembly 77
A Lap-Cornered Box 80
Begin with book-matched stock 32
Mark and cut the lap-corner joints 84
Assemble the sides 90
Make the lid and base 90
Shape the lid and base 92
Finish the box 92
A Fold-Out Jewelry Box 96
Prepare the stock 99
Miter the sides 100
Cut grooves to house the bottom panels 101
Make the top panel 102
Shape the sides 103
Sand the interior 104
Assemble the box 104
Cut and install miter keys 105
Cut the lid and levels apart 108
Fit the support arms 108
Make the rear support 110
Make the dividers 111
Sand, finish, and assemble 112
Hinge the lid 114
Cut and install a lining 115
A Jewelry Box with a Sliding Tray 118
Prepare the stock 120
Cut miters for the lid and base 121
Fit panels in the bottom and lid 122
Cut the top and bottom panels to fit 123
Assemble the sides and lid 124
Make the top panel 126
Cut the slots and install the keys 127
Rout a finger grip 129
Making a sliding tray 130
Make the dividers 132
Ease hinge installation with a flipping story stick 133
Install the hinges 136
Final finishing steps 136
A Dovetailed Box with a Wooden Hinge 138
Cutting dovetails starts with tails 140
Assemble the box 144
Build a frame-and-panel base 145
Make the lid 146
Install the hinges 148
Finishing touches 149