Basic Box Making

By: Doug Stowe

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Paperback | 30 January 2007

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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.

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Non-Fiction Home & House Maintenance DIY in General DIY Carpentry & Woodworking Handicrafts, Decorative Arts & Crafts

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