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BOX -- WOODEN sa BOX -- TURNED xx BOX Tip on cutting the lid off a wooden box without the saw blade binding. Building a box. Wooden box-making basics. Dovetail puzzle box (4"x8"x3") features a hidden "key" which much be moved before the top will lift off. A five-tray trapezoid box with a secret compartment. Trays open by pivoting around a brass rod. Eccentric lidded boxes. Shift the axis to turn facinating wooden shapes. Step-by-step instructions on how to build a plain plywood box. Also shows how to install either flush-mounted or recessed door, install shelves, install drawers, attach legs, and attach a box to a wall. How to finish and decorate a box or furniture built using box construction techniques. Wooden boxes to build from plywood for outdoor storage. Can be used as planters or stacked for storage cubes. Herbal heart box. A wooden box in the shape of a heart features a top which pivots open. Inside is placed an aromatic herbal mix. Includes two potpourri recipes. A cache-and-carry storage system. Wooden boxes, in a variety of shapes and sizes, hang on the wall from a beveled ledger strip. They may be taken down when needed. Ideal for records & tapes, slide projectors, tools, etc. Decorated wooden storage box with lock. How to make a wooden hobby box for storing or transporting model-building materials, art supplies, etc. Box is made from exterior plywood and is 10"x13"x2" deep. Top lid is held closed with a brass hasp. Box has a handle for carrying. How to build a wooden box with a lid. Turn an ordinary plywood box into sculpture. Build a box 4"x4"x6" high with a hinged top. Then use a Surform file to round corners, make indentations and expose various layers of wood. Varnish finish brings out wood grain. Memory box. A small wooden box with a lift top is decorated with inlay and corner splines in contrasting wood. Overall dimensions: 6"x8"x6" tall. Est. cost: $40. Trinket box. Bookmatched cherry, mitered corners, and a dyed handle are striking details on this classically simple box. Overall dimensions: 4"x11"x3" deep. Storage two step. A clever wooden box rests on two steps of a staircase and gathers all the stuff for the next trip up or down the stairs. A pivoting handle facilitates carrying the box and retrieving the contents. Small wooden box features tight-fitting corner mortises which are easier to make than mitered corners. The project shown is used as a holder for paper napkins. Easy-to-build plywood cube is starting point for several end tables or coffee tables. Boxes. A collection of wooden boxes to make. Includes back saw box, router box, table saw boxes, and a band saw box with clear plastic sides. Step-by-step instructions for turning small wooden boxes on a lathe. Great country projects. (1) A trio of wall-mounted shelves with heart-shaped cutouts. (2) Harvest storage box with removable interior grid that is designed to hold Mason jars. Without the grid it becomes a gathering box. (3) Wall-hung cabinet to display collectibles has three shelves, two drawers, a heart-shaped cutout and a beaded back panel. (4) Wooden frame designed to hold a wall calendar. A collection of ingenious design and construction ideas for small wooden boxes. Includes nesting boxes, octagonal boxes, heart-shaped box, etc. Coddle box. A small, decorative wooden box (2"x2"x1") features a pivoting top which reveals a small circular depression suitable for a ring, tie tack, etc. Tip on using highly figured, but severely cupped, boards as curved lids for decorative wooden boxes. Tips on making small wooden boxes as promotional items. The boxes can be used on desktop to hold floppy disks, business cards, file cards, etc. The craft of carving in Iceland is viewed. Includes patterns for (1) troll (2) pin box for knitting needles that is chip-carved with eight geometric designs, (3) an askur food or drink container, and (4) a toy reindeer. Mitten box (24"x8"x9" high) has sides that are shaped and painted to resemble a row of snowmen. Each figure sports a red or green felt neckscarf. A wooden yarn box to build and stencil with a wild rose pattern. Three styles of wooden boxes to build and stack to create a wide range of storage possibilities. Balsa wood box with raised panels on four sides and top. Wooden game box stores dominoes, dice, cards, etc. A stack of three boxes. Built from hardboard and pine. Est. cost: $8. Wall-hung storage cabinets consist of 2-ft. square wooden boxes with doors which can be arranged in various patterns to suit needs. Keepsake wooden box features decorative spline miter joints and unique wooden hinges. Overall dimensions: 6"x9"x4" tall. How to build a wooden box with a perfectly fitting lid. Wooden stamp box with a carved bird on the lift-off lid. How to make small lathe-turned boxes which feature turned tops. How the grain direction of the wood determines the techniques used. Kerf-bent boxes. Woodworking techniques and carving tools of the Pacific Northwest Coast Indians. Kerfing and bending a four sided box from a single board 1-1/2" thick. French fitting. The art of making decorative wooden cases to hold pistols and other objects securely for travel by coach. Keeping quality in production runs of decorative wooden objects, such as the "egg boxes" and "shell boxes" produced from koa wood by Dean Santner. Flip-open box is made from one piece of wood. Use it to hold business cards. How to turn a "mushroom box" on a lathe. Simple book-matching technique yields a box with perfectly matched grain at all four corners. Involves resawing on a band saw. Shaker carrier. A dovetailed box with a steambent handle. Designing for machine craft. Desmond Ryan's route to handsome boxes. Includes a description of the jigs, templates, and techniques used to make small hexagonal boxes with removable lids. Quick and tricky little boxes. How to bookmatch scrap wood into gifts. How to make slope-sided boxes. Turning a lidded box. A centerwork project. Also shows how to decorate turned boxes with pewter inlays. Norwegian bentwood boxes. A leisurely soak eliminates steaming. Two variation are shown, the "tine" and the "laup". Small wooden boxes are a practical, profitable craft item. Uses decorative corner joints suited for quick construction on a router table. Sliding-lid boxes are totally hand carved and feature elegant designs. How to assemble and cut one-piece boxes so that the resulting lid has an undercut which fits over a lip on the box. Turning boxes. Making a round, turned box with two inlays of contrasting wood set in the top. A challenge for even experienced turners. Tip on cutting the lid off of wooden boxes (which have been built as a solid unit) using a table saw. Decorative, stacking wooden storage boxes for 35mm slides feature finger joint corners and a removable top. Includes a jig for cutting finger joints on a table saw. Pattern for a wooden box complete with top and bottom that can be cut from one 4x8-ft. sheet of plywood with no waste. Two suitable designs for a floating-panel lid on a wooden box. Traditional Swiss basswood box features a lift-out divided tray and a top that hinges on wooden pins. The box is designed to be embellished with chip carving, inlay, rosemaling, etc. Bent-corner boxes of the Northwest coast. How kerfed and steamed corners can turn a single 0.5"-thick softwood board (35" long) into the outside of a rectangular wooden box with no corner joints. A dozen ways to build a wooden box. Selecting the corner joint to use. Looks at butt, rabbet, miter, solid-wood, mortise-and-tenon, finger and dovetail joints. Finger-joining small boxes. Simple table saw jigs improve speed, accuracy and safety. Veneering a compound curve. Wedge-shaped pieces form a delicate, elliptical box lid. Includes a wood-bending device consisting of a metal pipe heated by a propane torch. Tip on creating "kaleidoscope" wood grain patterns by resawing and reassembling pieces of wood. Ideal for making book-matched boxes. A small elegant wooden box features a removable top, pinned lap joints at the corners and shaped (coopered) sides. Overall dimensions: 4"x10"x2" tall. Woodcrafts to make and sell. Successful craftsmen share their best-selling works. (1) Exotic-wood and burl boxes with unique shapes. (2) Cedar slab signs with letters routed then burned in. (3) Circular cherrywood clock with exotic wood plugs representing the numbers. Fancy wooden boxes are decorated with translucent end-grain tops. Folkart trifle boxes are shaped like a church, cottage, and shed. Particleboard modules (boxes measuring 4"x16"x16") are covered on 4, 5, or 6 sides with mirrors. The modules are combined in various ways to form a glass-topped coffee table with mirrored legs, a bookcase with mirrored uprights, a telephone table, end table, etc. How to build a box for embroidery or needlepoint yarns from salvaged wine crates and fruit boxes. Basic carpentry. Part 3. The basic box. How to build a basic box and use it as a bookcase, chest of drawers, chest, etc. Storage box for a pickup truck is made from one sheet of plywood. Can be used wherever a storage box measuring 46"x15"x20" tall would be useful. How to make a balsa wood box, 4"x6"x2", with a cat print on the top printed using a lineoleum block. Embroidered chest worked in crewel. Instructions include making the wooden chest and pattern for 18th century plumed birds crewel design. Decorate wooden accessories by woodburning and then coloring with felt tip pens. Instructions for making balsa wood frames, a box, an album cover and hand mirror. Instructions for decorating them with violet and nasturtium motifs. Build a rollabout storage box for patio or porch. Modular blocks for any room. How to fabricate basic plywood boxes and incorporate them into various storage units. Hand carved wooden box. Top carving features intertwined "tulip flowers". Box is 10.5" square and 4" deep. How to convert throw-away wooden boxes into elaborate one-of-a kind trinket chests. Six designs are shown: Byzantine, Camelot, Gothic, Ben Hur, Egyptian and Barn. Storage box has a well-fitting lid because box was made as one enclosed unit, then the top section was cut off to form the lid. Jig made by installing dowel pegs in a scrap board is used to glue up small boxes with any number of sides, depending on arrangement of dowels. A small wooden "treasure chest" with brass trim stores trinkets. Heirloom project. Build a French-fitted pistol presentation case. Building basic boxes for modular storage units. Making oval-shaped bentwood boxes. Two boxes for Allison. Tips on turning small wooden boxes from expensive exotic wood with a minimum of waste. Tip on cutting the lid off of one-piece wooden boxes without having the saw blade bind. Bentwood Indian boxes. How to cut, steam and bend a piece of wood so that it forms the four sides of a box. Uses a technique developed by northwest coast Indians. A top, bottom and decorative painted designs (patterns furnished) complete the box. Swiss style chip carving. Includes instruction for making and carving a small wooden box (5"x5"x2" tall). Universal box clamping jig is a quick way to align and glue tops and bottoms without using clamps all around the edges. How to eliminate binding when cutting off a box lid using a table saw. Silver maple leaf box. Small wooden box features a carved maple leaf pattern on the lift-top. Overall dimensions: 5"x3"x2"tall. Handsome plant box, firewood box, etc. is made by gluing up stacks of 2x2 lumber. Round wooden box with lid is shaped like a large "acorn". Small, oval-shaped wooden box features an intaglio design of an orchid, dolphin, or heron in the removable lid. Wooden box with a removable top features contrasting splines (keys) in the mitered corners and a frame-and-panel lid of contrasting woods. Overall dimensions: 7"x5"x3" tall. Clone boxes. Three egg-shaped laminated-wood boxes are sized to fit one inside another. They feature tops which pivot open Gussets of scrap wood facilitate cutting off the top of a wooden box (built in one piece) without binding the saw. Finely crafted wooden box (5"x7"x5" high) features wooden hinges, wooden handles and even a wooden lid support. How to true up the mating edges between top and bottom parts of a small box. How to separate the lid from a small box in a way that avoids pinching the table saw blade. Wooden box (8"x4"x2" high) is designed to show off a fine figure in a piece of wood by inlaying it into the box top. Wooden "treasure chest" box features a curved (coopered) style lid. Overall dimensions: 9"x6"x5" tall. A box that's a bit fishy. Scroll saw this curious wooden container that is shaped like a fish and has a "secret" compartment hidden in the middle. Footed crown-molding boxes with stepped lids. Includes instructions for making and using a miter gauge jig and sliding table jig that allow cutting compound miters without having to figure any angle in degrees. How to safely use a table saw to cut the lid from a closed box. Country all-star keepsake box. Octagonal wooden box (7" in diameter) has a lift-off lid with a star pattern quilt motif inlaid in oak, maple and walnut. Fabricate a spring-loaded dowel pin to latch the sliding lid on a wooden box. Showy keepsake box. A wooden box with a hinged top (9"x6"x4" tall) is decorated with oak veneer and madrone burl veneer. A related article gives step-by-step instructions for working with veneers and inlay bandings. Marquetry mirages. Small wooden boxes are covered with carefully selected veneers and finished using a unique shading process to produce an optical illusion when you look at the box. A novel box for favorite photos. This wooden box looks like a bound book. The top opens up to reveal a storage compartment for photos. One photo may be displayed in the frame in the center of the top. Overall dimensions: 8"x10"x3" deep. The amazing basic box. Nine styles of simple box construction designs are illustrated. Box building basics. Step-by-step for a simple set of shelves. Add small drawers to form a set of storage drawers for nails and other small parts (apothecary style). Vary the dimensions to make any size unit. Technique for mounting a storage box on a wall uses two pieces of wood with a matching bevel. The box hangs on the wall but can be simply lifted off for use. A good technique for boxes which store tools. Small (5") decorative wooden boxes made from exotic woods and/or veneers. Directions for both a square box and hexagonal box are included. Oval-shaped wooden box (4"x6"x2") features a mirror recessed into the inside of the top. Decorative wooden box with a lift-off top features a secret drawer in the base. Overall dimensions: 8"x5"x4" tall. Small wooden box with compartments uses a sliding dovetail to join the lid. Overall dimensions: 5"x4"x1" deep. Elegant stacking boxes. Trio of boxes (8" square by 2" deep) have box joints on each corner. They sit on a base 1" high. The top box is closed with a frame-and-panel lid. Sliding lid boxes with finger-joint corners. Curved box with lift-off lid has finger joints on the corners. Box starts out square. Curves are cut only after box and lid are completed. Tip on using a spring-loaded bullet catch to help lift a tight-fitting hinged lid on a box. Tip on cutting a lid from a box using a table saw without pinching the saw blade during the final cut. How to make an octagonal wooden box with turned lid. Basic boxing. How to make a simple, round, hollow wooden box with a fitted lid. An introduction to traditional (hand) furniture making. Part 1. A pine box. This 8"x15"x8" tall box with a hinged lid can be decorated with simple chip carving. Witch's tackle box. Using trigonometry to determine the saw blade settings for cutting the compound-angle joints needed to construct this tapered five-sided box. It features a lift-up top, a wooden hinge and decorative dovetail keys (splines) at the corners. An introduction to traditional (hand) furniture making. Part 3. Desk box. Constructing a box with a hinged lid to learn about making edge joints, grooving, chamfering, and raised panels. The Squire, a collector's box. Wooden box has a lift-up top that is composed of sculpted "fish" shapes in contrasting wood. The procedure for turning lidded jars and boxes is described and illustrated in detail. Carving: The tribal traditions. Includes instructions for carving a Maori feather box decorated with chip-carved patterns. Unusual turning tools and techniques for producing a circular wooden box that opens up to reveal two stacked "trays". The trays feature unique handles (stalks) which emerge from the middle of each tray. The watertight case. Techniques used by the North-west American Kwakiutl Indians to fabricate elegant boxes. The four sides are made from a single piece of wood by kerfing the plank, steam bending, and fastening the one corner joint with wooden pegs. Hinges for small wooden boxes. Some tips. Professional shares his techniques for making unique, decorative wooden boxes. Mosaic magic. An introduction to "stickware" which is made by gluing different colored woods together in lengths, or sticks, to form intricate geometric patterns. Projects include (1) tumbling block box, (2) pinwheel (pincushion), and (3) an egg-shaped thimble holder. A winetight case. Elegant wooden case for the popular, but ugly, 3-liter winebox. A brass handle on top facilitates carrying. Overall dimensions: 5"x8"x11" tall. Wooden box features dovetailed corners, hinged top, and an optional self-adhesive veneer decoration. Overall dimensions: 13"x9"x4" tall. Wooden box features decorative splines to reinforce the mitered corners. Overall dimensions: 4"x8"x3" tall. Shape boxes from a solid piece of wood using these jigs and routing techniques. Simple wooden box uses hand cut dovetails. Some tips. Decorative boxes are made by applying veneer to components made from MDF. Lid stay for a small box is made from brass rod and steel cable. Box clever. Method for building simple trinket boxes from small pieces of interesting wood. Lady's workbox. A wooden box (12"x15"x8" tall) with a lift-top and divided compartments sets on top of a simple 4-leg table (15"x12"x22" tall) with one drawer under the top. Reprinted from the October 1944 issue. Three small boxes made from off cuts of wood and veneer. Ideal for jewelry or trinkets. Velvet lined treasure chest. A fine wooden box, with dovetailed corners and a hinged top, is lined with velvet and used to store and display an antique pistol or other object. The beginning woodworker. Veneering basics. How to make a simple plywood box with a removable cover and decorate it with 1/28" or 1/40" veneer. Special band saw jig is used to cut perfectly fitting lids off of small wooden boxes which are assembled all in one piece. Spalted wood boxes. How to cut your own slices of spalted (partially rotted) wood which is highly decorative and incorporate it into wooden boxes. Flip-top box. Laminated wooden box is made from scraps of exotic wood. Access to the inside is through one end which pivots open. How to apply inlaid edging to small boxes covered with veneer. Wooden "coal scuttle" can be used as a magazine rack, wastebasket, kindling storage, etc. Stacking storage unit. Make decorative wooden boxes with dovetailed joints. Each box measures 18"x6"x6". Equip some of the boxes with drawers. Then stack the units to form a modular storage unit, chest of drawers, etc. Card box. Small wooden box pivots open to reveal a deck of playing cards. Wooden heart-shaped "Valentine" box features a lid which pivots open. Decorative wooden box, assembled with finger joints at the corners, is used to store router bits and accessories. May be adapted to other uses. Overall dimensions: 18"x12"x6" deep. Small (5"x5") contemporary style wooden box is shaped like a "leaf". A circular opening in the center is fitted with a cover and handle of contrasting wood. Shaker carrier. Black cherry wooden box (11"x6"x3" deep) has dovetail corners and is fitted with a white ash bentwood handle. Small wooden boxes (4"x4"x3") are made from exotic woods and feature large mitered corners where the base and top join. Wooden pencil boxes made from exotic and/or laminated woods. Corners feature exposed, decorative splines. Overall dimensions: 2"x2"x10". Barbecue tray (cutting board) serves as the top for a handy tote box used to transport food and utensils. Overall dimensions: 16"x14"x5" deep. Simple square wooden box with a circular cavity features a pivoting lid decorated with a marquetry design of the sun behind mountains. Overall dimensions: 3"x3"x2" tall. Tabletop box with decorative dovetail joints is designed to keep up to 4 audio/video remote control devices readily at hand. Building wooden boxes. An overview of the various corner joint and lid options. Mitered boxes in various shapes and sizes are all variations on the same theme. Each box is raised on tapered legs and opened using a unique pull. Step-by-step instructions included. Technique for making lipped or overlapping lids for wooden boxes. Gentleman's box. Elegant wooden box made of walnut features a bird's eye maple lid insert, lock miter joints, small removable interior trays and velvet lining. Overall dimensions: 14"Lx7"Wx6"D. Technique for making coved feet for small boxes. Sliding dovetail box. Box has mitered dovetail joints and a lid that slides on dovetailed runners. A dovetailed handle is in the middle of the top. The front face is decorated with a chip-carved rosette. How to make a wooden heirloom box. Box shown is 3"x7"x10". Emphasis is on the texturing and decoration of the surface. How to turn a 4.5" diameter circular box with contrasting inlays. How to make a veneer-trimmed box. Top and base of the box have coved edges. How to make a small chest. Sides are ready-made crown molding. Simple laminating technique creates unusual patterns. Includes instructions for making decorative wooden boxes. Attractive cube shaped caddy (wooden box) holds two decks of cards (or other small items). Drilled holes in the sides and top create decorative patterns. Prairie Style treasure box (9"x14"x6") has a lift-off lid. Side panels have crisscrossing grids backed with copper, stained glass or a material of choice. Mating rabbet joints add style to simple wooden boxes with lift-off tops. | |||||||||
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