Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes: Learn to Craft Beautiful and Practical Containers for Everyday Use (Fox Chapel Publishing) Woodworking Techniques and Projects from Beginner to Advanced

Your master key to woodworking!
10 box projects ranging in difficulty from a simple butt joint design to a desk tray with a marquetry bottomStep-by-step photos and instructions make techniques and projects easy to followBeginner-friendly, breaking down complex techniques making them easy to understand and executeLearn the basics from tools, materials, and safety equipment to woodworking fundamentalsAuthor Albert Kleine is a woodworking expert specializing in box making, furniture making, and marquetry

Making a wooden box for the first time? Then welcome to the most accessible way to join one of the most popular hobbies around!

Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes is more than an introduction to woodworking, it’s the perfect companion for your first foray into greater craftsmanship — taking the knowledge you learn from making small wooden boxes and invigorating your love for working with wood!

Author and experienced teacher Albert Kleine is a longtime woodworker who teaches woodworking for beginners. He presents projects here by featuring the more beginner and intermediate-friendly first, such as one made with a simple butt joint, then progresses through more advanced endeavors such as a desk tray with a marquetry bottom.

Projects include:

Simple Pine Keepsake Box with Lift LidCherry Keepsake BoxBubinga Gift Box with Framed LidCurly Maple Trinket Box with Ebony PullSalt Cellar with Finger JointsTwo-Tone Sliding Lid Dovetail BoxMiniature Dovetailed ChestCatchall Tray with MarquetryAsymmetrical Band Saw BoxPadauk and Curly Maple Turned Ring Box

You’ll learn everything from cutting dovetails to adjusting hinge mortises for a lid that fits just right. Get everything you wanted from a woodworking introduction — all without breaking the bank on a lot of expensive wood and supplies before you earn your first stripes. Join Kleine as he walks you through the fundamentals of wooden box making and learn why so many woodworkers find it to be an enjoyable and rewarding endeavor.

From making a simple wood box to nailing all the woodworking basics, you’ll find expert tips for details from hand-cut dovetails to foolproof rabbet joints. In-depth overviews on a wide variety of joints are included as well as woodturning and band saw projects. Don’t be surprised if you don’t want to stop after making your first projects!

Master woodworking skills while you build beautiful and practical containers for everyday use with Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes!

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fox Chapel Publishing; First Edition (May 6, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1497105048
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1497105041
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.31 x 10 inches