Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes

Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes

Learn to Craft Beautiful and Practical Containers for Everyday Use

Your master key to woodworking!

• 10 box projects ranging in difficulty from a simple butt joint design to a desk tray with a marquetry bottom
• Step-by-step photos and instructions make techniques and projects easy to follow
• Beginner-friendly, breaking down complex techniques, making them easy to understand and execute
• Learn the basics from tools, materials, and safety equipment to woodworking fundamentals
• Author Albert Kleine is a woodworking expert specializing in box making, furniture making, and marquetry

Are you making a wooden box for the first time? Then, welcome to the most accessible way to join one of the most popular hobbies!

The 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. It will take the knowledge you learn from making small wooden boxes and invigorate 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 Lid
• Cherry Keepsake Box
• Bubinga Gift Box with Framed Lid
• Curly Maple Trinket Box with Ebony Pull
• Salt Cellar with Finger Joints
• Two-Tone Sliding Lid Dovetail Box
• Miniature Dovetailed Chest
• Catchall Tray with Marquetry
• Asymmetrical Band Saw Box
• Padauk 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 enjoyable and rewarding.

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 are 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 the Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes!