Wooden boxes are enjoyable projects since they require good woodworking skills using small pieces of wood. . It is a great way to use small leftover pieces of wood or wood that is undesirable in other projects. They can be used for storage or display. They also allow you to be creative in laminating different kinds of wood.
Bookstores carry books on small box making and they are great for box ideas.
Clocks also demand skilled woodworking with smaller pieces of wood. I have made mantel clocks, schoolhouse clocks, and regulator clocks. Due to the high price of brass movements, and the ease of maintenance of battery clock movements, I usually use the battery quartz clock movements. The regulator clock featured here was built from a plan in Woodsmith magazine. I mentioned earlier that I built a lot of the furniture in our home.