Creating Beautiful Boxes With Inlay Techniques
by Doug Stowe
Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Everybody loves boxes - especially woodworkers. After all, they're easy to make, great for gifts, and are perfect for honing your skills. &break;&break;Creating Beautiful Boxes With Inlay Techniques is a practical, easy-to-understand working manual to building elegant boxes in an array of shapes, colors and sizes. Rich in information, Doug Stowe's book details everything you need to know - from tips on tools to specific wood recommendations to sources of hard-to-find materials. &break;&break;Nothing has been left out or left to chance. &break;&break;Each project - the sculpted pecan box, the routed box with sliding top, the bandsaw box, and more - is lavishly illustrated with color photographs of the finishes project, detailed drawings and cutting lists, and step-by-step photos so precise and vivid that you could probably build the projects without reading a word (there are more than two dozen of these illustrating the first simple project alone)! &break;&break;Projects include: &break;&break;Pen box &break;Stamp box &break;Triangle box &break;Walnut box with spalted maple inlay &break;Checkerboard inlay box &break;Sculpted pecan box &break;CD cabinet &break;Tea chest &break;Cherry dovetailed jewelry box &break;Jewelry cabinet &break;Earring chest &break;Fiddleback maple jewelry chest &break;&break;What's more, Creating Beautiful Boxes With Inlay Techniques gives you the know-how to design your own adaptations of these and other projects. &break;&break;So no matter your experience or shop size, you'll be inlaying your own boxes with confidence and flawless fits, time after time, in no time at all.