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Create beautiful wooden boxes without a lathe!
- 28 scroll saw projects for jewelry boxes, lidded boxes, hinged boxes, mini furniture boxes, and more
- Full-size patterns, tools and materials lists, and step-by-step instructions for each project
- Complete guide to learning how to make beautiful wooden boxes on the scroll saw, no lathe or router required
- Artistic designs include boxes with bows, a multicolored box, boxes that look like food, and a five-lobed box
- Author Carole Rothman is the popular author of Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw and has been a craftsperson most of her life
Making beautiful wooden boxes has never been easier!
If you are a woodworker searching for unique and interesting box projects for the scroll saw, you need look no further! Carole Rothman, author of Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw, returns to offer her creative spin on box projects. She's surveyed the most popular boxes in woodworking and shows you how to make band saw-style boxes, jewelry boxes, and lidded boxes on the scroll saw.
Inside this book, you'll find 28 beautiful and creative designs for boxes you'll love to make and love to use. Rothman also walks you through the creation of her scroll-sawn bow technique, which she adapted from cake decorating. You'll love the chapter "Fun with Food," where you'll learn make boxes that look like a pie, a cupcake, or an ice cream sundae!
The 28 projects include:
- Diagonal Bow Box
- Apple Tart Box
- Coffee Cup Box
- Linzer Tart Box
- Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Box
- Double Heart Ring Box
- China Cabinet Box
- Bookcase Box
- Striped Pivot Lid Box
- The Instabox
- And many more!
Inside these 176 pages, woodworkers with basic skills will learn how to use the versatility of the scroll saw to create extraordinary projects. You'll learn Carole's secrets of making boxes on the scroll saw that replicate effects usually associated with band saws, routers, or lathes. The methods used include techniques such as fretwork, intarsia, and stacked rings. New materials, like veneer, are incorporated to produce high-end effects with little additional work or cost.
The 28 scroll saw projects range from traditional, such as ring boxes, to whimsical, such as bookcases, apple pies, and cupcakes with sprinkles. No matter what your taste, you will find a box project here that is useful, easy to create, and will make a great gift—if you can bear to part with it!
Ditch the router and get started making amazing boxes on the versatile scroll saw, with Creative Wooden Boxes from the Scroll Saw!
<P>An eldercare specialist, Carole has co-authored two books on caregiving: I'll Take Care of You and the 2002 IPPY award-winner for best self-help book, Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy. A skilled speaker and interviewee, she has been a guest on scores of live TV and radio shows throughout the U.S. Her first woodworking book, Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw, received acclaim from master woodworkers, like Fanz Klausz, who said, "Inspiring work that is hard to believe was done on a scroll saw." Carole also worked for over 30 years as a college professor and a licensed psychologist. In addition to knitting, sewing and woodworking, Carole excels at cake sculpture and design. For many years she ran a home-based cake-decorating business, and gained a national reputation.<BR>
