Box-Making Projects for the Scroll Saw
Description
Discover 30 woodworking projects that are surprisingly easy to make! Now woodworkers of any skill level will be able to easily make their own decorative and functional wooden boxes, using just one tool - the scroll saw. Author and heirloom box-maker, Gary MacKay, provides step-by-step photo demonstrations to create wood boxes with checkerboard, diamond and pinwheel effects. Patterns include eye-catching designs for jewelry and recipe boxes, tissue boxes, knitting trays and desk organizers.
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Gary MacKay is a designer and box maker who lives with his wife, Helen, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He has been designing, making, and selling boxes in craft galleries for more than 20 years. Gary first started woodworking during his high school years when he used a jigsaw to make an end table from pine. After buying a band saw in 1985, he sold band saw boxes through consignment shops in northern Vermont. Now, he concentrates on designing and making wooden items that can be cut on a scroll saw. He is currently juried through the South Carolina Artisans Center, one of the craft galleries where his work is on display. Gary likes to use his scrap wood to make snowflake ornaments and intarsia projects. Whenever he is not working in his woodshop, he can be found out on the golf course or in the vegetable garden. Gary is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Box-Making Basics
- Wood
- Tools
- Techniques
- Finishing
- Safety
- Chapter Two: Making Boxes with Lids
- Square Box
- Triangle Box
- Star Box
- Heart Box
- Peanut Box
- Sewing Box
- Chapter Three: Making Boxes with Drawers
- Peaked-Top Box
- Round Four-Drawer Box
- Tall Box
- Curves Box
- Round Three-Drawer Box
- Flat-Top Box
- Chapter Four: Making Laminated Boxes
- Checkerboard Oval Box
- Checkerboard Horseshoe Box
- Diamond Box
- Four Woods Box
- Pinwheel Box
- Pie Segment Box
- Chapter Five: Making Boxes with Box Joints
- Knitting Box
- Making Wooden Hinges
- Recipe Box
- Tissue Box Cover
- Paper Clip Box
- Pencil and Pen Box
- Notepad Box
- Chapter Six: Making Jewelry Boxes
- Jewelry Chest
- Pierced Earring Holder
- Scroll Sawn Dividers Box
- Ring Tray Box
- Small Two-Drawer Box
- Small Three-Drawer Box
- Appendix: Lamination Quick Reference Chart
