Box-Making Projects for the Scroll Saw: 30 Woodworking Projects that are Surprisingly Easy to Make - Softcover

MacKay, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565232941 ISBN 13: 9781565232945

Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2006

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The basics of box-making are covered in this manual for the scroll saw, including designs for hinged and lift-off lids, boxes with drawers, and laminated boxes. Patterns are provided for 30 eye-catching variations of such items as recipe and tissue boxes, knitting trays, desk organizers, jewelry boxes, and boxes embellished with stacked wood to create checkerboard, diamond, pinwheel or pie-segmented effects. Full-sized patterns for box, lid, and lid insert are presented for all projects and an introductory chapter covers wood selection, lining material, tools, adhesives, and color photos with clear instructions to make this an informative guide for all scroll saw techniques.

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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.

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Craft A Collection Of Beautiful Boxes With Only One ToolThe wooden box is a classic and popular woodworking project; it's fun to make and useful to have. However, crafting a box can often involve several different tools. In this book, designer and box maker Gary MacKay will introduct you to his simple techniques for making a variety of elegant and functional boxes - 30 in all - using only one tool: the scroll saw.Organized in progressive-learning format, Box-Making Projects for the Sroll Saw begins with the most basic box and works thorugh to more complicated techniques. You'll learn to make a standard box, add drawers, create a checkerborad design, and finally, to cut box joints, employing techniques that are usually reserved for more complicated woodworking machinery.Projects are organized in an easy-to-follow format, accompanied by color photographs and easy-to-use patterns. There is also a chapter on wood, tools, adhesives, box lining, and more.Your final piece will be the perfect jewelry box, complete with ring tray compartments, dividers, and earring holders - a splendid gift for a loved one. They'll never suspect such a beautiful box could be so easy to make.Gary MacKay has been designing, making, and selling boxes in craft galleries for over 20 years. he is a frequent contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1565232941
• ISBN 13: 9781565232945
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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