Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw: Innovative Techniques and Complete Plans for 31 Projects

Your guide to creating custom wooden boxes on your scroll saw!

• 31 projects with plans for custom wooden boxes on the scroll saw
• Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color photographs
• Tips and tricks on tools, wood choices, and finishing techniques
• Full-size patterns are included for every project for ease of use
• Author Diana Thompson, an avid scroller and designer, provides straightforward expert guidance

Learn how to make stunning gifts on your scroll saw!

Noted woodworking designer Diana Thompson brings you this must-have book for scrollers—Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw. You'll learn the basics to making beautiful wooden keepsake boxes—including tips on tools, wood choices, and finishing techniques.

Detailed instructions with helpful, sequenced photographs will walk you step-by-step through four different designs: Jewelry Box, Swan Music Box, Tiny Boxes, and Custom Lids. The projects are beginner-friendly while also providing new and exciting designs experienced woodworkers will enjoy.

Easy-to-follow directions show you how to create these classical and whimsical boxes on your scroll saw! Every design includes a color photograph of the finished product, overall dimensions, recommended wood type, full-size woodworking project patterns, and assembly instructions including stock and blade sizes used for each design.

Try your hand at all these beautiful projects:

• Tree of Life Box
• Pineapple Welcome Box
• Kokopelli Box
• Potpourri Box
• Cigar Box
• Kaleidoscope Box
• Ace of Spades Box
• Sunbonnet Sue Box

A dedicated section addresses using other common wood shop equipment and power tools such as bandsaws and a router. Thompson also introduces you to the colors, grains, and characteristics of common and exotic woods.

Create your own heirloom boxes with confidence using Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw!

Diana Thompson is a professional scroll saw artist specializing in compound cutting design. She is the author of several compound design books for the scroll saw, including Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw, Compound Scroll Saw Creations, Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw, and Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make. She is a regular contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.