Wooden Puzzles: 31 Favorite Projects and Patterns (Fox Chapel Publishing) Includes Interlocking, Freestanding, Travel-Size, Nested Animals, 3D, Layered Marquetry, Cryptex Puzzle Vault, a T-Rex, & More

Don't puzzle over your next project—make one! Inside this project book, you'll find:

• Interlocking, freestanding puzzles
• Travel-sized puzzles
• Nested animal puzzles
• A creative lateral locking lizard puzzle
• 3-D puzzles
• Layered marquetry puzzles
• Tips and advice for making puzzles by freehand
• A cryptex puzzle vault...just like the one in The Da Vinci Code!

Puzzles are the perfect project: they are fun to build, they do not require a lot of material, and they make an ideal gift that provides hours of entertainment. Whether you're a beginner to scrolling or have been at the craft for years, there's a puzzle project waiting for you inside Wooden Puzzles!

Collected from the pages of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, you'll discover 31 of the most popular puzzle patterns and projects packed into this one 112-page volume. Creative, colorful, and separated by difficulty level for easy selection, each design features a color photo of the finished puzzle and a pattern, while selected projects feature step-by-step instructions for easy completion.

Explore work from a variety of talented artists, including John A. Nelson, Carl Hird-Rutter, Judy & Dave Peterson, Jim Sweet, Charles Bowman, Joanne Lockwood, Steve Malavolta, Randy Crossman, Russell Greenslade, and many more. Get inspired by the unique designs and inspirational stories from these renowned puzzle-makers! Plus, you will find expert step-by-step instructions along with all the crisp photos, detailed patterns, tips, and techniques you need to guarantee puzzle-making success.

Inside this unique project book, you'll find patterns for all these puzzles:

• Climbing Cats
• Jonah and the Whale
• Owl Family
• Wooly Mammoth
• Teacher's Puzzle
• World's Most Difficult Four-Piece Puzzle
• F-14 Swingwing
• Elephant Woodimal
• ...and many more!

These Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts subscriber favorites are fun, challenging, and sure to become your most beloved puzzles, too! Each finished puzzle makes a perfect gift or item to sell at craft fairs.

Get started making creative puzzles on your scroll saw, with Wooden Puzzles!

This book is compiled from all the best projects found in the pages of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine.

Fox Chapel Publishing publishes illustrated non-fiction books, magazines, patterns, and videos for craft, hobby, and do-it-yourself enthusiasts. We inspire and inform readers who enjoy woodworking, needlework, pyrography, home and garden, cooking, outdoor recreation, coloring, Zentangle (R), kids' crafts, and more. Fox Chapel publishes two magazines, Woodcarving Illustrated and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, and more than 1,200 book titles. Our imprints include Design Originals, IMM Lifestyle Books, Creative Homeowner, and Heliconia Press. Publishers Weekly has named Fox Chapel Publishing a "Top 10 Fastest Growing Independent Publisher" four times since 2006.