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Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes: Learn to Craft Beautiful and Practical Containers for Everyday Use (Fox Chapel Publishing) Woodworking Techniques and Projects from Beginner to Advanced

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Your master key to woodworking! 10 box projects ranging in difficulty from a simple butt joint design to a desk tray with a marquetry bottomStep-by-step photos and instructions make techniques and projects easy to followBeginner- friendly, breaking down complex techniques making them easy to understand and executeLearn the basics from tools, materials, and safety equipment to woodworking fundamentalsAuthor Albert Kleine is a woodworking expert specializing in box making, furniture making, and marquetryMaking a wooden box for the first time? Then welcome to the most accessible way to join one of the most popular hobbies around!Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes is more than an introduction to woodworking, it's the perfect companion for your first foray into greater craftsmanship — taking the knowledge you learn from making small wooden boxes and invigorating your love for working with wood!Author and experienced teacher Albert Kleine is a longtime woodworker who teaches woodworking for beginners. He presents projects here by featuring the more beginner and intermediate-friendly first, such as one made with a simple butt joint, then progresses through more advanced endeavors such as a desk tray with a marquetry bottom.Projects include:Simple Pine Keepsake Box with Lift LidCherry Keepsake BoxBubinga Gift Box with Framed LidCurly Maple Trinket Box with Ebony PullSalt Cellar with Finger JointsTwo-Tone Sliding Lid Dovetail BoxMiniature Dovetailed ChestCatchall Tray with MarquetryAsymmetrical Band Saw BoxPadauk and Curly Maple Turned Ring BoxYou'll learn everything from cutting dovetails to adjusting hinge mortises for a lid that fits just right. Get everything you wanted from a woodworking introduction — all without breaking the bank on a lot of expensive wood and supplies before you earn your first stripes. Join Kleine as he walks you through the fundamentals of wooden box making and learn why so many woodworkers find it to be an enjoyable and rewarding endeavor.From making a simple wood box to nailing all the woodworking basics, you'll find expert tips for details from hand-cut dovetails to foolproof rabbet joints. In-depth overviews on a wide variety of joints are included as well as woodturning and band saw projects. Don't be surprised if you don't want to stop after making your first projects!Master woodworking skills while you build beautiful and practical containers for everyday use with Complete Starter Guide to Making Wooden Boxes! Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fox Chapel Publishing


Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 6, 2025


Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 152 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1497105048


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 41


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.31 x 10 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #60,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Furniture & Carpentry Crafts #39 in Woodworking Projects (Books) #100 in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Excellent Book
Format: Paperback
Excellent book with clear images and many examples of building various type boxes. The book is sturdy with thick paper. Nice quality.
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2026 by Doc

  • Excellent Resource
Format: Paperback
I am devoting the next year to making boxes. This was a great kick start to that project.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2026 by Texsox

  • Great book for developing woodworking skills
Format: Paperback
Excellent book. Really informative and easy to understand information.
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2025 by Mark C

  • Leveled up!
Format: Paperback
After purchasing this book I have surpassed even the author’s skill level and sleighed the dragon at the end, to boot.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2025 by Justin Anderson

  • Expected more for the price
Format: Paperback
This book will give your bookshelf a nice look. It has nice binding and filled with process, layout and assembly pictures. Unfortunately, the book is very limited on the wide variety of box design/ building that is available. If you’re new to box making you may find this a helpful aid. But if your intermediate, or advanced I wouldn’t suggest buying this book. I found it overpriced for the limited information it provided. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2025 by Diane

  • Great Skill Building Book
Format: Paperback
Very good introductory book to many different skills. It is really as much about skills as boxes. Boxes provide the projects to learn new skills, but they are transferable to many different projects. The photography is both high in quality and quantity which I appreciate as a visual learner. I'm looking forward to trying some of the more complex boxes myself. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2025 by Mark O'Brien

  • My new favorite woodworking book
Format: Paperback
Excellent book, highly recommended. Albert has a clear and insightful teaching style that makes complex processes easy to digest.
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2025 by Akcook

  • Way below basic
Format: Paperback
Wanted to like this book and was eager to learn, so very basic, there was no learning offered
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2025 by Cyrca

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