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Wooden boxes : skill-building techniques for seven unique projects / Dennis Zongker.

by Zongker, Dennis Lee.

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The Taunton Press, Inc., c2013.

Ornamental boxes.

Carving (Decorative arts).

9781600855221 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Skill building techniques for seven unique projects

235 p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.

"Carving -- Joinery -- Marquetry -- Radius inlays -- Segmented turning" -- Cover.

Serpentine coin box -- Playing card box -- Artist sketch box -- Music box -- Rose box -- Cameo jewelry box -- Traditional jewelry box.

A small box is an ideal woodworking project for anyone looking to gain skills and learn techniques. The resulting box is a true reward for your work: It is elegant and functional, and can make a heartfelt gift. In this book, Dennis Zongker gives clear, step-by-step instructions for seven different projects (with variations). Each project is designed to teach the reader skills that can be applied to a wide variety of box projects as well as to furniture building and other woodworking projects. The boxes featured are traditional in style, with a modern twist, and incorporate a rich variety of woodworking techniques from basic to advanced: wood selection -- joinery (including elongated dovetail joints and lock miters) -- carving -- veneering -- marquetry -- segmented turning -- routing inlays. Dennis Zongker, a professional woodworker who teaches classes on carving and marquetry, also includes detailed sections on these topics and how to incorporate them to give these stylish boxes an elegant look that makes them stand out from the field. -- Provided by publisher.

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