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Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making (Complete Illustrated Guide) | 
| Author: Doug Stowe
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $15.15
You Save: $9.80 (39%)
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 31119
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 9.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 1561585939
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.08
UPC: 094115585934
EAN: 9781561585939
ASIN: 1561585939
Publication Date: March 1, 2004
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Product Description
Taunton's Complete Illustrated guide to Box Making presents both small and large projects. This book covers how to create boxes in different shapes, Japanese puzzle boxes, and band-sawn boxes. 500 color photos are featured in this clear and comprehensive woodworking guide.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Making Boxes October 21, 2008
This is an excellent guide to box making and kind of spoon feeds you thru the steps. I recommend it.
 Not up to Taunton's level of detail June 29, 2008
I have to agree with some of the other reviewers here. This is a nicely organized book covering a multitude of relevant subjects, but there's very little useful detail in here. I think Taunton made a mistake by trying to stuff too much into too little space. I'm a decent intermediate woodworker and thought this book would help me with some of the things I struggle with in making decorative boxes. But I already knew about 75% of what's in this book. Besides too little detail, the photos, although plentiful, are too small to be of value. Sorry Taunton, a nice effort, but this one misses the mark for me.
Box Making April 28, 2008
The book gave me several new ideas for design as well as new techniques for creating beautiful boxes. It was well illustrated but could have included some specific plans.
Helpful Guide December 21, 2007
Like all the Taunton's Guides, this one is well written with lots of color illustrations. It has sections on all the phases of box making (wood preparation, joinery, finishing, lids, joinery, linings, etc., and it covers multiple ways to accomplish each of these steps. More comprehensive discussion of joinery and finishing, if you want it, can be found in other books from Taunton's dedicated to those topics. This book does not have plans for specific projects, but rather explains the concepts so that you can invent your own box designs. Some of the methods are quite complex and can't be fully understood with a single reading, but the information is all there and if this kind of work appeals to you, this book can teach you to make nice boxes, simple or elaborate.
good book April 6, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is very informative , easy to read & understand.If you know nothing about turning, it might be a little much. I've played with my lathe about 3 months now & wanted to get serious about the hobby.This book hit the nail on the head!
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