A scroll saw is just the right size woodworking tool for making music boxes and jewelry boxes to store trinkets.
An artful break from regular finger joints, the alternating-width finger joints featured in this design add interest to the corners. You might also consider alternating-width dovetails in place of the...
Bandsaw boxes may also be made from shapes! This is a liftoff lid, but you could also place a drawer. This snail is just a sample experiment with different shapes.
Mahogany and maple blend harmoniously in a box as beautiful as the music within. Besides the music movement the only other hardware you will need is a pair of stop hinges that keep the lid propped upr...
The decorative cutouts in this scrollsawn box lid allow fragrances to drive out freely. But if potpourri is not your thing, this project also serves well as a small jewelry or catchall box, or a desk...
You can make this special potpourri container in just one evening. The screened bottom and decorative scrollsawn top maximize air circulation for scent-sational results.
How do you store you holiday or vacation photos? We like to show ours when friends or family stop by, so we designed an attractive solution. Resembling a book, our box looks great on the coffee table....
Sawbuck projects! Cut it out from scrap wood you probably have in your workshop. An organizer rack that could be used for many purposes; books, letters, remote controls, etc. Beginner skill level.
This nutcracker hides away in its own beautiful box between uses. Even better, the box doubles as a nut bowl when the time comes to get cracking on some crunchy munchies. The box measures 9 inches wid...
Do you keep back issues of WOOD magazine for reference? To house both the past issues of WOOD magazine and the newly upsized version, build these handsome and handy magazine file boxes. These boxes ...
Show off your collection and your woodworking skills in this classy magazine file. Each file holds 16 issues of WOOD Magazine. The complete 25-year set requires 12 files. Use your favorite wood specie...
If you lift the lid, the music box may begin to play a tune. The plan includes patterns for 26 monogram letters and an eagle intarsia only. Full-size plan drawings are available. It i's about 5 inches tall, 12 inches long, and 8 inches wide.
Turn your scrap wood into great gifts by making any of these fun Keepsake Intarsia Box designs. All four patterns are included, the teddy bear, the frog, the duck and the whale. Contrasting colors or ...
Martyn Brewers unorthodox method for creating boxes caught our eye from clear across the Atlantic for three reasons. First, except for the bottom, the box is made from a single glued-up blank. Second,...
Its a bird! Its a bandsawn box! Its a woodworkers whimsy! Whatever you want to call this fanciful creation, you will find that it is a lot of fun to build—and to have around the house. This bandsawn b...
This eagle box project appears here as a hardwood keepsake box for things you value. The cover incorporates an eagle intarsia design which is made from maple, walnut and oak. This woodworking plan provides full size illustrations, exploded view diagrams and instructions.
This Christmas box is our version of what that magical box found in Mrs Parsons attic might of looked like. This is the box to store your most important Christmas treasures. Inspired by the popular book, Christmas Box Book by Richard Paul Evans.
Sawbucks projects! Using the smallest of scrap wood pieces. This playing card box can be made to hold one or two decks. Most decks are 2-1/4 inches wide but check your cards before starting. Beginner ...
Sawbuck projects! Cut it out from scrap wood you probably have in your workshop. Back in the day, there was a necessity for candles and they had to be within easy reach. They still serve a use even to...
These catchall containers with beautiful finger joints are deceptively simple to make. Included with the box plans are complete jig illustrations and instruction to make the box-joint jig. The staggered...
Sawbucks projects! Using the smallest of scrap wood pieces. Bandsawn boxes are fun to create, are excellent gifts and may be very profitable. This design shows the basic technique for creating these e...