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I became interested in making boxes, and after reading the book "Puzzle Boxes" by Jeff Vollmer, I practiced his techniques for a time. After upgrading my 14" Delta band saw with the Carter "stabilizer, I was better able to make the tight turns necessary to create this box following Jeff's...

Pill Box Working really small is a way to challenge your skills and build your attention to detail. Small mistakes will show up in a really big way. This little pill box is 2" wide, 1 1/4" deep, and 1" tall I'm not sure what species it is, but I know it's a Brazilian hardwood. The liner is...

I made this miter spline sled for cutting splines on boxes. I think it will work well on picture frames but have not used it in that way thus far. https://youtube.com/channel/UCSyk1Df3CdsHEBKX1KlCnjw

I made this box last year after I got my Stanley 71 router plane from ebay and restored it a little. I was just getting into box making at this time, but I did spend a lot of time on this box to get everything right. I actually made a box for the router plane before this but screwed up the...

After several years of woodworking, I just purchased my first table saw (Porter Cable PCB220). There's a lot you can do without one if you get creative (although it makes most of those things SO much easier), but miter splines were one of those things I could never improvise my way around. The...

Happy new year everyone! Here is my latest creation. It's just a simple box made out of pine scraps from my recent shop clean up. The box is 5"x5" and the lid is 6"x6". Joinery is miters with the bottom dadoed in. The lid has a thin piece underneath that fits inside the box. Everything was...

Early this year, i finally got around to making some of these boxes. I have seen several throughout the years and have always been intrigued by them. I want to give a shout out to Andy, his boxes got me interested in this process years ago. When covid hit, and our usual activities were...

A small selection of boxes I finished this week with many more to come. 1st is silky oak and jarrah lid. 2nd is scented maple and light blackwood lid. 3rd is huon pine with walnut lid. 4th is camphor laurel. Last two pics show two of the boxes closed… And a couple of photos of the rosewood tea...

After my last segmented pen, I thought this might be a cool design. I had a little discussion with my friend Gary about the wood species to use and this is what came of it. The base wood of the pen is Sapele. The knot is created with 32 pieces of Maple and Cherry (16 of each). The finish is...

I have a couple of stacks of "future box lids" in the shop. These are usually unique pieces I've come across. Unique figure, color, or perhaps a smaller piece I resawed and book matched. Anyway, this small, great piece of Walnut was given me a couple of years ago by the owner of a Don's Home...

I decided to do a little something different and took a stab at making a box with the scroll saw. I am still pretty inexperienced with the machine so this project was a good learning experience for me. The Tree of Life pattern is from a book by author Diana Thompson. Few modifications on my part...

I made this 6"x 6" x 6" basswood cube for a customer. We exchanged a lot of emails before I was sure to build it the way he wanted. This video helped my get an idea as to what he planned to do with it - YouTube One of the more unique boxes I've ever made :-)