Making Boxes and Chests
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Nick Engler
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 101.0 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 134
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Making Boxes and Chests: Woodworking Techniques
Making Boxes and Chests is a practical woodworking guide by Nick Engler. This digital PDF book presents techniques for building boxes, chests, and related furniture projects, with instant download access after purchase.
Part of The Workshop Companion series, the book covers traditional and contemporary construction methods. It includes chapters on routing, turning, band sawing, joinery, drawers, hardware, and project construction.
The 134-page English edition is supplied as a PDF digital download. No physical book is shipped.
Book Overview
Making Boxes and Chests explains how woodworkers can construct storage pieces using several methods. It begins with one-piece boxes and continues through six-board boxes, joined boxes, chests, and chests of drawers.
The book combines technique chapters with detailed projects. Its projects include a carpenter’s tote, inspired chest of drawers, keeping box, apothecary highboy, and broken heart box.
Category: Craft. Author: Nick Engler. Series: The Workshop Companion.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Methods for making one-piece boxes with routers, lathes, and band saws.
- Routing box cavities with straight, mortising, and core-box bits.
- Six-board box construction, box joinery, decorative open-spline miters, and lid installation.
- Secret compartments and box hardware.
- Traditional and contemporary case construction, including loose tenon joints.
- Drawer making, sizing, hanging, and wooden drawer pulls.
- Projects including a carpenter’s tote, keeping box, apothecary highboy, and broken heart box.
Why This Book Matters
This guide brings together multiple approaches to box and chest construction in one woodworking reference. It addresses both individual techniques and complete projects, making the contents useful for readers studying practical furniture and storage-piece construction.
The book also presents safety guidance, tool information, illustrations, photographs, an index, and project variations. Its coverage ranges from small one-piece boxes to chests of drawers.
Book Details
| Title | Making Boxes and Chests |
|---|---|
| Author | Nick Engler |
| Series | The Workshop Companion |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 1994 |
| Binding | hardcover |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87596-585-7 |
| Pages | 134 |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 101.0 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 105923383 |
| Copyright | © 1994 by Bookworks, Inc. |
| Printed In | the United States of America |
| Paper | acid-free recycled paper |
| Includes | index |
| Library of Congress Classification | TT200.E64 1994 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 684.1’6—dc20 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 9347386 |
| Series Editor | Jeff Day |
| Editors | Bob Moran; Roger Yepsen |
| Copy Editor | Barbara Webb |
| Graphic Designer | Linda Watts |
| Illustrators | Mary Jane Favorite; David Van Etten |
| Master Craftsman | Jim McCann |
| Photographer | Karen Callahan |
| Cover Photographer | Mitch Mandel |
| Proofreader | Hue Park |
| Indexer | Beverly Bremer |
| Typesetting | Computer Typography, Huber Heights, Ohio |
| Interior and Endpaper Illustrations | Mary Jane Favorite |
| Produced By | Bookworks, Inc., West Milton, Ohio |
| Cover Photo Copyright | © 1994 by Rodale Press, Inc. |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital PDF download, so there is no physical shipping. Access is available after purchase through the digital delivery system.
The file can be opened with appropriate Kindle apps, PDF readers, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and other compatible reading apps. Compatibility may vary by device and application.
FAQ
When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download through the digital delivery system.
Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This listing provides a digital PDF file, and no physical book is shipped.
Which devices can open the file?
The PDF can be read with compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and PDF reading apps.
Download this digital edition to consult Nick Engler’s woodworking techniques and box-making projects on a compatible device.
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