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Simply Beautiful Boxes
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Manufacturer: Betterway Books
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 745.593
EAN: 9781558705142
ISBN: 1558705147
Label: Betterway Books
Manufacturer: Betterway Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2000-05-01
Publisher: Betterway Books
Studio: Betterway Books
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making
• Creating Beautiful Boxes With Inlay Techniques
• Box-Making Basics: Design, Technique, Projects
• Basic Box Making
• Building Beautiful Boxes with Your Band Saw
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Simply Beautiful Book -
For those of us used to pristine "how-to" photos, its great to see an author with a few nicks and cuts on his hands, and I do beleive I saw a thumb nail (real) with a bruise caused by a hammer blow.
This is a "no-nonsense" bible for those of us interested in box making.
Excellent.
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not the best... -
I was disappointed that the entire book was specific to jewelry boxes. The title said "making jewelry, art & heirloom boxes."
On the other hand, the boxes were pretty great. Stowe is obviously an artisan, always creating new ways to open the boxes and hide hinges. The patterns were detailed, giving a complete bill of materials for each project.
Not for a beginner, though. Plus, you have to have a router table for just about every project.
Not the brightest star in the book world -
I am an experienced woodworker. I own both of Doug Stowes books. Some of the woodworking techniques described in the books are questionable at best. And others are just plain unsafe. An example is upcutting a small piece on router table with the piece between the bit and the fence. The 2 biggest problems here are (1) upcutting and (2) small work pieces. Upcutting pulls the piece into the bit. The obvious danger here is having your fingers unexpectedly pulled into the bit and/or having the work piece becoming a projectile. Sure he talks about safety blocking and working safe, but in my opinion not enough. A technique like this combined with an inexperienced woodworker is asking for trouble. Most of the illustrations in the book do not show safety blocking.
The book also is fairly incomplete regarding dimensions of the boxes and the steps required to make them. Therefore the books are just glorified picture books of his work.
So if you're concerned about saftey or want a book that's more descriptive, I suggest looking for another source.
I must have missed something... -
Nowhere on this page did I see that this book was ALL jewelry boxes. And somewhat ugly ones at that. There are a few decent designs and good techniques in here, but a triangle jewelry box? C'mon...
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A most helpful book -
In "Simply Beautiful Boxes" Doug Stowe continues to make the process of building boxes easy to understand. The text and photos are like being there in his shop watching him work.
There are enough different projects so that woodworkers of all skills levels can find something to try, and I've found myself trying techniques I didn't think I could do.
Rate it very highly.
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