Book ? on box making

Blister · 2 Jan 2008

Hi , after looking at the nice Boxes on here :lol:
I fancy having a go myself

Are there any good book on making boxes that you can recommend

New or used

Thanks

Allen

frugal · 2 Jan 2008

Blister":2vn769z1 said:
Hi , after looking at the nice Boxes on here :lol:
I fancy having a go myself

Are there any good book on making boxes that you can recommend

My wife got me Andrew Crawford's The Book of Boxes for Christmas. He has about ten boxes in there all layed out as invididual projects with cutting plans and then a section at the back on useful techniques. The boxes range from very simple rectangular box with rebated joints that requires no special tricks, up to a wonderful veneered jewelry box with curved sides and decorative inlays.

It is not a book that has hundreds of ways of making joints, or lots of techniques for planing different types of wood used in boxes, but it does seem to be an excellent introduction to the art of making boxes. I can highly recommend it.

If you buy the book from his web site rather than amazon or somewhere he throws in a £20 voucher for tuition ( which was the other part of my pressie

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jasonB · 2 Jan 2008

Peter Lloyds book, Making Heirloom Boxes that is on the same link above is also very good, less veneering and more solid wood with a dozen or so step by step boxes to make. Of the two this is the one I would go for.

If you want a bit more than a rectangular box then this one is quite good as well

Jason

Escudo · 2 Jan 2008

Allen, I agree with Jase.

I have only just got my copy of Peter Lloyds book and it is gripping.

I would like to learn how to do those wooden hinges. 8)

Tony.

Pete W · 3 Jan 2008

Another vote for Peter Lloyd's book - I probably take it off the shelf once every month and leaf through it for inspiration.

However, as per Frugal's point about the Andrew Crawford book (another favourite) Lloyd doesn't do a lot of variation in construction. Best book for general technique, and lots of ways to make joints, lids, bottoms, etc is this one also by Doug Stowe.

frugal · 3 Jan 2008

I too have Peter Lloyds Heirloom boxes which I get down every month or so to drool over, but I must confess that I prefer the neatness of Andrew's boxes.

Both of the books mentioned have gone straight onto my wishlist

I think that if you have a look at any of those books on Amazon they all have exceprts to give you an idea of the insides (and links to other box books).

Of course the best way to really find out which books you like is to order them through your library. With Inter-library lending you should be able to get pretty much any book you want. That way you get to have a good look at them and then buy the ones you really want.