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This jewelry box is the perfect project to showcase that small piece of wood you’ve been saving to be the centerpiece of something special. By Tom Caspar and Jon Stumbras I’ll bet somewhere in [...]

A box like this one is the perfect way to polish your hand tool skills and play with new techniques. Project #2314 • Skill Level: Beginner • Time: 1 Day • Cost: $35 Looking for a good wedding [...]

A small project such as this pen box is a great way to hone your skills and focus on precision work. Project #2406 • Skill Level: Intermediate • Time: 3 Days • Cost: $35 I was asked by a friend [...]

Great-looking wood and bright-colored felt lining reel in my customers. I’m hooked on making jewelry boxes–for sale. I’m retired, so I don’t live on the income, but making dozens of boxes keeps [...]

Turn a single board into a heirloom. Jewelry boxes are some of my favorite pieces to make. There is so much versatility in the design and use! And, they give you a taste of all kinds of [...]

Display all your skills building an exquisite project. Building a small box can challenge your skills just as much as making a huge cabinet. This box, made from maple, cherry and ebony, will take [...]

You could take the entire annual output of Phllip Weber’s woodworking shop and fit it into the trunk of a VW bug. But oh, what a wondrous load you would have: Ebony, holly and Osage orange. [...]

Simple tools, techniques, and joinery deliver elegant results. It’s the stuff of arguments: Which tools in the shop are really the most important for joinery? It’s almost like arguing the top [...]

Clean lines and graceful curves are just the beginning. This jewelry box also features mitered corners, decorative keys, a textured panel and a distinctive brass handle. Inside, sliding trays [...]

Is an eight-sided box twice as complicated as one with four sides? Not this one. As far as measuring goes, the OctaBox is easier to build than a rectangular box. On the OctaBox, every side is the [...]

This is a model of a jewelry box that was featured in an article in the June 2011 issue, design and construction by Gary Rogowski,