Superficially this is a very simple book.  50 designs are presented with all the project details required to create the pieces yourself.  Following through the projects sequentially you will be introduced to more complex designs and more demanding tool work with each piece.  However as you progress through the book you should also find yourself examining form and detail in other work and starting to explore your own potential.  The first part of the book is dedicated to materials, tools and design inspirations.

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Turned Boxes has 177 pages and is split into three parts:

Part 1: Technique and Inspiration

1. A brief history of turned boxes
2. A woodturner’s life
3. Safety in the workshop
4. Tools and machinery
5. Timber and materials
6. Deciding what to make
7. Inspiration and where to find it
8. Decorating boxes
9. Finishes for boxes
10. Displaying your work
11. Common Faults

Part II: 50 Turned Boxes

1. Simple box
2. Chinese hat box
3. Onion-top box
4. Finial box
5. Easy box
6. Spherical box
7. Vase box
8. Beaded-lid box
9. Zebrano box
10. Yew box
11. Elegant box
12. Square-lidded box
13. Pill box
14. Teardrop box
15. Ginger jar
16. Collector’s box
17. Mosque box
18. Egg box
19. Ball box
20. Yew saucer
21. Footed box
22. Mushroom box
23. Apple box
24. Saturn box
25. Japanese lantern box
26. Pagoda box
27. Bird-box ornament
28. Bird box
29. Finial egg box
30. Tipsey boxes 1 and 2
31. Trinket box
32. Seattle tower box
33. UFO box
34. Galaxy box
35. Clam box
36. Skep or beehive box
37. Inset-lid box
38. Double-decker box
39. Four-stack box
40. Commissionaire box
41. Top hat box
42. Bowler hat box
43. Jockey cap box
44. Acorn box
45. Picture-frame inset box
46. Three-centre spire box
47. Lattice-lidded box
48. Doughnut box
49. Off-centre oddity box
50. Flask box

Part III: A Gallery of Turned Boxes

Showing work from: Allan Batty, Kip Christensen, Michael Hosaluk, Ray Key and Hans Joachim Weissflog