Woodworking Books

Wooden Puzzles
by Editors of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts

Collecting the most popular designs produced by Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, this authoritative guide offers 31 creative and colorful scroll saw projects and patterns for upright and interlocking puzzles. Separated by skill level for easy selection, woodworkers will find pieces ranging in themes from animal to religion – including cuddly cats, Jonah and the whale, a wooly mammoth, and the "world's most difficult" four-piece puzzle. All projects feature color photographs of the finished piece, scroll saw patterns, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for easy completion. Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts is a leading magazine for wood crafters and scroll saw artists, and featured projects in this book are contributed by John A. Nelson, Carl Hird-Rutter, Judy and Dave Peterson, Jim Sweet and many more.

Big Book of Scroll Saw Puzzles
by Tony & June Burns

Everybody loves a good puzzle, and with this book you can scroll entertaining puzzles that will delight everyone who sees them. Inside are more than 75 shop-tested and ready-to-cut patterns for making fun, beautiful, and lasting puzzles. Ordinary wood and a scroll saw are all you need to get started. Indulge your passion for scroll sawing with this inspiring array of original art puzzles. Each freestanding design features several interlocking cuts, and is made up of only a few pieces. Step-by-step instructions and expert tips on tools, materials, preparation, staining, and painting will have you making puzzles like a pro in just a few hours. Celebrate holidays around the year with snowmen, Santas, leprechauns, and jack-o-lanterns. Create a Noah’s Ark, a farmer on his tractor, or a wishing well. Make grazing horses, soaring eagles, traveling elephants, and dozens more. If you love scrolling puzzles, you will love this book.

Big Book of Scroll Saw Puzzles
by Allan J. Boardman

Puzzle Projects for Woodworkers features 14 original wooden puzzle projects designed by acclaimed members of the international puzzle community. The puzzles include two charming animal take-apart puzzles, a unique trick box, a mysterious spinning object, and more. Each project contains images of finished pieces, line drawings, and wxplicit construction suggestions. Also included are details on how to build and exploit special purpose jigs to improve precision, as well as professional tips for producing high-quality results. The book's strong focus on methods, procedures and techniques will allow the reader to apply the skills he learns to larger projects outside the realm of puzzle making.

Intarsia Workbook
by Judy Gale Roberts, Jerry Booher

Stunning intarsia artwork may look intimidating, but now it's easier than ever! Using this skill-building guide from Intarsia experts Judy Gale Roberts and Jerry Booher, you will learn to slowly build your skills as you create impressive intarsia scroll saw projects. First, you will start with a simple project using one shade of wood. As you proceed through the chapters, you will learn to add additional detail, shades of wood, and directions of grain. By the time you have completed the book, you will have mastered the skills necessary to tackle any intarsia project with confidence!

More Fresh Designs for Woodworking Pattern Pack
by Thomas Haapapuro

Thomas Haapapuro, author of Fresh Designs for Woodworking, presents nine additional inspired projects for the scroll saw. Each of these striking contemporary designs for the home will capture the viewer's imagination with their bold lines and sinuous curves. The booklet begins with a few simple projects that utilize essential scroll saw techniques. Subsequent projects gradually introduce new methods to help readers to acquire an integral skill set as they work on more complex and interesting pieces. The author provides his original and artful patterns for a Floral Tessellation Light Catcher, Ripples Picture Frame, Sun and Harvest Wall Art, Circular Void II Bud Vase, Geometrix Bud II Vase, Ascending Spiral Box, Spiraling Shape Box, Rectilinear Spirals Box, and a Wright-Inspired Business Card Holder.