Here’s a simple and fun way to make a band saw-style lidded box with your scroll saw. Using the basic construction techniques shown here, you can make a keepsake box any shape or size you prefer.

In this case we made a small oval box to demonstrate these box-making construction techniques. You can download to build our oval version. Make your box from a hardwood with tight end grain, such as cherry, maple or birch, for best effect. Materials List (1 piece) 1/4 in. Thick x 5 1/2 in.

Long (1 piece) 1/2 in. Thick x 5 1/2 in. Wide x 16 in. Long (1 piece) 3/4 in.

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Thick x 5 1/2 in. Wide x 16 in. Long Step 1: Print out and mount the Box and Lid Template to your piece of 1/4-in.-thick stock with spray adhesive, and trim off the excess paper. Cut the outer oval to shape on a scroll saw, then drill a tiny starter hole on the layout line for the inner oval. Make this through hole just large enough to fit a scroll saw blade. Carefully cut out the inner oval – you’ll need both ovals for the final project (see Photo 1). Smooth the cut edges of the larger oval so it can serve as a template.

Photo 1 Step 2: Draw two ovals onto your 1/2-in. Stock using the template. Trace only the outer edge. Then, trace both the inner and outer edges of the template on your 3/4-in. Draw the shape twice (see Photo 2).

Cut out the four ovals and the inner cutouts to form the box’s top, bottom and middle two laminations. Be sure to cut these parts about 1/16 in. Outside the layout lines so you can sand them to final shape. Photo 2 Step 3: Glue and clamp the template and the two middle (3/4-in.-thick) laminations together with the template piece on top. When the glue cures, sand the inner edges of the blank to match the template shape. DO NOT sand the outer edges yet.

Use an oscillating spindle sander or a drum sander in your drill press to make quicker work of this sanding job (see Photo 3). Finish-sand the inside of the box by hand. Photo 3 Step 4: Next, finish-sand and glue one of the 1/2-in.-thick ovals to the bottom of the box blank.

At this point, you can refine the outside face of the box by sanding the laminations until they match the top template. A disc sander is the ideal tool for this task (see Photo 4). Photo 4 Step 5: Take your remaining 1/2-in.-thick oval and mount it temporarily to the top of the box with a few dabs of hot-melt glue (see Photo 5). It will become the box lid. Make sure this oversized lid piece overhangs the outside edges of the box evenly. Photo 5 Step 6: Sand the edges of the lid until it matches the rest of the box. You can either do this on a disc sander, or switch to a smaller detail sander like the one shown in Photo 6.