I have yet to cut a living hinge (or even intricate typography) out of solid wood. But the ply is wonderful. Sorry that I don’t have more insight or technical reasons. Just my experience.
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That is SO cool…finally, a way to easily make custom sized boxes for tons of odds and ends.
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That is a serious piece of acrylic! Thickest I’ve ever worked with was 12mm. This looks more to >20mm! Expensive!
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Great work @jkopel! I am also incredibly interested in living hinges, and can’t wait to test them out!
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@jkopel that is some great work! FYI, I don’t know if you’ve tried Acrylite before, but it cuts as easily as acrylic does, AND it’s way more flexible. That might be a more forgiving material for your living hinges, but I personally don’t have experience in that area.
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I was always under the impression that the adult pencil would be the shorter ones and the younger pencils are of average size of about7.5"
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Adult pencils, when left alone in the wild, can grow to be over 14 feet in length
Artist: Jonna Pohjalainen
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Awesome
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Now, THAT is funny! Can’t help but wonder now, what the pencil sharpener looks like…although it appears that these were sharpened using a giant pen knife.
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It’s a big pencil that sharpens with a chainsaw!
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There actually IS a machine…
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that would come in really handy if you had a balista…
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We really are getting pretty flaky… I like that.
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Please tell me there’s a video of that thing firing!
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Thanks to the BBC:
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That is awesome! 67 feet! Hah! I try to find Punkin’ Chunkin’ every fall because I’m always fascinated by it!
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Peter Gabriel does heavy metal? Who knew? 
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I was going to say - I’m had lots of luck with birch for the living hinge. 
I love watching you guys figuring out this stuff! It breathes life into those of us who have been at it a long time. <3
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How have the Acrylic Stacking Boxes held up after 9 month?
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