Getting Nerdy: My Adventures in Kerfs, Parameters and Test Fit Octogons

[Jules]

Tough to keep the batteries from getting stuck going down, which was why I parameterized it to build for the different sized batteries.

I did eventually design one, slightly simpler, and it’s somewhere in the Made on a Glowforge category.

Battery Storage Boxes

Okay, finally carved this baby down to a manageable size. (And since the various Proofgrades that we have to work with are different thicknesses, it took a couple of iterations to pull off the effect I wanted.) I did away with the fancy insides and went with a straight lift the lid off and drop the batteries in…it uses less wood, and takes less time to load. (It’s also a lot easier to build.) [image] I think it turned out looking a little bit like a building, so the continuation of the batt…