Thank you! But to be honest most of the replies are mine. 
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Really nice design! Even when you show how the joints work I have to think about how theyâre fitting together. . .
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Thatâs still ok. We need to get you into that serial quote thing. Or if you want to be more efficient with a post, just reference their user name and say thanks. Theyâll all get notified.
Right @Jules, @cynd11, @ElsieH, @pauline.lally, @pubultrastar, @arh2, @Aloha, @brokendrum, @dklgood, @rbtdanforth?
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I keep getting the notification to respond to everyone at once, but I just think that everyone spends the time to comment I should spend the time to answer each one. LOL Itâs not the most efficient way but I value the feedback and want people to know that. I have a long way to go on this new fangled computery thingy. 
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You do it however you can and what works for you! But keep posting super builds like this!
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Thank you! I will eventually make a box without finger joints I promise.
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I wish I could design in my head, Aphantasia makes that impossible. Your work is really inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
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I am sorry you have to deal with that. 
I cannot imagine the work it must take to envision things. I mean that Cryptex was amazing!!! Thank you for your kind words.
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Itâs very artistic, and nice that youâll be able to light it up.
My last job was purchasing for a robotic systems company. Worked with a lot of engineers and got to the place that I would know whoâs part drawing it was without reading anything. Think weâre all starting to identify your work without seeing your name on the post. Kudos for bringing such a bright light to our forum!
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Wow⌠that is high praise indeed. I might need to rethink my designs so that I donât bore people. 
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Oh no ⌠didnât mean same-o, same-o⌠meant your style. You have a lot of style!
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LOL I was just kidding. Thank you so much.
Truth be told I get bored of a design easily so I definitely try to up the ante with each build. I get so much inspiration from all the things that are posted here.
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When I was in the tech industry, I had that look a lot. My husband recognized by looking at me when I was âcoding in my head,â and knew it wouldnât do any good to try to talk to me right then.
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LOL. I totally get that!
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I did that too 
When I managed projects I kept the project plan in my head (irritated me no end if I was required to use MS Project or something to document it). I knew a project was too complex if I couldnât keep the whole plan in my head - time to break it up.
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I did till I discovered two things, The first was seeing that as the finger joints neared the thickness of the material they went from annoying to nice looking (IMHO) And the second and far more important the strength went way up, especially if glued and pieces that would shatter if they fell on the floor will stand up far better even in daily use.
Puzzles can be fun but if you lose a piece or forget the trick it becomes a pile of parts.
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I get that. and having a larger gluing surface definitely increases the strength of the piece. And by puzzles I mean that it takes a lot of pieces to get the look. I certainly donât expect to take these apart once put together. LOL
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Taking them apart is not the problem. Putting them together after cats, kids, or butterfingers get them apart would be my concern. 
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Ah. I get it.
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You are such an artist!! All of your work is just beautiful.
Really inspiring. (As I go back to designing my super simple projects, lol.)
Martha
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