Today was reveal day for Secret Santa at work, and it was dealer’s choice. Since my recipient loves her tea, I decided to make her a tea box. I had tried birch ply, first, but it wasn’t flat enough for the joints, so I had to fall back on the only proofgrade I had enough of, draftboard. I decided it needed dividers and a window, too, so here we go.
I have everything needed for it! Thank you on behalf of my Daughter, and from me - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or whatever Fits your world, my friend.
Cut and glue Tea_Box_Bottom. (Engrave the bottom before gluing, if you want.)
Cut Tea_Box_Top.
If you wish have the window in the top, the steps are:
Place the box top in
Open Box top window and frame.SVG. You can edit it to add custom engrave elements
Ignore black for processing. Use black to align to the box top. The window and frame center inside the black.
Cut Cyan, and score (draft is fine, it helps align the frame) yellow into box top. Engrave your other customization (I used Magenta for engrave when I did it for ease).
Take the top out, add clear acrylic. Cut Cyan. Can move, but don’t resize. This gave me a perfect window.
From another board, cut yellow twice for upper and lower frame.
Use the score lines to align and glue the upper frame to the top.
Insert the acrylic. Dots of CA in the corners can really help holding it.
Use the position of the upper frame to align and glue the lower frame (inside the lid)
Glue up the rest of the top.
The tray insert gives you 12 partitions in the box. Cut TrayInsert.svg. It isn’t quite as snug a fit than I had planned, so you may want to glue the assembled insert in the bottom of the box.
When done, you have your own amazing version of this tea box.