Token trays

[Doppler]

My son asked me to make some custom token trays for board games for a friend’s birthday, and I liked the design so much, I decided to expand on it.

These were the end result:

The lids are magnetic; six 1/8" disc magnets on each face are the perfect strength, and they stay closed even when turned upside down and shaken. A light twist of the lid pops them right off. I’m definitely using these magnets in more of my builds.

I made optional (and removable) dividers for the trays. Including the dividers, three trays fit on a single sheet of wood.

The rounded corners are made of four widgets stacked on a central post. Side panels are glued on.

Lid designs are scored for speed. I really like this faux-engrave scoring technique. It’s got a wonderful texture and takes a fraction of the time an engrave would.

I’ve included a few styles in the design bundle on sale in my Etsy shop, but I’m really looking forward to making custom sets for our personal game collection: more resource-themed Cataan trays, trays for Lords of Waterdeep and Gloomhaven, and whatever else cries out for them.

They also make excellent candy trays and gift boxes! I think it’s a win.

[PrintToLaser]

@Doppler

I think it’s a win.

I agree! Really nice construction.

[beerfaced]

Those are nice. I especially like the engraved inserts on each side. That’s a cool feature.

[dklgood]

Really clean/professional looking result. Well done.

[ellencadwell]

Looks great! Love the magnetic lids.

[ptodd]

I love the look when you remove the lid. The contrast and shape gives so much interest.

[kelley1]

So cool that you used scoring to simulate engraving! It does make the images pop. Thanks for the explanation; it makes me so glad that community members share their ‘how to’ with us.

[beerfaced]

Kind of reminds me of how comic books were drawn except they usually were cross hatched.

[wenning08]

Looks great. I’ve been wanting to make some dice holder designs lately too

[Doppler]

That’s in the works too! Basically the same design, but with layered compartments.
This was a gift for a frind who likes crows and TTRPGs.

[timjedwards]

Appealing design and execution, nice!

[arh2]

Nice work and enjoyed your explanation of how you got there!

[rvogt]

These look amazing! Great work!

[techquest89]

Will you be posting to the catalog?

[evansd2]

@kelley1

used scoring to simulate engraving

You might be interested in my post from 2017:

Super manual engraving

I wanted to see if it would be faster to make my own engraving paths. Basically I made a series of concentric or spiral shapes and scored them to see if it would work as an engrave. The end result is that it does work, with mixed results. All settings are 500/15 on Baltic Birch. This is not a great setting for anything, it was just reasonably fast and showed what I was looking for. First: This is a traditional engrave. Nice and crisp. no hot spots, but slow. Engrave time: 7:00 [image] N…

[evansd2]

Take a look at headliner material, it makes dice boxes feel really finished.

Foam backed headliner cloth settings

I am not sure I’ve seen anyone mention this as a cut target: I had great results at 300/25. I cut with the cotton fabric side up, The edges don’t seem too crispy at all, very minimal melting. Thumbs up, easy way to make padded box interiors. Detail of the cut edge: [image]

In practice:

Layered Hexagonal twist box

Hi, I’m Chance. [IMG_2143] I wanted to make something a bit more finished to celebrate the return of my Glowforge, here’s an idea I’d had kicking around for a while. I wanted to make a layered, magnetically-sealed dice box, but I wanted to stay away from a few things I’d seen in other people’s designs. Specifically, I wanted to avoid the look of bare layers, and I felt like all other hex boxes I’d seen made were unnecessarily difficult to open because of the way you have to pull the magnets a…

[dklgood]

Check out his website. The files are for sale.

[Doppler]

Good call, thanks!

@evansd2

Take a look at headliner material, it makes dice boxes feel really finished.

[Doppler]

This set is in my Etsy shop, where I’m trying to build up a better selection of files, but I’ve got a few ideas percolating in may head that may go to the catalog later.

[MakerMatthew]

Nice! Love the faux engrave. That adds a nice style and contrast. Lots you could do there.