Wooden Boxes

[thorsness]

This one was a bit involved!

Here’s the full process article: Wooden Boxes

[dklgood]

Welcome to the forum after all this time owning a Glowforge.

This is an epic first post!

[evansd2]

Cool result. Reminds me of some prior art using panels for the sides with non-finger jointed corners, like this:

Token trays

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: [Tray_D20_open1] 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. [Tray_Components1] I made optional (and removable) d…

[thorsness]

Yes, those are very similar! I think this approach could work well for any polygon shape.

[evansd2]

It has some stuff in common with my trays too, with a contrasting corner designed to conceal the finger joints:

Swirlend tray

Bonjour! Mes amis m’appelent Swirlend Tray. [IMG_8900] I’m getting ahead of the gift season, making some trays to give out to friends. They’re perfect for it – a relatively simple project that makes quite an impression. Notes: Lots of what I did to make this has been covered in my previous posts, so I won’t get into too many technical aspects. Here are some relevant links: Simple tray and butt jointing The supplier I got these woods from (discussed here) sands them to thickness, but th…

Love some good innovation in box making.

[thorsness]

I like this, the wenge almost completely hides it

[bwente]

Nice finish! I like the layered look too.

Rounded Corner Box w/ stacked inserts

Inspired by this post. 3D Printed Rounded Corner Box I tried to make a box with rounded corners. Living hinges are fine sometimes but need a longer lengths of wood. Worse yet are 100% stacked layers. So I tried making a hybrid that used more scraps. [IMG_6396] [IMG_6392] [IMG_6393] [IMG_6394] [IMG_6395] It is a bit tedious to glue. I guess I could have used pins to keep the corners straighter. They would be hidden by the top layer.

[wenning08]

Very nice

[ptodd]

Welcome to the forum!! Nice work!

[reynoso]

Welcome to the forum @thorsness, and thank you for sharing.

I look forward to what else you make in the future.