Yes, you can make a groove!

paulw · November 30, 2017, 5:37pm

Cool! I wonder how hard it would be to make a depth map for little finger pull.

bwente · November 30, 2017, 7:59pm

That’s what I did on mine. It is still in the original file.

It worked pretty good. But I think next time I will cut a hole. Just so the print time would go quicker.

bwente · December 6, 2017, 2:52am

I added a texture after the fact.

jkopel · December 23, 2017, 12:37am

Just a little bump for this really nice file from @bwente .
I made four of the boxes and a little case to hold them all as a present for my nephew.
The handles are made out of some rubber cord I had around, so if you use this file you might need to customize that part.

bwente · December 23, 2017, 5:12am

Way to take it to the next level X 4!

I think I will cut the finger hole for the top next time, should be faster.

I m curious if the recent changes in the engraving settings affected the depth.

BranB0T · February 9, 2018, 7:49am

It’s pretty simple! I made one for you set this to 3d engrave. Tab

quixotequest · February 19, 2018, 5:00pm

When you say you adjusted the engrave, does that mean you do a first pass and then establish an new intended material thickness focal point before running the channel engrave a second time?

bwente · February 19, 2018, 5:04pm

Yes. I might have tweaked the speed a bit too. What really helped was running a bit of scrap thought the groove to square it up.

quinnone2 · February 19, 2018, 5:47pm

I was looking around for something like this exactly…sweet. good job!!

bwente · February 19, 2018, 7:47pm

Here is a test piece I used to dial in the settings.

But this was for draftboard. Depth and cutting power would be different depending on the material.

quixotequest · February 20, 2018, 1:30am

Is that blackened “ledge” in the back of the piece your engrave depth? Or each of the edge slots? I’m a little confused which part of the piece shows what you achieved at those engrave settings (which are nice of you to share BTW).

bwente · February 20, 2018, 1:55am

It is the end slot, shown here.

Drea · February 20, 2018, 3:55am

I think it’s the angle of the photo. It makes the bit above the groove look as though it’s much taller or deeper than the rest. It confused me for a moment too, despite the fact that I’ve actually made this style of box before!

quixotequest · February 20, 2018, 4:34am

I can see it now. Oy.

monih1187 · January 23, 2019, 1:27pm

I want to try this so bad. I’m new and I’m little confused. which is the top??? Thank you

bwente · January 23, 2019, 5:24pm

The top is the piece without tabs or fingers.

griffinroxanahr · February 8, 2019, 12:51am

I would love to do this. Can you share the svg file?

jjmacdougall · February 8, 2019, 1:25am

Check out this post… it has an attached svg that illustrates this technique and you can download and cut on the

bwente · February 8, 2019, 1:33am

I encourage you to try makercase or festi. You can create a box with your own dimensions.

waders · November 22, 2020, 2:45am

Can this engraving of the groove be used on 1/8" material?

Wade