Laser cut box pattern

[Zachary Austin]

Hi All,

I am looking for a pattern or plug in for Inkscape, to create a box with a sliding lid on the laser cutter.

Similar to either of these, but I was hoping to find something adjustable.

woodyui.com

Or

http://www.outfab.com/gallery/large/Custom%20Finger%20Jointed%20Box.jpg

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Paul Hutchison]

Hey Zachary,

I don't know of any plugins specifically for this, but neither of these designs look too hard to create using the de facto "standard" Inkscape plugin (which has now been forked by people including myself).  Create the box then move bits around to suit.  See here and here for details.  My version will give you interior dividers with holes in the side walls to fit, which I've found really useful for things like this - it'll give you a starting point for the inside edge of the slider track.  Happy to help out if you get stuck.

Paul

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[Zachary Austin]

Thanks for that Paul. I will have a play with that.

[kris]

this python based box generator is pretty nice too

https://github.com/florianfesti/boxes

the github is rather impenetrable (at least to me) but they have a nice powerpoint showing how to use it
https://www.kreativitaet-trifft-technik.de/data/talk-0012/slides.pdf

I used flexbox to create this box


but to me it looks like box2.py would be easiest to convert to a sliding top.

[PaulH]

Hey Zachary,

I've just made a box with sliding lid using the Inkscape plugin similar to what you were after:

This is a box for holding playing cards.  If anyone's interested I'm happy to share the SVG.

Paul

[Nikki Austin]

I would love a copy of the file Paul. Thanks. 

It looks awesome!!!

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[Alex Pekar]

That box look awesome! I would also love a copy of the file.

Thanks

[Paul Hutchison]

Here's a link - it'll be active for 3 days:

https://spideroak.com/storage/OBQXK3DIOV2GG2DJ/shared/147373-5-1096/Playing%20card%20box.svg?febdf158254388f096579dfe15142550

I was surprised to find how many different cards sizes there are around, but this should fit many sets such as Monopoly Deal, Uno, 5 Crowns, etc.  I also have a slightly larger box for Ligretto cards.  I've made about 5 of them and engraved logos on the lids.

I should start uploading some of the files I've made to Thingiverse or something, I've got quite a few things like this that others might be interested in.

Merry Christmas, have a good one.

Paul

[Nikki Austin]

Hey Paul,

I downloaded your box, and Zac cut two of them when we were there on Saturday…

It is fantastic.

He couldn’t wait to get it home and put it to use!

Thanks so much for sharing.

Nikki

[Paul Hutchison]

Great to hear, thanks Nikki!

[Jol J]

Hi Paul

Any chance you could post it again?

cheers

J

[Paul Hutchison]

I'm going to post a bunch of designs I've done over the past year, somewhere a bit more permanent. Just give me a day or two...

[Madox]

Out of curiosity, is thingiverse still in vogue or do people hate Maker both so much now they've gone elsewhere?

[Paul Hutchison]

I was wondering the same thing as I browsed around for a suitable place to post the SVG files.  It's been a while since I've looked. Ponoko has a "Free" section, but it looks like you have to sign up as a seller to post there.  Thingiverse has a bunch of laser cut plans, but it's mostly set up for 3D printing.

I suppose I could also post the plans on Instructables and enter some competitions while I'm at it.  Any suggestions?

On 29 December 2015 at 22:16, Madox <mado...@gmail.com> wrote:

Out of curiosity, is thingiverse still in vogue or do people hate Maker both so much now they've gone elsewhere?

[Praetorian_TMOTC]

HI Paul,

I missed out on downloading the file... any chance you could repost?

Cheers, 

Adrian

[Praetorian_TMOTC]

Just saw your other post... NVM :)

[Theresa Vos]

Is there any way I can get this pattern please?  terry...@charter.net

[Paul Hutchison]

Weird, your message seems to have been delayed by 2 days.

Anywho...  Here's a page with all the files I shared at the time:

http://sparkitup.co.nz/downloads/

Enjoy!

[Max Nippard]

The delay is often from Google groups spam filter false positives.

[Travis James]

Darn.  Tried the link and its broken or no longer exists.  Any chance of posting again?  I would have also loved to see your original pictures, but they were deleted above.

Thanks!