Vector wooden box template

[Nolan Freebury]

Hi Chaps,

Does anyone have a wooden box template that I could use as is or change to fit.

I'm looking to make some small plywood boxes on the CNC or laser with the castellation edges???? that fix together

I hope some one can help

Cheers

Nolan

[Mike DeRegnaucourt]

Hi Nolan,

I know somewhere on here someone posted a link to a small program that lets you create those boxes of various dimensions. You enter the dimensions and it gives you the "drawing" of the parts. I'm sure someone will probably post the link. I'll have to dig thru my files/programs to see if I can find it.

[Tim Bateson]

http://www.instituteofthefuture.org/boxmaker/

Great little program. Hey Mike. Good to see you around again.

[Dave Lock]

What a cracking little program

Thanks for the link Tim

[Mike DeRegnaucourt]

http://www.instituteofthefuture.org/boxmaker/

Great little program. Hey Mike. Good to see you around again.

Hi Tim!
Yeah...I've been busy with work, laser engraving, and various other projects. I was on vacation last week and had a blast helping my Dad out on his farm. I got to run his Bobcat quite a bit. Man! Those things are so much fun to run! I highly recommend it to everyone if they ever get a chance to run one...very addicting. lol

[Randy Walker]

Tim
What a great little program. Thank you for looking it up and posting it. I know it will save me and many others a great deal of time.

Reguards

Randy Walkerhttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Mike Null]

There have been several posts with ready-made files for boxes but I'm having trouble locating them.

[Dave Lock]

Here's one for a small box with a lift up lid I picked up somewhere, may have been on SMC but can't remember.
It's set for 3.6mm ply but can be scaled down for 1/8".

It would be nice if anyone knew how to produce a Java applet like the one above for this one. It's beyond me I'm afraid.

[Steve Clarkson]

Does anyone have this bov readily available for 1/8" material?

I believe the box was originally posted on Epilog's Sample club for 1/4" material.

[Tim Bateson]

Does anyone have this bov readily available for 1/8" material?

I believe the box was originally posted on Epilog's Sample club for 1/4" material.

Here you go Steve. Did this for acrylic last year.

[Steve Clarkson]

Thanks Tim!!!! The last time I tried to conver one of these boxes, the joints were the correct size, but they didn't line up correctly! Wasted a ton of acrylic and I don't ever think I got it right!!!!

[Dan Hintz]

Next time use cardboard to test spacing... cheaper (and for the greenies in the audience, recyclable).

[Steve Clarkson]

NOW you tell me???????????

[Scott Erwin]

Here you go Steve. Did this for acrylic last year.

Nice box...I like this --- Was trying to figure out how to do "feet" where they were in the shape but not really noticed as 'feet'.

Cutting one now to show friend...Didnt even remove your info...But will next time...
Thank you...

[Tim Bateson]

I can't take credit for any of those boxes. Other than resizing to 1/8. I did mutate these boxes into my own designs. Fancier feet and much more precice joints. Since this pic I also changed the shape of the top. They're good sellers.

[Bob Savage]

Those boxes are awesome, Tim.

[Steve Clarkson]

Hey Tim,

I don't mean to complain, especially when someone gives me something for free......but I opened your file this morning, and the box is like 1.5"x1.5"......slightly smaller than I was looking for. Any idea how I can re-size it to fit things other than one ring?

Thanks!

[Tim Bateson]

I've got box designs in a lot of sizes. I'll find something for you when I get home this evening, although it may be a bit fancier then those above. Did you have a size in mind?

[Steve Clarkson]

Not really......anything that can hold a bracelet would be fine!!! LOL!!!!!!

[Skip Weiser]

I used the mentioned boxmaker program to make these for my granddaughter last fall. She loved them.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=94689
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[Steve Clarkson]

Hmmmm.......maybe it's me......but when I open these files the box is only 2" wide.....am I doing something wrong?

[Skip Weiser]

Don't know... Dave posted it in metric sizes and I saved it in inches... I think.

[Skip Weiser]

Hmmmm.......maybe it's me......but when I open these files the box is only 2" wide.....am I doing something wrong?

It's a small box? lol

[Skip Weiser]

Steve, try this one.... for 1/8" material.

[Steve Clarkson]

Thanks Skip!

[Skip Weiser]

And here is a slightly wider box for 1/8" material.

[Tim Bateson]

Here is one similar in size to the one Skip posted. You'll notice an extra rectangle cut out. Using 1/8 ply, the box felt to flimsy, so I glue that inside to the bottom to add strength.


I've sold a lot of these at the couple shows that I've done. They're my 2nd biggest sales behind crosses. Some boxes are engraved others use fretworks, some a combination.

[Steve Clarkson]

Thanks guys.....I appreciate it.

[David Fairfield]

Great thread, all sorts of neat stuff here. Love the box maker program. Thanks everyone!

[Tim Bateson]

Oops - The posted box doesn't even fit together. :o Thanks to one of our members PMing me. I really need to do some house cleaning on old .cdr files.
This one should be good. The only change is the bottom piece. I swapped it out for the proper one. Note: The front and back do not match. I lowered the height of the back piece to provide ample clearance for the lid to open & close.

[Peter Meacham]

Skip

That design seems to be for .250 material, at least that is what I measure the slots as.

Pete

[Skip Weiser]

Skip

That design seems to be for .250 material, at least that is what I measure the slots as.

Pete

Pete, maybe the slots are 1/4" wide but only 1/8" deep for 1/8" material? Cut one, it should go together.

If it doesn't work, let me know please. It might be a file that Tim sent me...:)

[Tim Bateson]

Skip is correct. The depth is 1/8 or more accurately from 1/8 to 17/128.

[Skip Weiser]

Skip is correct. The depth is 1/8 or more accurately from 1/8 to 17/128.

Really? 17/128 is .132" All of the depths were supposed to be .120"

[Tim Bateson]

Yes - Wood is seldom the exact thickness. So I prefer to sand any overlap flush rather than occasionally being short. As I work these projects, I've been slightly increasing this depth behond 1/8 to compensate for the variable thickness.

[Lee DeRaud]

It doesn't help with the "artistic" part of the job, but there's this oldie-but-goodie for generating the raw box:

http://www.shaddysengraving.com/laser/HTML/fingerbox.html

For oddball stuff, I use the 'democube' option (it's the only one that puts joints on all twelve edges). Then do a 'break curves apart' to get edge components of whatever size that fit tightly together.