New Connection System

[Steve Clarkson]

Someone sent me this box to cut out of 1/8" acrylic.......as far as I know, it's not a copyrighted design.

I thought it was quite unique and it is kind of a spin off of the "living hinge" (or whatever it was called).

It holds the acrylic quite snuggly.

I'm attaching a picture of the main piece so you can get an idea of what the concept is.

If anyone can figure out how to resize it (let's say I wanted a 5" x 5" x 10" box), let me know.

Let me know what you think of the design.


Connection System.jpg


Connection System.cdr

[Kasey Maxwell]

very neat, I wonder if it would work good with wood also..........

[Rich Harman]

I use something similar in a cabinet design. It is cut from 5mm ply.

WoodClip.jpg

[Craig Matheny]

Steve resize the bulk part of the box by grouping the complete area of the nodes and adjusting that way you do not touch the detailed areas

[Randolph Smith]

It looks like the side of a box for a Raspberry Pi computer. http://www.adafruit.com/products/859

[Ronald Erickson]

It looks exactly like the box featured on the link you provided Randolph, minus a few holes for the system board.

I must says though, I really like the wooden clip that Rich posted. I've designed a simple slotted/tabbed box to hold coasters and it would be nice to use a wooden clip / tenon design to hold it together (rather than glue). Thanks for sharing!