I may have mentioned that my new favourite thing in the world is my Yora 40W CO2 Laser Engraver.
One of the things I really wanted to be able to do with it, was to be able to make boxes, you know the kind I mean:
They have “finger joints”, where the slot from one side fits into the hole on the opposite side. They look beautiful and come in so many options. All I needed to do was figure it out and then I could make anything I wanted to with my own designs.
There are plenty of patterns available on the internet and a quick search on Etsy will provide you with a ton of choices, this was going to be too easy…
So, I paid for the design, set it all up, cut it out, and…
The slots didn’t fit together right. Shame really as it’s a gorgeous design, there had to be a bit more to this.
Internet searches done, I found several sites that will allow you to generate your own box, produce the svg file and so on.
The first thing I found was that I needed to do a burn test to see how much shrinkage there is after a burn.
Originally published at https://yorahome.com on February 22, 2021.
