Making things that fit togetherLesson 8 of 16
Hinged box
A lid that lives in a drawer is a lid you lose. This one is part of the back wall: the material carries on over the top and folds back down as the lid, so there is no hinge to buy and nothing to screw on.
Set the box size and how tight the fold at the back should be. A bigger fold is kinder to the material and lifts the lid a little higher.
The back wall, the fold and the lid come off the sheet as one length. The fold is measured through the middle of the material, which is the only part of it that keeps its length when it bends.
Five pieces: front, two sides, base, and the back and lid together.
Every setting
13What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.
Outside width in millimetres
Outside depth in millimetres
Outside height in millimetres
Material thickness in millimetres
Finger size in millimetres
Raises the floor so the box stands on its walls, not on its base.
How tight the fold is. Bigger lifts the lid higher.
Beam width. Panels grow half a kerf, slots shrink one.
Length of each cut in the fold
Material between cuts. Less folds easier and breaks easier.
Gap between one row of cuts and the next
Sheet width the panels are laid out on
Sheet height the panels are laid out on
What it is
A box whose lid stays on. The back wall carries on over the top and comes back as the lid, with the bend cut into slats so it folds. No hinge to buy and nothing to screw on.