![]() ![]() Since I was using a variety of materials in this build some of the parts were prefinished and some were raw wood. Once the new pieces were cut I moved into assembly mode. ![]() The redesign did fix the problem so I masked off a second piece of the ½” material and cut the front panel out as well. After updating the cut file I went to the laser and started by cutting just the back panel to conserve material in case it still wasn’t quite right. The next day I started at the computer and narrowed the box joints for a tighter fit. The joints on the front and rear panel were a little looser than I liked though allowing a bit of “wiggle”, so tomorrow I will address that in the design and have another go at it. Once the pieces were all cut it was time to do a dryfit to see how I did with the design. I started by cutting out the ⅛ inch pieces and worked my way up to the ½ inch pieces, mainly because the thinner materials would cut faster. I thought that would add a visual interest to the otherwise simplistic design. I wanted to play with some different design elements in this build so I designed the initial version to be a combination of thicknesses ranging from ⅛ inch to ½ inch. Once I had the model set I transferred it to a drawing and prepared the file for laser cutting in lightburn. One of the other things that I love about Onshape is the ability to quickly add box joints using the built in plugin. To design these I used OnShape, I find that Onshape has a fairly intuitive interface that allows me to quickly design simple shapes. ![]() Once I had a good idea of what I wanted the finished boxes to look like it was time to move over to the computer to make the 3D model. After thinking through what I wanted them to look like I moved over to the white board to get a rough concept sketch with my key measurements on it. I started by dumping out my seed collection and measuring the seed packets to make sure the finished boxes would be big enough to hold them. ![]()
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