Box Joints In Carbide Create

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

See:

CNC Box (Finger) Joint Box

Working up a tutorial on this for the wiki: but is now at: First step is to create the box itself: This is done in OpenSCAD using the parameters: length = 6; width = 3; height = 4; thickness = 0.375; bottomlidthickness=0.125; pins=13; partspacing=2; Next resolve the pin/joint size and spacing: [cnc_box_fingerjoint] Next step is to work out how to get from the above parameters to a file which may be easily cut using Carbide Create — probably using METAPOST.

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Box (Finger) Joints

That said, it’s a lot easier to just cut the parts and the joints flat on the machine, see:

Quarter Blind Miter Box Joints

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A box in 2 (or 3, or 4, maybe 5) Toolpaths and a few operations

Possibly a bit simpler than the Blind Miter w/ Hidden Boxjoint box: https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/blind-miter-box-joints would be a Quarter Blind Boxjoint: https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1432012 [image] As always, we start w/ the dimensions: 204 mm wide 70 mm deep 42 mm high 8 mm thick stock Lid options are the usual: sawn sliding hinged Sliding is probably the simplest, but hinged has an interesting limitation if one wants the hinge hidden, so we’ll do …