How to make hard wood boxes

[Pan (Andy photenas)]

Hey guys, I’m wondering what direction I should be looking in to make hardwood boxes sort of the equivalent to a dovetail box on a CNC machine.

[AndyP (Andy)]

To help with feedback, do you any particular size or function on mind?

[Tail-wagging-the-dog (Gary Hazel)]

Andy

have you tried any of the drag knives, some of these will lock into your router or spindle. they use a razor style nife to cut, just don’t turn on the router,

[AndyP (Andy)]

I have. They’re very good and carbide3d released a good video on use and limitation. I have cut thin card and sticky back paper.

[Pan (Andy photenas)]

I’m trying to make some thing that is very similar to a dove towel Drawer box so like 5/8 thick bye 10 inches wide by 20 inches deep or so

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

What size do you want to make?

Dovetails are problematic since they require a vertical fixture and mounting boards two at a time, and only cutting two boards/one corner at a time, and taking things a bit on faith since Carbide Create can’t model undercuts:

Sharing Carbide Create Dovetail Files

Hi All I am new to this entire process. Have anyone created any dovetail joints using Carbide Create? If you have can you please upload a your carbide create file. Thanks in advance

There are a number of other options for joinery, one which is termed “The simple box”:

A Simple CNC Box

see:

3D Project

I’ve tried a number of different joinery techniques:

Quarter Blind Miter Box Joints

and see:

Bamboo Box

I’ve been working on a simpler technique:

A box of a different size

Step 5. (or maybe 6, depends on how you’re counting) Decide where the large V endmill will stop cutting, and draw in the geometry for the joinery. At the ends it should be workable to cut less material, but there is also the consideration of the space needed for the holes for the hinges, but it will also be desirable to draw in geometry to cut the channels for the narrow V endmill. To make things easier to work with, we will not round off the corners, leaving that to the toolpath visualization. …

If you’ll let us know:

• what size box you wish to make
• out of what thickness stock
• what features you would want
• what sort of joinery you wish to use and what tooling you would cut it with

and we will walk through working up a design with you here.

[cryptyk (Ryan Steckler)]

I’ve been playing with joinery that doesn’t require overhang. My favorite so far is full blind box corners. You can use dog bones to create clearance in the corners and since it’s blind, your never see them:

[cryptyk (Ryan Steckler)]

… And if you’re willing to set the machine up with an overhang, you can do almost anything: AnyTail. CNC Joinery - YouTube

[Ed.E (Ed)]

This one is fun to watch…

[Pan (Andy photenas)]

Wow that is sooo cool!