What did you cut on your Shapeoko/ Nomad today?

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

For an alternative option see:

Quarter Blind Miter Box Joints

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A different sort of box

Building from a couple of different ideas[1][2], and giving up on the perfection of void-free, and limiting tools to a reasonable number (2), I have arrived at: https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1270618 which allows one to cut out a box in 2, 3 or 4 operations: bottom (cut to size) top (cut to size) — possibly combined w/ the bottom front/back and one or both sides (repeat once for 2 operations if need be) — this will cut the joinery blind box joints and miter as well as feature…

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A box of a different size

Revisiting: We have an interesting examination of “What are the dimensions of a box?” where if we make it using thicker material (13mm was requested) then one gets to examine the proportions. Unfortunately, the BlockSCAD site is down at the moment (powerful argument against web apps), so we use instead: and change the dimensions there to 13mm (well as near as 4 digits of precision in Imperial will allow) and we get: [image] which seems rather heavy and clunky in terms of proportion, an…

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Bamboo Pencil Cup

IME, plain miter joints fail over time due to wood movement, even though w/ modern adhesives they are initially incredibly strong.