Laser Cut Project Ideas: Market Day 2023

Laser Cut Print - Box.    This six sided box was printed as a series of sides which were then assembled and glued.   

A teacher in the senior school provided the box template, and the hinges.  The students were then able to customise the design by adding features.  In this instance the student created a jaw line, nose and the eyes.   The shading on the design was also created by using the Laser Cutter.    The total laser cut time was five minutes twenty to complete.

The purpose of the box is for storage.   This is one of the items that will be sold for our school on Market Day.   There are additional features that have been created for this (laser cut ears, tails etc).  The box measures 80mm by 80mm by 80mm.

This longer version of the box shown left - with a snake design and snake theme, including again a mouth operating as part of the lid mechanism.   The eyes again have been taken out of the design (with the students considering how they might customise the design).   The design is considerably larger than the first box shown - this one measures 300mm long, is 80mm high and 90mm long.  

Ten minutes was required to produce the box which was printed as six individual pieces with tabs which then needed to be glued together.  For this example 2mm of MDF was used (the above box was three times as think).