VA3D Scallop Shell Box

Post by **AngelicDiablo** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:56 pm

My first shot at a VA3D box. Really simple to do. Just pick a design that would be suitable for a lid and use the .eps outline on the VA3D site to make the box. The only hard part for me was making it a hinged box. A little trial and error but I was able to get it to work. Enjoy. -AD

Post by **JamesB** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:11 am

Oscar, that is very cool, after the toilet seat I did not think you could get more inventve - now how about a shell shaped toilet seat

Post by **mark296** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:27 am

Oscar, that is very cool. You have some great ideas.

Post by **dasch** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:10 pm

Very cool, Oscar!
Sleek work man.

Post by **IYWD** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 pm

Beautiful box, very nice work! Would you mind sharing a few pointers on how to do one? I've done some 3D models but I haven't messed with the eps outlines much yet. I'm not sure what process I need to use to make a box. Thinking ahead to Christmas...some jewelery/trinket boxes would make pretty nice gifts.

Post by **doglaw** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:08 am

Nice job - very creative!

Post by **AngelicDiablo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:58 pm

IYWD, well you would carve out the lid like any carving and cut it out. Make sure the wood is thick enough for the carving. The box I made is roughly 6X5X3". The lid was 3/4 stock. The bottom is 6/4. But I just glued 2-3/4" pieces to make it that thick. I used the outline and offset the vector inwards .375". Once you have the bottom anchored down, I used a .25 EM to hog out the material that will be the interior of the box. After that is done I used the same EM to cut the box out. There are several ways to anchor the lid to the box. The hard part is matching the top to the bottom so they line up correctly. Take a look at the Rockler or Woodcraft site for the different type of hinges they have. -AD

Post by **IYWD** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:52 pm

AD,

Thanks so much for the info! I'll have to start looking for some suitable pieces of wood to try it with. I'm assuming for the bottom part of the box you do the inside offset .375 and do a pocket toolpath for making the interior of the box, then do a profile toolpath to cut the outside. Is that correct? When you cut the outside profile do you set it for no offset or an outside offset?
Thanks again for the helpful information.

IYWD

Post by **AngelicDiablo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:01 pm

You are correct. And no offset when cutting the profile. -AD

Post by **IYWD** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:14 pm

Thank you again, I look forward to giving this a try!