Make a Finger-Joint Box for Your Laser, Kerf Included

Watch the 2:00 Box Maker tutorial: Make a Finger-Joint Box for Your Laser, Kerf Included with a step-by-step PDF guide and the tool one click away.

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In this tutorial

Pick a generator: BOX, COASTER, POLYGON, FLEX BOX or HOLIDAY LANTERN
Start from a Starter Size (the Dice box, 70 × 70 × 50 mm)
Width, height and depth are the inside size; the note shows the outside size (76 × 76 × 56 mm in 3 mm stock)
Material thickness, with one-tap common stock sizes (3mm, 1/8", 4.5mm, 6mm, 1/4")
Tab Width, and the IN / MM units switch
Kerf Calculator: material + laser source, then ESTIMATE & APPLY (0.121 mm for birch plywood on a diode)
DOWNLOAD TEST CARD and "Which slot fit snug?" for an exact kerf
FLAT LAYOUT and ASSEMBLED 3D with Rotate and Tilt
Export: LIGHTBURN (.LBRN2), DOWNLOAD SVG (in mm at the sheet size), DOWNLOAD DXF (mm)

Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:11 Pick a generator
0:26 Inside size
0:38 Material thickness
0:54 Kerf Calculator
1:11 Test card
1:21 Flat layout
1:40 Export

What the Box Maker tutorial covers

0:11 — Pick a generator
0:26 — Inside size
0:38 — Material thickness
0:54 — Kerf Calculator
1:11 — Test card
1:21 — Flat layout
1:40 — Export

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