This is nothing new, but I recently saw a reference to MakerCase - a free web site that generates patterns for CNC cutting boxes with finger joints. (There are several other similar sites). This happened at about the same time I was getting frustrated by some poorly fitting plastic ‘organisers’ in one of our kitchen cupboards.
A few measurements, a little cutting and glueing later, and here’s the results:
Thanks, the wood grain came out really nicely. It’s just off-cuts of ply from a friend’s summer-house building project, finished with ordinary sunflower cooking oil (because it’s cheap and food safe).
I used a 1.5mm single flute bit, full depth, at 10mm/s so each box took about 10 minutes to cut (+5 for the text).
The software puts little dog-bone corners on the fingers, but they didn’t come out in the wood - I think my machine has developed a little slop in the central assembly. Instead I ran a small file over the fingers to round them a little, and clamped it nice and tight
The boxes look good, the site is interesting. I always did my boxes with Peters CNCECKE (you need to create an account). You can add dividers and stuff there and make the boxes stackable. But for a quick box or weird shapes the site you linked is also great. Thanks!
