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This Book puzzle box uses spring loaded pins which are very fidgety. The box can very easily be customized by engraving your own image on the cover or back, making it the perfect gift for someone. You can also choose to use binding screws instead of the laser cut wooden pins, making the box very easy to assemble. 

Description

This Book puzzle box uses spring loaded pins which are very fidgety. The box can very easily be customized by engraving your own image on the cover or back, making it the perfect gift for someone. You can also choose to use binding screws instead of the laser cut wooden pins, making the box very easy to assemble. 

Warning! You will need a laser cutter and a 3D printer in order to make this puzzle box!

The laser cut file for cutting the wood for this puzzle box has a square around it. This will allow you to easily scale the laser cut file for any wood thickness. I used 3 mm wood for making the puzzle box, and it resulted in a box which was 162 x 113 x 26 mm.
The square around the laser cut file is 450 by 275 mm for 3 mm wood. If you want to use another wood thickness, scale the laser cut file accordingly. Be aware that you will also need to scale the 3D printed parts.

 

Besides the laser cut wood and the 3D printed parts you will need:

  • Glue
  • Sanding paper
  • 8 metal dowel rods with a diameter of 3 mm and a length of 8 mm.
  • 10 springs with a diameter of 6 mm, a length of 20 mm and a wire thickness of 0.5 mm.
  • optional – 4 flat head binding screws which saves some glueing. They should be 26 mm long (25 should work fine too) and a diameter of 5 mm.


The laser cut files have three layers:

A layer for the outer square to scale the file (450 x 275 mm)
A layer for cutting.
A layer for engraving.