Living Hinge Wood Box

It comes with a library of all kinds of boxes not just rectangular boxes but also boxes with rounded corners hinges and more.

Living hinge wood box.

Flexbox5 box with living hinge and round corners. It is typically thinned or cut to allow the rigid pieces to bend along the line of the hinge. Flexbox3 box with living hinge. Living hinge is used quite often in the wood laser cutting project where.

The possibilities with this tool are huge. It s also surprisingly flexible for being made of wood. From the wikipedia a living hinge is a thin flexible hinge flexure bearing made from the same material as the two rigid pieces it connects rather than cloth leather or some other flexible substance. We have 83 laser cut living hinge templates for laser cutting all laser cut living hinge files are free to download.

Heartbox box in the form of an heart. Depending on the thickness and composition of your material you can modify the living hinge design to fit a variety of materials such as cardstock veneers plastics and much more. Flexbox2 box with living hinge and top corners rounded. Roundedbox box with vertical edges rounded.

A living hinge is a thin flexible hinge flexure bearing made from the same material as the two rigid pieces it connects it is typically thinned or cut to allow the rigid pieces to bend along the line of the hinge. The minimal friction and very little wear in such a hinge makes it useful in the design of microelectromechanical systems and the low cost and ease of manufacturing makes them. What is a living hinge. Book box with living hinge binding and pinch clasp for 1 8 12 3mm material digital download svg gkdesignhaus.

Download the dxf file. I plan on using more living hinges in. From shop gkdesignhaus. This is a derivative of the folding wood booklet a great implementation of living hinges in wood.

The original living hinge file that inspired this version was created by snijlab of the netherlands. I don t feel like i would wear it out with frequent use. Laser cut living hinge template files are in file formats which are recommended for laser cutting dxf dwg cdr coreldraw ai adobe illustrator eps adobe illustrator svg pdf. I redrew the design and made it into a box suitable for trinkets cards photos small papers.

Flexbox box with living hinge and round corners. Shutterbox box with a rolling shutter made of flex. Dec 13 2017 create a bendable wood and acrylic with these living hinge template. Flexbox4 box with living hinge and left corners rounded.

The video shows the cutting and assembly of a laser cut box with living hinge and spring catch. The hinge is quite durable but not ineducable.