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The Art of Handcrafting Custom Game Calls => Handcrafting Other Items, Pens, Bowls, Forms => Other Turning Tutorials (Pens, Vases, Bowls) => Topic started by: VECtor Calls on August 29, 2011, 01:43:29 AM
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Alrighty so when I got off work tonight I still had enough energy to do a tutorial for you guys :tt2: I got my inspiration for making my boxes from Superdirt he has a video on here on how he does his which might help you out too. Here is my attempt at a box making tutorial. It would have been alot better if I had done a video of me making them and for this tutorial I used tape to hold them together instead of hot glue that I normally use. So I buy a pack of 50 sheets of 12''x12'' card stock paper from Hobby Lobby. You can get it in pretty much any color but I get brown.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3186-1314591649207.jpg)
I take a ruler and measure out 5'' from one side and from the same line I measue out to 5.25" the bigger 1/2 is the one that is your top box.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-2624-1314591604630.jpg)
You will have a trash piece of card paper that is about 2'' wide and 12'' long. I cut the 5'' and 5.25'' sections into two separate pieces.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3827-1314591583819.jpg)
Next, on the 5'' section I measure up 1.5'' and draw a line. On the 5.25'' section I measure up 1.7'' and also draw a line.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3827-1314591583819.jpg)
Then I fold the two sections at the line. Each section will have two layers of paper for the sides and one layer on the bottom.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3958-1314591560831.jpg)
Here also you will have a trash section that you cut off and then it will look like this.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3138-1314591538781.jpg)
Then I take and glue up the box to where there are two layers on the walls and one layer on the bottom of the box.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3837-1314591517912.jpg)
Next I cut a .7'' line up each side on the bottom of the big section and I cut a .5'' line up each side on the bottom of the small section.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-4333-1314591494875.jpg)
Then I insert the bottom flap of the box inside the walls of box and glue it up.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3489-1314591676477.jpg)
One you have all of your sections glued up you will have yourself a box.
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-4011-1314591468348.jpg)
(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j353/MarshRat1306/photobucket-3271-1314591437509.jpg)
Hope this helps you guys out a little bit if you run into any trouble with it just let me know.
Matt
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How heavy duty is that paper? I think if I read it 100 more times I will understand :1eye: (I was never good at origami :devil2:) A video would certainly help... Thanks, I'll try this once I get it :stickman1: :hysterical:~Andre