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Pivot Lid Box

Pivot box: a finger-jointed box whose lid swings open on two dowels. Cheeks under the lid hang outside the side walls and turn on the dowels. The walls' back…

by Kerf Designs

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Width
Outside width of the walls
Depth
Outside depth
Height
Outside height, lid included
Pivot
Distance of the dowels from the top and back
Dowel
Dowel diameter

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Lid angle
Lid opening angle

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The sheet you cut. Slots and tabs follow it.
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Pivot Lid Box

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Pivot box: a finger-jointed box whose lid swings open on two dowels. Cheeks under the lid hang outside the side walls and turn on the dowels. The walls' back corners are rounded about the dowels and the back wall stops at their height, so the lid can turn up to upright without catching anything. Assembly: glue the box. Glue the cheeks into the lid, then push a dowel through each cheek into its side wall, a snug fit in the wall and free in the cheek.

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  1. 1Change the settings. The preview updates after each change.
  2. 2Download the SVG for your laser, or open it in the Design Editor to add more to it.
  3. 3Like the design and add a photo of what you made below.

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Yes. It is free to download and use under its licence.

Yes. Change the settings on this page and the preview updates as you go. When it looks right, download the file.

An SVG for your laser software. You can also open it in the Design Editor, or download STL and 3MF at the material thickness to print the parts.

The size follows the settings on this page, and the size box under the preview shows the result.

Set the material thickness to the sheet you cut. The slots and tabs follow it.

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