Laser Cut Gift Boxes - Three Difficulty Levels
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Published 2024-06-26
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00:00 - Intro
02:18 - The Basic Box
03:42 - The Glowforge Laser
05:28 - Basic Box Glue Up
06:46 - Introducing the Intermediate Box
08:21 - Material Preparation
10:46 - Miter Cuts Dos and Don'ts
12:49 - Second Box Done
14:05 - Solid Wood Material Prep
15:26 - Epoxy Stained Glass Look
16:45 - A New Kind of Box Top
17:40 - This Work is On Fire
19:04 - Working the Box Top
20:11 - My Mistake
21:28 - Let's Do It Again
23:54 - Three Boxes Done
All Comments (21)
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What an interesting progression of materials and techniques! Thanks!
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great video, thank you Alpine Trails helpful hint🙂 - keep your lid on ca glue when using activator spay. those particles linger in the air and actually start to impact the glue in the end of the nozzle which is one of the reasons we find the glue bottles starts to crystalise and seize up before you use it all.
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I watched every minute of this. Super impressive and informative! Thank you!
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Probably hard to recover cost at a craft fair but at an art show you could easily make a profit. Good job on the video.
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Something to add a bit more flair to the first two boxes is to paint/stain the backing boards or make them with either acrylic sheets to give pops of color that peeks through the pattern cuts.
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HI! Great job! If you wish you can give your wife an extremely nice surprise by creating a copy of the old box, and this time will be brand new whithout any repairs. All the best!
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With your joke about never getting involved in a land war, I was really expecting you to say never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line. Great boxes! love how the epoxy box came out.
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Nice callback TWICE to Vizzini in Princess Bride. You even sound like him! To prevent sticking to a gluing board use High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) as the gluing base. I have an old cutting board made with HDPE that I use just for that purpose. I like the progression of your boxes and especially the last two where there are no tabs showing as well as the burnt edges of the cuts. New subscriber for you too. Going to check out some of your other vids in a bit.
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Thanks for sharing your mistakes, it does help because I am embarrassed to admit that I make so many errors and basic ones too. I am trying to reduce it by working slowly
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Nice work, great instruction's and tips, I'm subscribing to see what you bring to the Tube next :)
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loved it good job
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Brilliant.
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Thank you this video is very nice!
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U r an inspiration ❤
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Amazing equipment btw…. You have everything :😂 so just buy a xtool p2 and relax on using the camera 🎉
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Side quest: How many Princess Bride quotes did I sneak into the video?
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Disposable syringes for the epoxy maybe? Try 50ml or 100ml
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What price would you put on each one of the boxes?
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Do you have a link for the giant roll of "masking tape"?
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Theres a good chance it was made with a scroll saw. If it took them 3 hours, that would be $6.67-$8.33 an hour. Minimum wage was $5.15 in 2000. Reduce the wages for cost of wood and blades. Not horrible for what was likely a hobby.
