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* The house will be created using laser cut Birch wood [https://plyco.com.au/collections/birch Birch laserply - Plyco]
* The house will be created using laser cut Birch wood [https://plyco.com.au/collections/birch Birch laserply - Plyco]
* The plywood pieces are glued together with PVA glue and then painted to make the wood weather proof.
* The plywood pieces are glued together with PVA glue and then painted to make the wood weather proof.
= Boxes.py =
* An open box was selected from the options in the web site.
* The box was 400mm cubed.
* Follow the specifications shown in the screen captures below.
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[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-14 at 4.07.49 am.png | 900px]]
* Download the SVG file
* The '''Burn''' factor needs to be modified to obtain a good / tight fit for the finger joints.
* In this instance the best '''Burn factor''' was determined to be '''0.08'''.
* Burn factor is also known as Kerf in other software such as '''MakerCase'''
* The Burn factor will also change depending on what wood is used.

Revision as of 01:01, 2 October 2023

Introduction

  • The aim of this lesson is to design a Tiny House (400mm cubed) using festi.info/boxes.py
  • The house will be created using laser cut Birch wood Birch laserply - Plyco
  • The plywood pieces are glued together with PVA glue and then painted to make the wood weather proof.

Boxes.py

  • An open box was selected from the options in the web site.
  • The box was 400mm cubed.
  • Follow the specifications shown in the screen captures below.

  • Download the SVG file
  • The Burn factor needs to be modified to obtain a good / tight fit for the finger joints.
  • In this instance the best Burn factor was determined to be 0.08.
  • Burn factor is also known as Kerf in other software such as MakerCase
  • The Burn factor will also change depending on what wood is used.