Nespresso Box
A gift box that holds 20 Nespresso original coffee pods. The box has two layers, and the layers separate on a cut that follows the contour of a decorative coffee bean.
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Kitchen
Files Included (13)
box edge front magnet placement.svg
850 Bbox edge rear hinge placement.svg
990 BBox front.svg
3 kBbox lid hinge and magnet washer holes.svg
1 kBLeft box end.svg
51 kBlong divider template.svg
815 Blower bean positive.svg
983 BNespresso Box instructions.pdf
30 kBpivot arm template.svg
1 kBRear bean.svg
1 kBRight box end.svg
6 kBshort divider template.svg
601 Bupper bean positive.svg
946 B
Materials
Sides: 3/8th thick hardwood. Front and rear, 9.75 by 3.25; Ends 3.75 by 3.25
Top and bottom: 3/8th thick hardwood, 10 by 4
Top shelf: 1/8th thick plywood; 9.375 by 3.375
Dividers: 1/8th thick plywood (need several 1-inch strips)
Bottom shelf: 1/4 thick plywood; 9 by 3
Coffee bean inlay and rear support: 1/4 thick hardwood
Pivot arms: 3/16th thick hardwood
Hardware for pivot arms: Solid brass Chicago screws 11mm cap 9.5 mm post (got mine from buckleguy.com); M4 by 8mm brass pan-head bolts
Lid hinges: 5mm by 15mm barrel hinges (got mine from Lee Valley)
Magnetic lid catch hardware: 1/4 by 1/10 rare earth magnet, 3/8ths magnet washer (got mine from Lee Valley); #4 by 1/4 flat head screw
Titebond 2 glue
5 minute epoxy
Tools
SO
Workstation
1/8th bit (down cut preferred)
1/16th bit (with CL at least 3/8ths; down cut
preferred)
Larger clearing bit for inlay negative saves some time (I used 12 mm)
table saw with 1/8th blade (ideally crosscut blade) Whatever you need to make accurate cuts for a mitered box (I used a miter sled).
Instructions
The heart of the project is a mitered box. You end up with two layers, but the starting point is a single box -- after the box is glued up, the layers are separated via cuts with the SO and a table saw. If you haven't done a mitered box before, I'd make a few simple ones before you take on this project -- I needed a few repetitions before I could make a simple box I was satisfied with. But this project isn't a whole lot harder than just making a box. I've got project instructions in the PDF that's in the project files.