A 120 piece “Christmas Tree Box” painted 11 different colors
The two parts of a Christmas Tree Box. The top part fits over a 2 .5 inch lip that is glued inside the bottom part.
This is the 3rd box that I made for my Decorative Box Project. The box started from a simple AutoCAD drawing I made of 3 cones and a cylinder, which was then made into an 84 sided box design by my program that is the first image in the gallery below. I tweaked this design (adding the top cube among other things) and added the cut plane and lip. Then my program added finger joints and created instructions for a CNC machine to cut the 120 pieces. I spray painted the top pieces white and the sides four shades of green and I hand-painted the fingers 7 different colors (5 for the lights plus white and gold). I finished making the box at 7 PM on Christmas Eve, just in time to give it to my mother for Christmas.
Sides: 96
Pieces: 120 (12 lip pieces, plus 12 extra pieces for the sides that are split by the cut plane).
Dimensions: 13x8x8 units.
Unit Size : 1 1/8th (1.125) inches.
Physical Dimensions 14 5/8 (14.625) x 9 x 9 inches.
Kerf adjustment: 0.00425 inches for the unpainted trunk and lip pieces, 0.0035 inches for the 96 painted pieces.
Colors: White (top pieces), spring green (front), emerald green (right), hunter green (back), meadow green (left). Fingers: Red, yellow, blue, purple, aqua, white and gold.
