Cardboard box template creation

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I have a small business and wanted to make something look nice like a custom shipping box with my logo. I am not ready to buy boxes in bulk yet, because I make one of a kind art. I have some laser time scheduled at 12:30p EST. I watched a few videos on how to create a shipping box by hand and I will do it if I don’t hear back from someone. I found a few videos and someone was using boxes.py, but that is not what I want. I need to make a 8" x 8" x 2 1/4 inch tall box.

I can probably design this on the fly, but I don’t understand the concept of how to score box lines yet in a laser. Is there a program that I am missing that can design any dimension and make a .svg file for me. I will take the box with two 4" top fold over flaps, but if a program will quickly design a box with an 8" fold over lid, I would like to burn in my logo.

Anyway, if the program/app/website is out there, let me know.

Thanks!

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I usually use ✂Templatemaker ︎ but I think there are others available online.

Hope this helps.

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Try this one

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Caveat: the corrugations fill up with smoke / fumes and will smell like that forevermore.

No matter how nice the box looks, it will always smell like a wood fire, which probably isn’t the Out Of Box Experience you’re looking for.

Source: Been there, done that.

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Thanks all. Got it. I will make one by hand. I also assume engraving is out of the question due to the smoke smell?

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How thick of material are you using?

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For smoked ham or good old smoked whisky or cigars, it will be optimal.

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That won’t fill the corrugations, so the smell will dissipate in a day or so.

However, laser engraving (+ fumigating) will be painfully slow compared to something like smacking the box with a rubber stamp (+ letting the ink dry), so there may be better ways to get the job done.

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Well played, Sir! :100:

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You will still might be able to put the fold lines on it lightly with the laser.

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If it is corrugated, the better option is to make the folds with a cut and space.

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That’s how I do it too.

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How did you treat it afterward? One quick half-hour trip through my ozonation box is usually enough to desmellify most anything, but I can see how the long tubes of the corrugations would be diffusion-limited.

I was thinking that adding fan/blower circulation to induce flow through the channels might be enough, as that wouldn’t be diffusion-limited anymore, but I haven’t experimented with it yet to know whether an array of simple computer-style fans and just the standard concentration of ozone is sufficient.

I suppose I can go laser cut a frame for the box of fans on the shelf and then throw some of my stack of corrugated cardboard (mostly used for templating) on the CO2…

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Time heals all wounds! :grin:

I generally use corrugated cardboard for templates, test pieces, non-critical stuff, and things in the shop, where a little (more) stink won’t be noticed.

For anything going into the house], letting it sit for a day or two knocks the smell below objectionable levels.

We kicked that around a while ago:

Maybe playing the Devil’s Harmonica before the ozone treatment would improve the outcome, but it’d be tough to convince anybody else to pick up the tune. :grin: