Paper Boxes

Glue-free cardstock boxes for the laser cutter. Enter the outside size and download an SVG.

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Style
Outside size, mm
Locking tabs
Material, mm
Clearances

Leave blank for the defaults, which scale with the thickness.

cut fold mark (light pass)

Folding

The pattern is drawn as seen from the inside of the box, and the laser marks the folds on that face. Every fold is a valley fold: fold the marked face toward itself.

  1. Fold every wall and ear up 90°.
  2. Fold the locking tab on each ear's free edge 90° toward the inside of the box, and turn the ears inward so they lie along the double walls.
  3. Fold each double wall's inner panel down over the ears, using the V-notches and the short guide cuts to find its top fold. The ear tabs go through the upright slots in the inner panel as it comes down; then push the inner panel's own tabs into the slots in the floor.
  4. Integral lid: fold the lid's dust flaps down 90° so they go inside the end walls. Fold the front flap down over the outside of the front wall, fold its tabs in, and push them through the slots in the wall's face.

Barbed tabs: pinch the head to get it through the slot; the barbs spring out and hook behind it. The short cuts at each end of a slot let it open up for the barbs, and the short cuts along the long folds give you something to fold to. For a sturdier box, glue the ears between the two layers of the double walls.