Hinged lid box/铰链盒

I designed a box with the hinge placed on the side of the box.

This way, there will be no hinges on the inside or outside of the back of the box.

Thanks to the precision of modern printers, the hinge can be printed as a single piece.

It is suitable for storing small parts or small gifts.

It does not have a locking mechanism, but the friction of the hinge itself is quite high, so the lid will not open by itself when inverted or flipped.

Assembly Instructions:

The hinge structure has suspended parts when printed in one piece, and matching supports have been made, so no additional supports are needed.

After printing, these additional supports need to be removed as shown in the picture:

Gently bend the hinge to make it rotate freely, which becomes the closed state of the hinge, and this is also the closed posture of the hinge when the box is closed.

By comparing the shape of the holes in the lid or the bottom of the box, you should be able to know how to install the hinge.

Snap the hinge into place.

Then, enjoy~

Note:

As mentioned earlier, the gap between the hinge structure and the support structure is 0.2mm.

If you enlarge or reduce the model, it may cause the structure to fail.

As shown in the photo, I offer two types of boxes: one with rounded edges and the other without.

Through this box, I iterated on two models:

• A storage box for the IKEA paper tape measure I designed
• A storage box suitable for Bambulab swatches

If you are interested in these two models, you can click the links above to view them.

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I made a box with the hinge set on the side of the box.

This way, there will be no hinges on the inside or outside of the back of the box.

Thanks to the precision of modern printers, the hinge can be printed in one piece.

It is suitable for storing small parts or small gifts.

It does not have a locking mechanism, but the friction of the hinge itself is quite high, so the lid will not open by itself when inverted or flipped.

Assembly Instructions:

The hinge structure has suspended parts when printed in one piece, and matching supports have been made, so no additional supports are needed.

After printing, these additional supports need to be removed as shown in the picture:

Gently bend the hinge to make it rotate freely, which becomes the closed state of the hinge, and this is also the closed posture of the hinge when the box is closed.

Compare the shape of the holes in the lid or the bottom of the box to determine the hinge installation method.

Snap the hinge into place.

Note:

As mentioned earlier, the gap between the hinge structure and the support structure is 0.2mm. If you enlarge or reduce the model, it may cause the structure to fail.

As shown in the photo, I offer two types of boxes: one with rounded edges and the other without.

Through this box, I iterated on two models:
A storage box for the IKEA paper tape measure
A storage box suitable for Bambulab swatches

If you are interested in these two models, you can click the links above to view them.

I have found that when syncing from the global website to the Chinese website, the attached images may disappear. If you are interested in this model but unfortunately encounter the situation where the images disappear, please check the global website.